Ropes Quotes

84 quotes by 79 authors

Stay triumphant, keep on living. Stay on your toes, get off the ropes. Don't let 'em ever count you out. — Mariah Carey
Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine. — Matsuo Basho
A women needs ropes and ropes of pearls. — Coco Chanel
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
Writing is an affair of yearning for great voyages and hauling on frayed ropes. — Israel Shenker
I am the most travelled of all my contemporaries; I have extended my field of enquiry wider than anybody else, I have seen more countries… — Democritus
My familiarity with the successful use of very long steel ropes for mining purposes naturally suggested their adaptation to the new purpose of deep sea… — Alexander Agassiz
As the skipping rope hit the pavement, so did the ball. As the rope curved over the head of the jumping child, the child with… — Madeleine L'Engle
Everton are now hitting the ropes running. — Glenn Hoddle
A confidence man knows heâ€™s lying; that limits his scope. But a successful shaman ropes himself first; he believes what he says â€” and such… — Jubal
Morality is a mountain which we cannot climb by our own efforts; and if we could we should only perish in the ice and unbreathable… — C.S. Lewis
Get yourself a few â€˜Dime a Dozen Generals,â€™ bid high in the â€˜former statesmen lobby auctionâ€™, and put in your pocket one or two â€˜ex-congressmen… — Sibel Edmonds
Great blunders are often made, like large ropes, of a multitude of fibres. — Victor Hugo
The publishers and others should quit worrying about losing customers to TV. The guy who can sit through a trio of deodorant commercials to look… — Raymond Chandler
The universe is illusion merely, not one speck of it real, and we are not only its victims, falling always into or smashed by a… — Annie Dillard
I've always got into stunts; even at drama school, I was falling down trap doors, and swinging in on ropes. — Thomas Howes
My dad was one of the reasons I got into rock and roll, because I was learning the ropes of his business, which was selling… — Billy Idol
I was tortured fifteen times, thats total submission. They did that with shutting off your blood circulation with ropes, giving you claustrophobia and pain at… — James Stockdale
... Once you're safely in the mall, you should tie your children to you with ropes so the other shoppers won't try to buy them.… — Dave Barry
Having to wander through a maze of ropes at an airport or bank even when you are the only person in line. — Rich Hall

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