Limbs Quotes

337 Limbs quotes by 273 unique authors

Dispositions of the mind, like limbs of the body, acquire strength by exercise. — Thomas Jefferson
There was a brisk northern wind, heavy and wet with the salt of the sea, and he felt, as he turned his face to it,… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Garden writing is often very tame, a real waste when you think how opinionated, inquisitive, irreverent and lascivious gardeners themselves tend to be. Nobody talks… — Unknown Author
I guess what I'm trying to say is I don't think you can measure life in terms of years. I think longevity doesn't necessarily have… — Diane Frolov
But then I thought, ‘I see transsexuals and they want healthy parts of their body removed in order to adjust to their idealized body image,'… — Julie Bindel
When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind… — Ralph Marston
In a jump, the subject, in a sudden burst of energy, overcomes gravity. He cannot simultaneously control his expressions, his facial and his limb muscles.… — Philippe Halsman
To me the Universe was all void of Life, of Purpose, of Volition, even of Hostility; it was one huge, dead, immeasurable Steam-engine, rolling on,… — Thomas Carlyle
Homo sapiens [are] a tiny twig on an improbable branch of a contingent limb on a fortunate tree. — Stephen Jay Gould
In his laborious efforts to attain mountaintops, where the air is lighter and purer, the climber gains new strength of limb. In the endeavor to… — Pope Pius XI
Love - bittersweet, irrepressible - loosens my limbs and I tremble. — Sappho
A long past vividly remembered is like a heavy garment that clings to your limbs when you would run. — Mary Antin
It is painful to be consciously of two worlds. The Wandering Jew in me seeks forgetfulness. I am not afraid to live on and on,… — Mary Antin
Our feeling is that the most important thing on a set is that actors have enough confidence to try different things. If there's stress or… — Peter Farrelly
I felt more alone that week than any. Sometimes I'd feel a body lying next to me like an amputee feels a phantom limb. All… — Harvey Pekar
Recently I have taken to isolating limbs, the torso. Why am I blamed for it? Why is the head allowed and not portions of the… — Auguste Rodin
The smile is the dance of the face - the dance is the smile of the limbs. — Ninette de Valois
Truly, if you were to tear me limb from limb and separate my soul from my body, I would not say anything more. If I… — Joan of Arc
I wished that I were the owner of every southern slave, that I might cast off the shackles from their limbs, and witness the rapture… — Thaddeus Stevens
I joke, but I only half joke, that if you come to one of our hospitals missing a limb, no one will believe you till… — Abraham Verghese
If you have seen nothing but the beauty of their markings and limbs, their true beauty is hidden from you. — Al-Mutanabbi
Only he who bestirs himself can advance spiritually. The fool who uses extraneous aids for this, in the form of the ready-made opinions of others,… — Abd-ru-shin
Railroad carriages are pulled at the enormous speed of fifteen miles per hour by engines which, in addition to endangering life and limb of passengers,… — Martin Van Buren
I would lay down my life to defend any one of the States from aggression, which endangered peace or threatened its institutions. I could do… — Sam Houston
Some people's joints articulate in a manner that allows them to benefit greatly from squats; others may not benefit at all. If you're not too… — Dorian Yates

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