Limbs Quotes
337 Limbs quotes by 273 unique authors
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A lady once expressed herself in society - the very words show that they were uttered with fervour and under the pressure of a great…
— Sigmund Freud
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Water creates a neurosis in golfers. The very thought of this harmless fluid robs them of their normal powers of rational thought, turns their legs…
— Peter Dobereiner
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How happy he whose toil Has o'er his languid pow'rless limbs diffus'd A pleasing lassitude; he not in vain Invokes the gentle Deity of dreams.…
— John Armstrong
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It is a delicious moment, certainly, that of being well nestled in bed, and feeling that you shall drop gently to sleep. The good is…
— Leigh Hunt
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Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A…
— Emma Lazarus
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If it is the love of that which your work represents--if, being a landscape painter, it is love of hills and trees that moves you--if,…
— John Ruskin
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Such young men are often awkward, ungainly, and not yet formed in their gait; they straggle with their limbs, and are shy; words do not…
— Anthony Trollope
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Art in its widest sense is the extension of the personality: a host of artificial limbs.
— Herbert Read
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Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.
— Benjamin Rush
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A horrid alcoholic explosion scatters all my good intentions like bits of limbs and clothes over the doorsteps and into the saloon bars of the…
— Dylan Thomas
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Nature has always something rare to show us... and the danger to life and limb is hardly greater than one would experience crouching deprecatingly beneath…
— John Muir
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Often people ask how I manage to be happy despite having no arms and no legs. The quick answer is that I have a choice.…
— Nick Vujicic
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I'm officially disabled, but I'm truly enabled because of my lack of limbs. My unique challenges have opened up unique opportunities to reach so many…
— Nick Vujicic
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Leaders know that the fruit of life is out on a limb.
— Orrin Woodward
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The sounds of many were unintelligible and undoubtedly many more called for their parents from whom they were parted by death or by accident. They…
— Martin Caidin
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The same animal which hath the honour to have some part of his flesh eaten at the table of a duke, may perhaps be degraded…
— Henry Fielding
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Things that are really offensive make me laugh because I like things that push the envelope, go out on a limb, and are bold.
— Courteney Cox
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As someone who's spent time with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on USO tours and met wounded warriors at Walter Reed and Bethesda, I…
— Al Franken
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Science has a culture that is inherently cautious and that is normally not a bad thing. You could even say conservative, because of the peer…
— Al Gore
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One of the things that I think you see sometimes in politics is a certain degree of caution. It's usually advised by consultants who don't…
— Elizabeth Edwards
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