Thrust Quotes

246 quotes by 226 authors

The interior of Mexico consists of a mass of volcanic rocks, thrust up to a great height above the sea-level. — Edward Burnett Tylor
Fig tree, how long it's been full meaning for me, the way you almost entirely omit to flower and into the seasonably-resolute fruit uncelebratedly thrust… — Rainer Maria Rilke
I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine; every man for himself, and God for us… — Miguel de Cervantes
When someone with the authority of a teacher, say, describes the world and you are not in it, there is a moment of psychic disequilibrium,… — Adrienne Rich
The whole thrust of yogic philosophical and scientific inquiry has therefore been to examine the nature of being, with a view to learning to respond… — B.K.S. Iyengar
Within your culture as a whole, there is in fact no significant thrust toward global population control. The point to see is that there never… — Daniel Quinn
I am accused often of too much experimentation.., but what else should I do when all other factors of man are in the same condition.… — Mark Tobey
Is a civilization naturally backward because it is different? Outside of cannibalism, which can be matched in this country, at least, by lynching, there is… — W. E. B. Du Bois
A little criticism makes me angry, and a little rejection makes me depressed. A little praise raises my spirits, and a little success excites me.… — Henri Nouwen
When a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a meaning walk, I don't stand still and look around On… — Robert Frost
Man, by definition, is born a stranger: coming from nowhere, he is thrust into an alien world which existed before him-a world which didn't need… — Elie Wiesel
The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to thrust his views upon the… — Agnes Repplier
Photography is like fencing. You must keep your distance, wait, and then thrust. — Henri Cartier-Bresson
Some lines are born quotations, some are made quotations, and some have "quotation" thrust upon them. — Gary Saul Morson
Pain can either thrust me into the arms of Jesus or make me turn my back on Him. Either way, it's a choice. — Mary E. DeMuth
Humanity cherishes its swaddling clothes; but it shall not grow up unless it can free itself from them. Turning down his mother's breast does not… — Andre Gide
Those desires that do not bring pain if they are not satisfied are not necessary; and they are easily thrust aside whenever to satisfy them… — Epicurus
The musical emotion springs precisely from the fact that at each moment the composer withholds or adds more or less than the listener anticipates on… — Claude Levi-Strauss
I love zombie films like Danny Boyle's '28 Days Later' - I thought it was so brilliantly done and so grounded in reality. I was… — Teresa Palmer
Anthropocentrism is simply irrational. And yet this is the thrust of much of our traditional religious thought and teaching, particularly in the West. — Russell E. Train

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