Movement Quotes

2728 Movement quotes by 1884 unique authors

Family likeness has often a deep sadness in it. Nature, that great tragic dramatist, knits us together by bone and muscle, and divides us by… — George Eliot
(knitting while on a motorcycle) "For several years she knitted in secret (my father would not approve; she was to concentrate on motorcycling and LEAN… — Elizabeth Zimmermann
Let us simmer over our incalculable cauldron, our enthralling confusion, our hotchpotch of impulses, our perpetual miracle - for the soul throws up wonders every… — Virginia Woolf
It is a sad hardship and slavery to people who live in towns, that in their movements they know of one dimension only; they walk… — Isak Dinesen
People feel tremendous pressure to settle down in some sort of permanent space and fill it up with stuff, but deep inside they resent those… — Tom Robbins
I shift from one foot to the other, trying to get a good look at him. When I finally do, I look away. His eyes… — Veronica Roth
Karakarof spat onto the ground at Dumbledore's feet. In one swift movement, Hagrid seized the front of Karkaroff's furs, lifted him into the air, and… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
When I'm out on a long run," she continued, "the only thing in life that matters is finishing the run. For once, my brain isn't… — Christopher McDougall
Just asleep," Eddis reassured her. At the sound of her voice Eugenides's head turned slightly, but he didn't wake. Attolia, seeing the movement, breathed again… — Megan Whalen Turner
As soon as I arrived I made an attempt to find my host but the two or three people of whom I asked his whereabouts… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Life: a constellation of vital phenomena—organization, irritability, movement, growth, reproduction, adaptation. — Anthony Marra
Movement is most of what a bird is. When they're dead, they're only feathers and air. — William Wharton
She thinks how much more space a being occupies in life than it does in death; how much illusion of size is contained in gestures… — Michael Cunningham
I like to talk. Talking is kind of my thing. If talking had been a sport option at Wexford, I would have been captain. But… — Maureen Johnson
Our Press and our schools cultivate Chauvinism, militarism, dogmatism, conformism and ignorance. The arbitrary power of the Government is unlimited, and unexampled in history; freedom… — Arthur Koestler
Movement from Brenda grabbed Thomas's attention. He looked to see her drop the knife away from Minho and step back, absently wiping the small trace… — James Dashner
It’s okay. I’m used to people not wanting me at their parties.” I pushed to my feet. The stars seemed to twirl a bit with… — Unknown Author
As Heinz Pagels has said, The challenge to our civilization which has come from our knowledge of the cosmic energies that fuels the stars, the… — Michio Kaku
I have studied humans for a small eternity. Intent infuses their every movement. Road maps to their inner navigation, plastered all over their skin. Born… — Karen Marie Moning
Why would a person prefer the accusations of guilt, unworthiness, ineptitude - even dishonor and betrayal- to real possibility? This may not seem to be… — Ernest Becker
So let us be clear about this up front: We hope to recruit you to join an incipient movement to emancipate women and fight global… — Nicholas D. Kristof
In the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat; there is only movement. — Paulo Coelho
Her mind emptied of everything but the gusting wind and how fragile Wolf looked in that heartbeat, like one movement could break him open. — Marissa Meyer
Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life. I thought of their unfathomable distance, and the slow… — H.G. Wells
When Will Graham could open his right eye, he saw the clock and knew where he was- an intensive-care unit. He knew to watch the… — Thomas Harris

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