Best Their Knees Quotes
79 Their Knees quotes by 74 unique authors
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Australia objects to the mini-skirt not on moral but on economic grounds. Australians are no prudes and the lovely, healthy, sporty Australian girls have no…
— George Mikes
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Some find it easier to bend their knees than their minds. Exciting exploration is preferred to plodding implementation; speculation seems more fun than consecration, and…
— Neal A. Maxwell
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If you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And white people have a very,…
— Toni Morrison
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People are backsliders on their knees long before they backslide openly in the eyes of the world.
— J C Ryle
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Liszt commenting on the music of Frédéric Chopin: He confided . . . those inexpressible sorrows to which the pious give vent in their communication…
— Frederic Chopin
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Revolutionaries don't get job security. They compete with rats for cheese and with strays for shelter--after the big bullets make feet out of their knees.
— Ruby Dee
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Once, I discovered the skulls of two impala rams, their horns locked into an irreversible figure-of-eight; the two animals had been trapped in combat, latched…
— Alexandra Fuller
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Few parents are aware of the difficulties that beset the minds of the little philosophers and theologians who sit upon their knees or play at…
— Lucy Larcom
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It is not that God is stingy and must be coaxed, for He "giveth liberally and upbraideth not." It is that we ourselves are so…
— Vance Havner
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He felt a little lost, after that experience. Lost as the girls on their knees. It was a never-ending story of young girls losing themselves,…
— Jess C Scott
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I never had a serious injury that kept me out of a big competition. Now everyone has injuries - to their feet or their knees…
— Katarina Witt
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Computers can bully us. A slow and unreliable system will bring even the toughest soul to their knees as they find themselves completely defenseless against…
— Lou Ferrigno
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You can bring your enemies to their knees with the possible exception of the North Vietnamese.
— James Taylor
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When a monarchy gradually transforms itself into a republic, the executive power there preserves titles, honors, respect, and even money long after it has lost…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just give me a home, in a great circle dome Where…
— R. Buckminster Fuller
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
— William Cowper
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Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions.
— David Hume
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The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private…
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door.…
— Ralph Nader
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The truly humble feel the ground beneath their feet every day and do not only become aware of it when held aloft or pushed down…
— Julian Baggini
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Nor does God whisper through the trees. His voice is not to be mistaken. When men hear it they fall to their knees and their…
— Cormac McCarthy
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Once upon a time there was a woman who was just like all women. And she married a man who was just like all men.…
— Elizabeth Smart
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If there's anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they're either braver than most, or else just silly.
— C.S. Lewis
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He will grow up into one of those people who lean back to smile and jump so easily it looks like slow motion and steer…
— Hilary McKay
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CROWN Too much rain loosens trees. In the hills giant oaks fall upon their knees. You can touch parts you have no right to— places…
— Kay Ryan
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