Strains Quotes

76 quotes by 71 authors

And when a damp Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand The thing became a trumpet; whence he blew Soul-animating strains,-alas! too few. — William Wordsworth
I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death. — John Milton
It is a shallow criticism that would define poetry as confined to literary productions in rhyme and meter rhythm. The written poem is only poetry… — John Ruskin
The way a source strains toward the light, toward the air. Its laboring work, its effort, its black passageways like despair. Thatâ€™s the way a… — Anna Kamienska
Patience has the meaning of testing-a thing drawn out and tested, drawn out to the last strand in a strain without breaking, and ending in… — Oswald Chambers
In microbiology the roles of mutation and selection in evolution are coming to be better understood through the use of bacterial cultures of mutant strains. — Edward Lawrie Tatum
The multitude always strains after rarities and exceptions, and thinks little of the gifts of nature; so that, when prophecy is talked of, ordinary knowledge… — Baruch Spinoza
The recollection of how, when and where it all happened became vague as the lingering strains hung in the rafters of the studio. I wanted… — Hoagy Carmichael
The stresses, strains, and traumas of ordinary daily existence in the process of working and living tend to inhibit our breathing ability. — Leonard Orr
Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind. Hear the music of voices, the song of birds, the mighty strains of an… — Helen Keller
When the mind is opening to that unbounded pure awareness, the field of pure intelligence, simultaneously the body is losing stresses and strains, and thereby… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
I expect that essential oils may some day prove a vital weapon in the fight against strains of antibiotic-resi stant bacteria. — Andrew Weil
Besides the physical strains I realized men can be pigs to women even when it's a man dressed as one. — Michael Rosenbaum
I myself, a professional mathematician, on re-reading my own work find it strains my mental powers to recall to mind from the figures the meanings… — Johannes Kepler
Hostility towards Microsoft is not difficult to find on the Net, and it blends two strains: resentful people who feel Microsoft is too powerful, and… — Neal Stephenson
In past ages, the law governing the survival of the fittest roughly weeded out the less desirable strains. Then man's new sense of pity began… — Nikola Tesla
I sailed on the North River last night with my flute, and my music was a tinkling stream which meandered with the river, and fell… — Henry David Thoreau
The institution of marriage in all societies is a pattern within which the strains put by civilization on males and females alike must be resolved,… — Margaret Mead
In certain strains of Judaism, there's a profound passion for the ineffable. Contemplation of God is meant to be forever elusive, because, you know, our… — Ben Marcus
That a man can take pleasure in marching in formation to the strains of a band is enough to make me despise him. He has… — Albert Einstein

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