Strain Quotes

303 quotes by 267 authors

Nature first, then theory. Or, better, Nature and theory closely intertwined while you throw all your intellectual capital at the subject. Love the organisms for… — E. O. Wilson
No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant. — Johnny Weissmuller
The full-grown modern human being who seeks but refuge finds instead boredom and mental dissolution, unless he can be, even in his withdrawal, creative. He… — Robert Briffault
Life is a rich strain of music, suggesting a realm too fair to be. — George William Curtis
We've got some very strong and robust ladies, but, when your life is at risk, I think the strain of that in a competitive situation… — Stirling Moss
John Dewey reminded us that the value of what students do 'resides in its connection with a stimulation of greater thoughtfulness, not in the greater… — Alfie Kohn
Strain your brain more than your eye... You can copy a thing to a certain limit. Then you must use intellect. — Thomas Eakins
I wrote my thesis on the benefits of war and very near got thrown out of college. But I can show you where the greatest… — Don Young
There are choirs singing in your head. If you listen, you will hear the music. It is the song of angels. Pay no attention to… — Neale Donald Walsch
In moments of considerable strain, I tend to take to bread-and-butter pudding. There is something about the blandness of soggy bread, the crispness of the… — Clement Freud
Christianity emerged from the religion of Israel. Or rather, it has as its background a persistent strain in that religion. To that strain Christians have… — Kenneth Scott Latourette
I tried good taste, but the strain was too much for me. — Mason Cooley
There has been growing quite a strain of irritating feeling between our government and the Russians and it seems to me that it is a… — Henry L. Stimson
Work is doing what you now enjoy for the sake of a future which you clearly see and desire. Drudgery is doing under strain what… — Richard Clarke Cabot
Disciplined runners consistently clear their heads and focus fully on the journey ahead.. .because their passion and zeal for the goal supersedes the strain. The… — Priscilla Shirer
It is an experiment worth trying to be alone and to be quiet for a brief period every day. Under city conditions it may be… — Robert McCracken
Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ordered lives confess… — John Greenleaf Whittier
Playing octaves was just a coincidence. And it's still such a challenge, like chord versions, block chords like cats play on piano. There are a… — Wes Montgomery
Someone will ask later, sometimes searching for a name, his own or someone's else's why I neglected his sadness or his love... But I didn't… — Pablo Neruda
Assuming that his talent can survive the increasing strain, there is one scarcely avoidable danger that lies ahead of the pupil on his road to… — Eugen Herrigel

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