Lay Quotes

2047 Lay quotes by 1399 unique authors

A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was a lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears; But a comrade… — Caroline Norton
Under the pretext of study we spent our hours in the happiness of love, and learning held out to us the secret opportunities that our… — Peter Abelard
Knowledge cannot be stolen from us. It cannot be bought or sold. We may be poor, and the sheriff may come and sell our furniture,… — Elihu Burritt
It is Toussaint's supreme merit that while he saw European civilisation as a valuable and necessary thing, and strove to lay its foundations among his… — C L R James
Reading was only part of the thrill that a book represented. I got a dizzy pleasure from the weight and feel of a new book… — Debra Ginsberg
Certain pitches you throw, they lay off them like they knew it was coming. — Mark Buehrle
Christianity was neither original nor unique, but that the roots of much of the Judeo/ Christian tradition lay in the prevailing Kamite (ancient Egyptian) culture… — Gerald Massey
Obey God in all things today! Drive out the enemy! Lay the ax to the root of the tree, and the capacity for Jesus Christ… — Alan Redpath
Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough to say and… — Victoria Abril
Let those who are famished come that they may lay aside perpetual hunger and be filled with heavenly food. — Lactantius
It is a principle of the art of war that one should simply lay down his life and strike. If one's opponent also does the… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
There’s nothing worse than falling in love with a person over and over every time you lay eyes on them, especially when you hate their… — Tiffanie DeBartolo
The old orchid hunter lay back on his pillow, his body limp... 'You'll curse the insects,' he said at least, 'and you'll curse the natives...… — Susan Orlean
Such is the grasping tendency of the human heart, that it must have a something to lay hold of—and which, if wrested away without the… — Thomas Chalmers
At the centre of every fairy tale lay a truth that gave the story its power — Susan Wiggs
I was a roving guard on the Lowell Hebrew Community Center's girls' basketball team all through high school. My specialty was stealing the ball, but… — Elinor Lipman
There are several ways to lay out a little garden; the best way is to get a gardener. — Karel Capek
If I hadn't learned to lay on a two-hander once in a while, I'd never have left Flin Flon. — Bobby Clarke
The key with blogging is to lay it all out there because sooner or later people are going to know what you know, so might… — Neil Patel
Lord, it is time. The summer was very big. Lay thy shadow on the sundials, and on the meadows let the winds go loose. Command… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Every schoolchild knows that Columbus set out across the sea to prove that the world was round. But the belief in a spherical earth had… — Unknown Author
Whatever may be our condition in life, it is better to lay hold of its advantages than to count its evils. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Upon thy cheek I lay this zealous kiss, as seal to the indenture of my love. — William Shakespeare
That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary,… — Thomas Hobbes
If you ask me to summarise our mission, I would put it this way: We were a military regime that sought to lay the foundations… — Ibrahim Babangida

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