Ground Quotes

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In the broad sense, as a processing of everything one hears or witnesses, all fiction is autobiographical - imagination ground through the mill of memory.… — Rohinton Mistry
One time my mom tried to ground me, but that lasted 15 minutes. — Bam Margera
No commander in chief would ever say, 'I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground. — Claire McCaskill
There's a tendency in politics to attribute bad motivation much too quickly, and the sooner you attribute bad motivation to someone you disagree with, the… — Peter Welch
Politics is the practical exercise of the art of self-government, and somebody must attend to it if we are to have self-government; somebody must study… — Elihu Root
No nation now sets forth to despoil another upon the avowed ground that it desires the spoils. — Elihu Root
Betwixt the stirrup and the ground Mercy I asked, mercy I found. — William Camden
If there is not laughter in intimacy, it becomes heavy, burdensome, and dull. At my best moments, the love dialogue I try to carry on… — Andrew Greeley
The gentle rain which waters my beans and keeps me in the house today is not drear and melancholy, but good for me too. Though… — Henry David Thoreau
Principles are like a seed in the ground; they must continually be visited with heavenly influences or else your life will be a barren field. — Thomas Traherne
My method is related to an attempt to do something that might be understood by today's world, or that could at least provide understanding. In… — Gerhard Richter
The most intimate motions within the depths of our souls are not completely our own. For they belong also to our friends, to humankind, to… — Paul Tillich
There was nothing subtle about our landing. The pilot just pointed the nose at the ground and let her rip. — Bob Hope
In 2012, the far-right Golden Dawn won 21 seats in Greece's parliamentary election, the right-wing Jobbik gained ground in my native Hungary, and the National… — George Soros
If you can love death you become deathless; if you can understand non-being then your being becomes the very ground of being-hood, the very ground… — Rajneesh
We must raise the salaries of our operators or they will all be taken from us, that is, all that are good for anything. You… — Samuel Morse
A parable: A man was examining the construction of a cathedral. He asked a stone mason what he was doing chipping the stones, and the… — Richard Hamming
The only way to go on holiday is with your expectations at ground level. Convince yourself before you go that the weather's going to be… — Jenny Eclair
I lose faith and I lose ground, but then I see you and remember unconditional love. — Cyndi Lauper
I love the way they run in fright when I turn on the kitchen light. And when I squish them on the ground, they make… — Al Yankovic
The legends lie cradled in the seagulls call, and the promise they made are ground beneath the sadist's fall. — Jethro Tull
You walk into the room like a camel and then put your eyes in your pockets and your nose on the ground. — Bob Dylan
My little notebooks were beginnings - they were the ground into which I dropped the seed... I would work in this way when I was… — Walt Whitman
I beat Larry Holmes and George Foreman. I whupped Mike Tyson twice. I had my ear chewed off and spat on the ground in front… — Evander Holyfield
Like leaves on trees the race of man is found,- Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies:… — Homer

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