Presses Quotes

88 Presses quotes by 82 unique authors

Think'st thou there are no serpents in the world But those who slide along the grassy sod, And sting the luckless foot that presses them?… — Joanna Baillie
University printing presses exist, and are subsidised by the Government for the purpose of producing books which no one can read; and they are true… — Francis Cornford
Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately,… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Athletes as a rule are stronger than their backers; yet the weaker presses the stronger to put forth all his efforts. — St. Jerome
Break up the printing presses and you break up rebellion. — Dudley Nichols
A lost election can have the jolt of a drop through the gallows door, leading to a dark night of the soul in which the… — James Wolcott
A revolution cannot progress without the fuel of terror. With time that relationship inverts: the revolution presses forward for the sake of terror. Like an… — Young-Ha Kim
As things stand now, I am going to be a writer. I'm not sure that I'm going to be a good one or even a… — Hunter S. Thompson
Woman's world is her husband, her family, her children and her home. We do not find it right when she presses into the world of… — Adolf Hitler
Time wastes too fast : every letter I trace tells me with what rapidity Life follows my pen ; the days and hours of it,… — Laurence Sterne
We live in a society whose whole policy is to excite every nerve in the human body and keep it at the highest pitch of… — Thomas Merton
It does not matter how great the pressure is. What really matters is where the pressure lies -- whether it comes between you and God,… — Hudson Taylor
On the way out to the car, Philip turns to me. “How could you be so stupid? I shrug, stung in spite of myself. “I… — Holly Black
Four flips the gun in this hand, presses the barrel to Peter's forehead, and clicks a bullet into place. Peter freezes with his lips parted,… — Veronica Roth
But please, when you see an opportunity…” He presses his hand to my cheek, cold and strong, and tilts my head up so I have… — Veronica Roth
I reach out to touch his cheek and he catches my hand and presses it against his lips. — Suzanne Collins
He smiles and takes his index finger and presses it to my lips, leaves it there until my heart lands on Jupiter: three seconds, then… — Jandy Nelson
Emma hears me come up the stairs and asks me to watch a movie with her. I stick Band-Aids on my weeping cuts, put on… — Laurie Halse Anderson
Sean reaches between us and slides a thin bracelet of red ribbons over my free hand. Lifting my arm, he presses his lips against the… — Maggie Stiefvater
Secrets press inside a person. They press the way water presses at a dam. The secrets and the water, they both want to get out. — Franny Billingsley
Hot off the presses, today’s headlines: The love of your life does not approve of my wanton flapper ways,” Evie said in a voice of… — Libba Bray
We pass more women with swollen bellies hurrying towards the godshouse and Arjuro presses a kiss to Tariq's outstretched fingers. 'She's mocking me, runt of… — Melina Marchetta
To no man does the earth mean so much as to the soldier. When he presses himself down upon her long and powerfully, when he… — Erich Maria Remarque
Why did you do it?" I say. "You want me dead. You were willing to do it yourself! What changed?" He presses his lips together… — Veronica Roth
Temptation turns you. It makes you into something you never dreamed, it presses you to give up everything you ever loved, it calls you to… — Sarah MacLean

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