Strain Quotes

303 Strain quotes by 267 unique authors

When I was younger, not being accepted made me enraged, but now, I am not inclined to dismantle my history. If you banish the dragons,… — Andrew Solomon
We do believe in setting goals. We live by goals. In athletics we always have a goal. When we go to school, we have the… — Spencer W. Kimball
England is, after all, the land where children were beaten, wives and babies bashed, football hooligans crunch, and Miss Whip and Miss Lash ply their… — Colin MacInnes
I have a saying 'train, don't strain.' The Americans have the saying 'no pain, no gain' and that's why they have no distance running champions.… — Arthur Lydiard
On May 7, a few weeks after the accident at Three-Mile Island, I was in Washington. I was there to refute some of that propaganda… — Edward Teller
And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell… — John Milton
...the pepper is beginning to show signs of strain, and tonight should grace a salad. It has been suggested that I am a cannibal to… — Edward Weston
There is a strain of loneliness infecting many Christians, which only the presence of God can cure. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
That famous writer’s block is a myth as far as I’m concerned. I think bad writers must have a great difficulty writing. They don’t want… — Gore Vidal
We are bored in the city, there is no longer any Temple of the Sun. Between the legs of the women walking by, the dadaists… — Ivan Chtcheglov
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

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