Quotes of Wand - somelinesforyou

“ He that spareth his rod hateth his son. ”

- Bible

“ The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. ”

- Bible

“ So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top. ”

- Francis Bacon

“ Dogs have owners, cats have staff. Are you a dog or a cat? ”

- Unknown

“ The very staff of my age, my very prop. - The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 2. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. ”

- Bible

“ Just 30 days ago, my staff was briefed on an entirely different plan,... So to say there's some confusion would be an understatement. ”

- Ben Nelson

“ She is incredibly fit, but we remind staff that she's not just the monarch, but our mother. ”

- Prince Andrew

“ Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. ”

- Bible

“ The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. ”

- The Holy Bible

“ And each blasphemer quite escape the rod, Because the insult's not on man, but God? ”

- Alexander Pope

“ Thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed. ”

- Bible

“ The General Staff is naturally divided into five groups, each with its chief who is an assistant to the Chief of the General Staff. ”

- Kelly Miller

“ After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling. ”

- Pierre Corneille

“ Nothing's been determined yet. The priority right now is to get the schedule out, and then there will be meetings with the staff at Doral. ”

- James Cramer

“ My Irish passport makes me look like a chief of staff for the Provisional IRA. ”

- Jack Higgins

“ What she is planning to do, I'm quite sure, is leave that to the staff. ”

- Kenny Guinn

“ I seem to be some sort of lightning rod. I just really irritate people, you know? I really do. ”

- Howard Stern

“ We appreciate students' and parents' patience and the hard work of the counselors and staff. ”

- John Kellogg

“ Let tyrants shake their iron rod. ”

- William Billings

“ It's the responsibility of our staff to plan and prepare this being almost a permanent part of our environment in the future. ”

- Tom Ridge

“ The whole coaching staff is the responsibility of Joe Torre. ”

- George Steinbrenner

“ Then spare the rod and spoil the child. ”

- Samuel Butler

“ Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly. ”

- Jose Ortega y Gasset

“ Every private in the French army carries a Field Marshall wand in his knapsack. ”

- Napoleon Bonaparte

“ Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cape of good fortune. ”

- James Weldon Johnson

“ It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law, according to the golden mete-wand of the law and not by the crooked cord of discretion. ”

- Sir Edward Coke

“ Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore. ”

- Thomas Moore

“ Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave. ”

- James Russell Lowell

“ I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph. ”

- Ken Kesey
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