Rope Quotes

396 Rope quotes by 326 unique authors

Is there a word for the moment you win tug-of-war? When the weight gives, and all that extra rope comes hurtling towards you, how even… — Sarah Kay
ROPE, n. An obsolescent appliance for reminding assassins that they too are mortal. It is put about the neck and remains in place one's whole… — Ambrose Bierce
Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Superman-a rope over an abyss. A dangerous crossing, a dangerous wayfaring, a dangerous looking-back, a… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Whatever happens, do not lose hold of the two main ropes of life - hope and faith. — Zig Ziglar
I look at decisions like - it's like an Indiana Jones movie. The guy comes to a rope ladder, and he's being chased. There's uncertainty… — Mark Burnett
Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved. The soul that is attached to anything,… — John of the Cross
The process of rating players can be compared to the measurement of the position of a cork bobbing up and down on the surface of… — Arpad Elo
Heaven knows insanity was disreputable enough, long ago; but now that the lawyers have got to cutting every gallows rope and picking every prison lock… — Mark Twain
I've never seen a truly great fighter get knocked onto the ropes unconscious... knocked out cold before... and I saw Roy Jones get knocked out… — Jim Lampley
The gospel casts out a rope to hale sinners to land; but the sinner has no hands to lay hold on it; his very faith… — Thomas Boston
It is only when our fate hangs in the balance, when our very life depends on something, that we see whether or not we trust… — Margaret George
Life is either always a tight-rope or a featherbed. Give me a tight-rope. — Edith Wharton
When we make a change, it's so easy to interpret our unsettledness as unhappiness, and our unhappiness as a result of having made the wrong… — Jeanette Winterson
Stay triumphant, keep on living. Stay on your toes, get off the ropes. Don't let 'em ever count you out. — Mariah Carey
Saints and ordinary folks are the same from the start. Inquiring about a difference is like asking to borrow string when you've got a good… — Hsu Yun
You always want to walk a tight-rope of flavor — Rick Bayless
On love, not harming others, and respecting all beings. Even animals have these elements in their behavioral patterns. We should start by observing how animals… — Dalai Lama
Liupan the Mountain of Six Circles Dazzling sky to the far cirrus clouds. I gaze at wild geese vanishing into the south. If we cannot… — Mao Zedong
I'll fight anybody who grabs the rope to hang themselves. — Adrien Broner
Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine. — Matsuo Basho
How could you reach the pearl by only looking at the sea? If you seek the pearl, be a diver: the diver needs several qualities:… — Unknown Author
A women needs ropes and ropes of pearls. — Coco Chanel
Capitalists will sell us the rope we will hang them with. — Vladimir Lenin
Green grass, green grandstands, green concession stalls, green paper cups, green folding chairs and visors for sale, green and white ropes, green-topped Georgia pines. If… — John Updike
There is something particularly unique about the films of Hong Sang-soo...it's got to do with his masterful sense of storytelling... as the critic Manny Farber… — Martin Scorsese

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