His Back Quotes
246 quotes by 215 authors
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One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held…
— Robert Browning
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Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love.
— Albert Camus
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If a mathematician wishes to disparage the work of one of his colleagues, say, A, the most effective method he finds for doing this is…
— Alfred Tarski
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Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and an be of…
— Francis of Assisi
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The conductor is a peculiar person. He turns his back on his friends in the audience, shakes a stick at his players in the orchestra,…
— Victor Borge
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Over the last six months, I've seen what these two futures look like. And six months from now, we'll all be living in one, or…
— Sandra Fluke
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It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily…
— George D. Prentice
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The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a…
— Joseph Conrad
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St. Augustine and St. Thomas define mortal sin to be a turning away from God: that is, the turning of one's back upon God, leaving…
— Alphonsus Liguori
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If he had another hair on his back, he'd be up a tree.
— Ken Reardon
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Whenever someone asks me to define love, I usually think for a minute, then I spin around and pin the guy's arm behind his back.…
— Jack Handey
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Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise…
— Hans Arp
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To act and act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait and wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in…
— H. P. Blavatsky
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When man turns his back on the Creator's plan, he provokes a disorder which has inevitable repercussions on the rest of the created order. If…
— Pope John Paul II
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I have never heard a dancer asking for advice about how to stay focused on her footwork, or a painter complaining about the dull day-to-day…
— Ursula K. Le Guin
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You can lead a horse to water, but if you can get him to roll over and float on his back, then you got something!
— Joe E. Lewis
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Look, what a horse should have he did not lack, Save a proud rider on his back.
— William Shakespeare
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He felt himself in suspension between the two worlds, the warm, neat civilization behind his back, the cool, dark mystery outside. We all write poems;…
— John Fowles
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When a gay person turns his back on you, it is anything but an insult; it's an invitation.
— Rush Limbaugh
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Nothing is improved by anger, unless it be the arch of a cat's back. A man with his back up is spoiling his figure. People…
— Charles Spurgeon
Who Wrote These His Back Quotes
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