Ground Quotes

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There is a middle ground in things. — Horace
Many men build as cathedrals are built-the part nearest the ground finished, but that part which soars toward heaven, the turrets and the spires, forever… — Henry Ward Beecher
The gardener's work is never at at end; it begins with the year, and continues to the next: he prepares the ground, and then he… — John Evelyn
Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love - that makes life and nature harmonise. The birds are consulting… — George Eliot
There is life in the ground; it goes into the seeds and also when it is stirred up goes into the man who stirs it. — Charles Dudley Warner
Pebble is a piece of sacred ground. They say it's the greatest meeting of land and water in the world. This course was heaven designed… — Johnny Miller
It's not how high we jump off our feet in church, it's what we do with them when we hit the ground! — Tom Ridge
Despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, [the death of a parent] dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise us and may… — Joan Didion
At my age, any day above ground and vertical is a good day. — Anthony Hopkins
Extreme poverty is the best breeding ground on earth for disease, political instability, and terrorism. — Jeffrey Sachs
Not, not mine: it's somebody else's wound; I could never have borne it. So take the thing that happened, hide it, stick it in the… — Anna Akhmatova
There is no well defined boundary line between honesty and dishonesty. The frontiers of one blend with the outside limits of the other, and he… — O. Henry
Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate. — Sarah Palin
He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages. — Mark Twain
Peace is present when things form part of a whole greater than their sum, as the diverse minerals in the ground collect to become the… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
I will always stand firm to protect the sanctity of marriage. I believe it is important to work with people to find common ground on… — George W. Bush
If you can walk with your head in the clouds and keep your feet on the ground, you can make a million dollars in the… — Gary Dornhoefer
We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've done this as recently as the last year in Afghanistan… — Colin Powell
The war was won on both sides: by the Vietnamese on the ground, by the Americans in the electronic mental space. And if the one… — Jean Baudrillard
Only one military organization can hold and gain ground in war-a ground army supported by tactical aviation with supply lines guarded by the navy. — Omar N. Bradley

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