Tumble Quotes

92 quotes by 81 authors

The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff. — Ambrose Bierce
Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a prepared ground, but let them be bona fide falls in… — Samuel Butler
What a joy it is to feel the soft, springy earth under my feet once more, to follow grassy roads that lead to ferny brooks… — Helen Keller
I wish that we could tumble them in the dryer for 30 minutes and get them to shrink, but that won't happen. — Bob Hartley
Security, for me, took a tumble not when I read that there were Communists in Hollywood but when I read your editorial in praise of… — Elwyn Brooks White
I full well realize that politics is a rough and tumble business, but politics should not be reduced to lobbing partisan hand grenades. Politics is… — Pat Roberts
The critic's symbol should be the tumble-bug: he deposits his egg in somebody else's dung, otherwise he could not hatch it. — Mark Twain
By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear. Dare to look in thy chest; for 'Tis thine… — George Herbert
It is true from early habit, one must make love mechanically as one swims; I was once very fond of both, but now as I… — Lord Byron
To divide one's life by years is of course to tumble into a trap set by our own arithmetic. The calendar consents to carry on… — Clifton Fadiman
I knew I was weird by the time I was four. I knew I wasn't like other boys. I knew I was more fearful. I… — Robert Crumb
What I see is tellin me this world's gone crazy, but, What is real says God's still on His throne, What I need is to… — Steven Curtis Chapman
Year after year students tumble along like the waters of a river. They flow away, and only the teacher is left behind, like some deeply… — Kobo Abe
I was used to playing misled youth, rough-and-tumble guys. It was nice to get back to a big-hearted, warm and gentle soul, a guy who… — Milo
While the State becomes inflated and hypertrophied in order to obtain a firm enough grip upon individuals, but without succeeding, the latter, without mutual relationships,… — Emile Durkheim
I have watched the river and the sea for a lifetime. I have seen rivers rob soil from the roots of trees until the giants… — Keri Hulme
You wouldn't cancel your insurance policy in the middle of a hurricane, and you shouldn't sell silver when it takes a tumble. Like any insurance,… — Howard Ruff
Who is this before whose presence idols tumble to the sod? While he cries out â€” Allah Akbar! and there is no god but God! — William Ross Wallace
There is always something rough and tumble about planting - because with our clumsy implements we must reach from our atmospheric element down into another,… — Stanley Crawford
To make a resolution and act accordingly is to live with hope. There may be difficulties and hardships, but not disappointment or despair if you… — Shinichi Suzuki

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