Ground Quotes

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In the age of the internet when everybody's a pundit, we're still gonna need somebody there to go talk to the colonels, to be on… — Walter Isaacson
I want to go barefoot because it’s holy ground; I want to be running because time is short and none of us has as much… — Bob Goff
If . . . a principle of true Religion [i.e., true Christianity] should . . . gain ground, there is no estimating the effects on… — William Wilberforce
We need to discover a common middle ground in which all of these things, from the city to the wilderness, can somehow be encompassed in… — William Cronon
A name is important. It isn't something you drop in the litter basket or on the ground. Your name is now people know you. The… — Rita Williams-Garcia
Hair brings one’s self-image into focus; it is vanity’s proving ground. Hair is terribly personal, a tangle of mysterious prejudices — Shana Alexander
Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached… — Samuel Johnson
There was a man that hated his footprints and his shadow, so one day he thought that if he ran fast enough, his footprints and… — Benjamin Hoff
Athletes have studied how to leap and how to survive the leap some of the time and return to the ground. They don't always do… — Harold Brodkey
It is a good thing to proceed in order and to establish propositions. This is the way to gain ground and to progress with certainty. — Gottfried Leibniz
Instant enlightenment. A quintessential modernism, culture and religion accommodated to the age of fast food and bumper stickers. But psyche and spirit are not so… — Kenny Smith
It is one of the greatest problems. It will appear very paradoxical, but this is true - before you can lose your ego, you must… — Rajneesh
It will be a great pity if any feeling of jealousy or egotism gain ground amongst you. — Swami Vivekananda
This intelligence itself is modified into what we call egoism, and this intelligence is the cause of all the powers in the body. It covers… — Swami Vivekananda
I don't mind flying. I always pass out before the plane leaves the ground. — Naomi Campbell
Of all the wonderful things in the wonderful universe of God, nothing seems to me more surprising than the planting of a seed in the… — Celia Thaxter
I am the wheat of God, and am ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of… — Ignatius of Antioch
So rests the sky against the earth. The dark still tarn in the lap of the forest. As a husband embraces his wife's body in… — Dag Hammarskjold
The Marine Corps is proud of the fact that it is a force of combined arms, and it jealously guards the integrity of its air-ground… — Keith B. McCutcheon
Retention of operational control of its air is important to the Corps' air-ground team, as air constitutes a significant part of its offensive firepower. — Keith B. McCutcheon
Beauty is a pledge of the possible conformity between the soul and nature, and consequently a ground of faith in the supremacy of the good. — George Santayana
I remember the first time I saw him. He was 13 and just floated over the ground like a cockier spaniel chasing a piece of… — Alex Ferguson
The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse… — Confucius
... enforced Christianity was the surest breeding ground for unbelief. Many men either became unbelievers or met unbelievers during their military service. — Unknown Author
If you get a drill and drill down 5km beneath the ground, it's teeming with life - millions of tiny living fossils. They resemble the… — Paul Davies

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