Lay Quotes

2047 Lay quotes by 1399 unique authors

Oh, stay, sweet warbling woodlark, stay, Nor quit for me the trembling spray, A hapless lover courts thy lay, Thy soothing, fond complaining. — Robert Burns
He was a worker whose only desire was to penetrate with all his forces into the humble and difficult significance of his tools. Therein lay… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Some vices only lay hold of us by means of others, and these, like branches, fall on removal of the trunk. — Blaise Pascal
Lay ye down the golden chain From Heaven, and pull at its inferior links Both Goddesses and Gods. — Homer
A poet not in love is out at sea; He must have a lay-figure. — Philip James Bailey
And the violet lay dead while the odour flew On the wings of the wind o'er the waters blue. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
When I was young, I was reading anything and anything I could lay my hands on. I was a veracious-to-the-point-of-insane reader. — Neil Gaiman
My career as a critic still lay in the future but unconsciously I may have been preparing for it. They were not easy companions, these… — Diana Trilling
A heartfelt sense of aspiring cuts through negativity about yourself; it cuts through the heavy trips you lay on yourself. — Pema Chodron
God's visit to earth took place in an animal shelter with no attendants present and nowhere to lay the newborn king but a feed trough.… — Philip Yancey
There are people already sharing eBooks out there, .. and they do it simply because they love books. You don't buy a second copy of… — Cory Doctorow
Talking about an X-Men Kissing scene I had to lay down there and think of England as one by one they bring out the girls.… — Hugh Jackman
Come, ye saints, look here and wonder, See the place where Jesus lay; He has burst His bands asunder; He has borne our sins away;… — Thomas Raymond Kelly
Rejection would be a disaster for the U.S., but ratification alone will not end our problems in Iraq. Even if the constitution is ratified, the… — Andrew Bacevich
Man is mortal. Everyone has to die some day or the other. But one must resolve to lay down one's life in enriching the noble… — B R Ambedkar
If all who are engaged in the profession of education were willing to state the facts instead of making greater promises than they can possibly… — Isocrates
I've come to realize that companionship and mild competition can help build quality and lay the ground for excellence. — Robert Genn
Time would fail me were I to try to lay before you in order all the passages in the Holy Scriptures which relate to the… — St. Jerome
Why would anyone believe it is possible to lay down such barrage of poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for… — Rachel Carson
These sprays, dusts, and aerosols are now applied almost universally to farms, gardens, forests, and homes-nonselective chemicals that have the power to kill every insect,… — Rachel Carson
There was once a town in the heart of America where all life seemed to live in harmony with its surroundings Then a strange blight… — Rachel Carson
One great remedy against all manner of temptation, great or small, is to open the heart and lay bare its suggestion, likings, and dislikings before… — Saint Francis de Sales
He spoke, and loos'd our heart in tears. He laid us as we lay at birth On the cool flowery lap of earth. — Matthew Arnold
Learn to sustain yourselves; lay up grain and flour, and save it against a day of scarcity. — Brigham Young
A president just can't make much showing against congress. They lay awake nights, thinking up things to be against the president on. — Will Rogers

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