“ The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative. ”
- Edward Abbey- Copy
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“ We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees. ”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt- Copy
- 2.8K
“ We were equals once when we lay new-born babes on our nurse's knees. We will be equal again when they tie up our jaws for the last sleep. ”
- Olive Schreiner- Copy
- 412
“ To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going down on one's knees and thanking him. ”
- Soren Kierkegaard- Copy
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“ Time spent on the knees in prayer will do more to remedy heart strain and nerve worry than anything else. ”
- George David Stewart- Copy
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“ Time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee … I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the power for what I must do now. ”
- Margaret Atwood- Copy
- 1K
“ Since my daughter is only half-Jewish, could she go in the water up to her knees? ”
- Groucho Marx- Copy
- 2.2K
“ The pious ones of Plymouth who, reaching the Rock, first fell upon their own knees and then upon the aborigines. ”
- William M. Evarts- Copy
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“ The Pilgrim Fathers landed on the shores of America and fell on their knees; then they fell upon the aborigines. ”
- American Saying- Copy
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“ Selfishness is never so exquisitely selfish as when it is on its knees… Self turns what would otherwise be a pure and powerful prayer into a weak and ineffective one. ”
- A. W. Tozer- Copy
- 255
“ Ankles are nearly always neat and good-looking, but knees are nearly always not. ”
- Dwight D. Eisenhower- Copy
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“ I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body. ”
- Winston Bennett- Copy
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“ I could never be with a woman during training. Because my knees would get very weak. My opinion is based on personal experience. ”
- Floyd Patterson- Copy
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“ Yes, hard is good. When I was in high school, I spent a lot of time on my knees playing with balls. I guess it was only natural that I became a catcher. ”
- Mike Piazza- Copy
- 944
“ When a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what his weaknesses are then I just put the ball where I know he can't hit it. ”
- Satchel Paige- Copy
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“ There is a much cheaper way, less complicated way to bring Iraq and Saddam Hussein to its knees: it is simply to send the Bush economic team over there and let them run the country. ”
- John F. Kerry- Copy
- 574
“ At early dawn when the air is crisp and you're standing knee deep in a beautiful rip, you see a trout rise to an unknown fly then your heart starts to wonder why you're a neophyte fly fisherman. ”
- George W. Harvey- Copy
- 1.6K
“ Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers. ”
- Austin O’Malley- Copy
- 3.5K
“ 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 stresses and strains are at ease. ”
- R. Buckminster Fuller- Copy
- 103
“ I'm afraid I was very much the traditionalist. I went down on one knee and dictated a proposal which my secretary faxed over straight away. ”
- Stephen Fry- Copy
- 3.8K
“ I bet some of you feel sorry for me. Well don't. Having an artificial leg has its advantages. I've broken my right knee many times and it doesn't hurt a bit. ”
- Terry Fox- Copy
- 1.3K
“ Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love. ”
- Euripides- Copy
- 3.3K
“ Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for. ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
- 3K
“ Knee-jerk liberals and all the certified saints of sanctified humanism are quick to condemn this great and much-maligned Transylvanian statesman. ”
- William F. Buckley Jr.- Copy
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