Flushing Quotes

• Morn on the waters, and purple and bright Bursts on the billows the flushing of light O'er the glad waves, like a child of the sun, See the tall vessel goes gallantly on.

  Thomas Kibble Hervey

  Children, Purple, Light

  Thomas Kibble Hervey (1829). “The poetical sketch-book, including a 3rd ed. of Australia”, p.8

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• Above all, what socialist, without flushing with shame, maintains he is not a revolutionary? We say: none!.

  Johann Most

  Revolutionary, Shame, Socialist

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• Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose, Flushing his brow.

  John Keats

  Rose, Brows

  1820 Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes and Other Poems,'The Eve of St. Agnes', stanza 16.

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• Gratitude is a dialysis of sorts... it flushes the self-pity out of our systems.

  Max Lucado

  Thankful, Gratitude, Self

  Twitter post from Oct 28, 2014

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• Long, blue, spiky-edged shadows crept out across the snow-fields, while a rosy glow, at first scarce discernible, gradually deepened and suffused every mountain-top, flushing the glaciers and the harsh crags above them. This was the alpenglow, to me the most impressive of all the terrestrial manifestations of God. At the touch of this divine light, the mountains seemed to kindle to a rapt, religious consciousness, and stood hushed like devout worshippers waiting to be blessed.

  John Muir

  Religious, Blessed, Light

  John Muir (1968). “South of Yosemite”

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• Autumnal -- nothing to do with leaves. It is to do with a certain brownness at the edges of the day ... Brown is creeping up on us, take my word for it ... Russets and tangerine shades of old gold flushing the very outside edge of the senses... deep shining ochres, burnt umber and parchments of baked earth -- reflecting on itself and through itself, filtering the light. At such times, perhaps, coincidentally, the leaves might fall, somewhere, by repute. Yesterday was blue, like smoke.

  Tom Stoppard

  Fall, Light, Blue

  Tom Stoppard (1991). “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead”, Grove/Atlantic

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• Leadership is about keeping toilets flushing," the Admiral once said. "Unless you're on the battlefront. Then it's about staying alive. Neither are pleasant.

  Neal Shusterman

  Alive, Toilets, Said

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Unwholly”, p.79, Simon and Schuster

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• The New Testament writers I think conceive of their inspired Scripture writings as flushing out, bringing to articulation, expounding and so on the climactic revelation in the son, but this in self-conscious fulfillment of the promises and covenants that were already made to God's chosen people in Old Testament times.

  D. A. Carson

  Writing, Son, Thinking

  Source: www.booksataglance.com

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• Well, you've finally got a license to kill. It's about time.

  Richelle Mead

  Wells, License, Christian Ozera

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Spirit Bound: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.20, Penguin

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• Some astronauts describe the routine flushing of urine into space, where the freezing temperatures turn the droplets into a cloud of bright, drifting crystals, as being among the most amazing sights they saw on an entire voyage.

  Gene Cernan

  Space, Clouds, Sight

  "This much I know". Interview with Robin McKie, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2002.

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• We are now in the 21st century: all books, including the Koran, should be fair game for flushing down the toilet without fear of violent reprisal.

  Sam Harris

  Book, Games, Toilets

  "Bombing Our Illusions". www.huffingtonpost.com. October 10, 2005.

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• The crowds at Flushing Meadow are about as impartial as a Nuremberg Rally.

  Ian Wooldridge

  Tennis, Crowds, Meadows

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• Be very careful about your care. Don't use it for sexual high jinks. It can get ugly - trust me. Also be careful when flushing.

  Adam West

  Real, Use, Care

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• The word crap is actually another word that's very, very old. It was taken over from 17th century England by the pilgrim fathers and Americans were talking about things being crap in the 17th and 18th centuries. What Sir Thomas Crapper – complete coincidence – does is not invent the flushing toilet, as many, many people believe, but was a great promoter for it. He ran a business marketing other people's products and that's why his name was on them. When the American soldiers came over in the First World War, they all thought it was hilarious that it said 'crapper' on them.

  Lucy Worsley

  Father, War, Believe

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• Disease is an abnormal state of the body which primarily and independently produces a disturbance in the normal functions of the body. It may be an abnormality of temperament or form (structure). Symptom is a manifestation of some abnormal state in the body. It may be harmful as a colic pain or harmless as the flushing of cheeks in peripneumonia.

  Avicenna

  Pain, Health, Abnormal

  Avicenna (1999). “The Canon of Medicine (al-Qānūn Fī'l-ṭibb)”, Abjad Book Designers & Builders

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• People die, Rachel," Ceri said, her cheeks flushing. "Not if I can help it," I snapped. "And not of a broken heart. If you could, I'd be dead already.

  Kim Harrison

  Heart, People, Broken

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• He grunted. 'You have the courage of a warrior.' I watched him turn away and gather the clothes from the ground. He thought me courageous? But I was terrified - always terrified. 'No,' I said flatly. 'I don't." He paused from stuffing the invaluable robe between two bales. 'Are you frightened now?' I nodded, shame flushing my skin. 'Is it going to stop you?' 'No.' 'That is the courage of a warrior.

  Alison Goodman

  Warrior, Two, Clothes

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• "Well, you've finally got a license to kill. It's about time." I turned and met the amused eyes of Christian Ozera, a onetime annoyance who'd become a good friend. So good, in fact, that in my joyous zeal, I reached out and hugged him - something he clearly didn't expect. I was surprising everyone today. "Whoa, whoa," he said backing up, flushing. "It figures. You're the only girl who'd get all emotional about the thought of killing. I don't even want to think about what goes on when you and Ivashkov are alone."

  Richelle Mead

  Girl, Christian, Eye

  "Spirit Bound". Book by Richelle Mead, May 18, 2010.

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• Saxton smelled really good and had a handshake that was firm. "You've grown up a lot." Blay found himself flushing as he took his hand back. "You're just the same." "Am I?" Those pearl eyes flashed. "Is that good or bad?" "Oh...good. I didn't mean---" "So tell me how you've been. Are you mated to some nice female your parents set you up with?" Blay's laugh was sharp and hard. "God, no. There's no one for me.

  J.R. Ward

  Nice, Mean, Eye

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• I like the second better, but the first fits with the vampire watching what she can’t have.” I blinked. “What he can’t have,” I amended, flushing.

  Kim Harrison

  Vampire, Firsts, Fit

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• Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing of her gallèd eyes, She married. O, most wicked speed, to post With such dexterity to incestuous sheets!

  William Shakespeare

  Eye, Wicked, Tears

  William Shakespeare (2011). “Hamlet”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• The first time I played golf was in Flushing Meadows, Queens, when I was about 16 or 17. They had an 18-hole pitch-and-putt. My buddies and I would hop the fence and sneak on and play.

  Ray Romano

  Queens, Golf, Play

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