Thrown Quotes

886 Thrown quotes by 715 unique authors

I want so much for my lover. At night when our beds are drawn close together I waken and see his dear yellow head on… — Dawn Powell
About a veteran player thrown out trying to steal second: There was larceny in his heart, but his legs were honest. — Arthur Baer
The dark shadow we seem to see in the distance is not really a mountain ahead, but the shadow of the mountain behind - a… — David Trimble
A university is not, primarily, a place in which to learn how to make a living; it is a place in which to learn how… — Sydney J. Harris
Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown off track by every nutshell and mosquito's wing that falls on the… — Henry David Thoreau
I have always felt that the great lottery of life is unfair. The fact is that I was thrown up on the stage of life… — Tim Costello
She thought of the last couple of years: the boredom, the narrowness of existence, the dearth of anything to look forward to. Yet now, in… — Rosamunde Pilcher
Life has been reduced to a series of long periods of boredom in the office punctuated by high-octane "experiences" which you can rack up on… — Tom Hodgkinson
Anyone who says that life matters less to an animal than it does to us has not held in his hands an animal fighting for… — J M Coetzee
I know well enough that there have been dogs so loving that they have thrown themselves into the same grave with the dead bodies of… — Miguel de Cervantes
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce… — Charles Caleb Colton
I think we need to start with Philadelphia and make sure that we actually get some election reform in Philadelphia. Actually, a recent election was… — Patrick McHenry
Men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and consumption: it is the 'culture of waste.' If a computer breaks it is a… — Pope Francis
In an age that has thrown off all tradition, the only rebellion possible is orthodoxy. — Peter Kreeft
The Gospel is not merely a communication of things that can be known - it is one that makes things happen and is life-changing. The… — Pope Benedict XVI
Love is a constant challenge, thrown to us by God. — Pope John Paul II
We subsidize the disposal of waste in all its myriad forms from landfills to Superfund cleanups, from deep-well injection to storage of nuclear waste. In… — Paul Hawken
Upon the whole I doubt whether the Benefits of opposition to the Constitution opposition to the Constitution will not ultimately be productive of more good… — George Washington
I am now . . . on a subject, which fills me with inexpressible concern . . . . But as it has been a… — George Washington
There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering their… — Benjamin Franklin
Houses were knocked down... enormous heaps of earth and clay thrown up; buildings that were undermined and shaking, propped up by great beams of wood...… — Charles Dickens
For people who have... had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares… — Casey Affleck
Is discord going to show itself while we are still fighting, is the Jew once again worth less than another? Oh, it is sad, very… — Anne Frank
I will venture to affirm, that the three seasons wherein our corn has miscarried did no more contribute to our present misery, than one spoonful… — Jonathan Swift
I am so mean I've handcuffed lightnin' and thrown thunder in jail. — Muhammad Ali

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