Toppling Quotes

14 quotes by 14 authors

• Our model of Nature should not be like a building-a handsome structure for the populace to admire, until in the course of time some one… — Arthur Eddington
• Philosophers and scientists confidently offer up traits said to be uniquely human, and the monkeys and apes casually knock them down -- toppling the pretension… — Carl Sagan
• This body, the United States Congress, was united, Republicans and Democrats alike, in taking that action, toppling the Taliban government, and working to try and… — Chris Van Hollen
• The preachers and lecturers deal with men of straw, as they are men of straw themselves. Why, a free-spoken man, of sound lungs, cannot draw… — Henry David Thoreau
• The West was involved in toppling the Mossadegh government. That ultimately led to the Iranian revolution. — Salman Rushdie
• Jamie chose that moment to almost fall down the stairs. Mae took his whole weight and grabbed the banister. Seb reached out but Jamie shied… — Sarah Rees Brennan
• Maybe this is the point: to embrace the core sadness of life without toppling headlong into it, or assuming it will define your days. — Gail Caldwell
• Suddenly it was obvious to Connor why they don't teach it. Once education was restructured and corporatized, they didn't want kids knowing how close they… — Neal Shusterman
• Europeans are forever the offspring of Machiavelli, trapped in a historical rollercoaster that can bring us a monarchy-toppling French Revolution and then a few years… — Loretta Napoleoni
• The toppling of idols - even respectable, admired, best-practice, fastest-growing idols - is always the road to liberation. — John Ortberg
• The insurgents are Baathists and Sunnis in Iraq who have as their goal a separate and distinct one of toppling the government that is there… — Ike Skelton
• I was dressed in a prom gown and heels for the season finale. I was supposed to run up this road, jump onto this box,… — Allison Mack
• When a house is tottering to its fall, The strain lies heaviest on the weakest part, One tiny crack throughout the structure spreads, And its… — Ovid
• Like the bee that now is blown, Honey-heavy on my hand, From his toppling tansy-throne In the green tempestuous land — Edmund Blunden

Who Wrote These Toppling Quotes

14 authors contributed a total of 14 Toppling Quotes as follows:

• 1 Toppling Quote by Arthur Eddington
• 1 Toppling Quote by Carl Sagan
• 1 Toppling Quote by Chris Van Hollen
• 1 Toppling Quote by Henry David Thoreau
• 1 Toppling Quote by Salman Rushdie
• 1 Toppling Quote by Sarah Rees Brennan
• 1 Toppling Quote by Gail Caldwell
• 1 Toppling Quote by Neal Shusterman
• 1 Toppling Quote by Loretta Napoleoni
• 1 Toppling Quote by John Ortberg
• 1 Toppling Quote by Ike Skelton
• 1 Toppling Quote by Allison Mack
• 1 Toppling Quote by Ovid
• 1 Toppling Quote by Edmund Blunden