Ground Quotes

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Answering questions is a major part of sex education. Two rules cover the ground. First, always give a truthful answer to a question; secondly, regard… — Bertrand Russell
The ground of all great thoughts is sadness. — Philip James Bailey
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does he… — Margaret Mead
There is nothing more essential to getting a project off the ground than the underestimate. — Robert Breault
NovemberÂ’s days are thirty: NovemberÂ’s earth is dirty, Those thirty days, from first to last; And the prettiest things on ground are the paths.... Few… — Edward Thomas
The good traders are the ones who can hold their ground the majority of the month and participate in that small handful of trades that… — Linda Bradford Raschke
So we raise her up every morning, we take her down every night, we don't let her touch the ground and we fold her up… — Johnny Cash
Those of you who have been there Haiti know it is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. It has everything. It has… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
If there is any way you can get colder than you do when you sleep in a bedding roll on the ground in a tent… — A J Liebling
The poet is born with the capacity of arranging words in such a way that something of the quality of the graces and inspirations he… — Aldous Huxley
I've been on so many movies. Generally, I haven't gotten to be on the ground level. As of two years ago, in 'Dear John,' I… — Channing Tatum
Life is a journey up a spiral staircase; as we grow older we cover the ground covered we have covered before, only higher up; as… — William Butler Yeats
Is not a patron one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers… — Samuel Johnson
The fox when it sees a flock of herons or magpies or birds of that kind, suddenly flings himself on the ground with his mouth… — Leonardo da Vinci
The mole has very small eyes and it always lives under ground; and it lives as long as it is in the dark but when… — Leonardo da Vinci
Fame, that public destruction of one in process of becoming, into whose building-ground the mob breaks, displacing his stones. — Rainer Maria Rilke
No reason can be given for the nature of God, because that nature is the ground of rationality. — Alfred North Whitehead
The fact of the religious vision, and its history of persistent expansion, is our one ground for optimism. Apart from it, human life is a… — Alfred North Whitehead
I like to know the places I write about. I feel like it helps me ground the novel. My novels are 'realistic novels,' but they… — John Green
There's a rule saying I have to ground anyone who's crazy ... There's a catch. Catch-22. Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty… — Joseph Heller
The world of Manhattan is small and tightly knit, and the man on top retains a certain humility. He knows how far and fast he… — Herb Caen
Upscale young men seem to go for the kind of woman who plays with a full deck of credit cards, who won't cry when she's… — Barbara Ehrenreich
People who look down never get much of an idea of the sky where the stars are set. And the fellow who doesn't hitch at… — George Matthew Adams
The holy land was supposed to be spotless, a serious equivalent of Disneyland in which not a single candy wrapper is to stay on the… — Marvin Olasky
Man's pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly. — Pindar

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