Injury Quotes - Page 9

• Singular indeed the people should be writhing under oppression and injury, and yet not one among them to be found, to raise the voice of complaint.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Voice, People, Oppression

  Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 1: 1832-1858: Library of America #45”, p.13, Library of America

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• Injuries too well remembered cannot heal.

  Benjamin Barber

  Forgiveness, Heal, Wells

  Benjamin Barber (2001). “Jihad vs. McWorld: Terrorism's Challenge to Democracy”, Ballantine Books

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• The flea, though he kill none, he does all the harm he can.

  John Donne

  Doe, Fleas, Ethics

  John Donne, John Carey (2000). “John Donne: The Major Works”, p.340, Oxford University Press, USA

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• As to Caesar, when he was called upon, he gave no testimony against Clodius, nor did he affirm that he was certain of any injury done to his bed. He only said, He had divorced Pompeia because the wife of Caesar ought not only to be clear of such a crime, but of the very suspicion of it.

  Plutarch

  Wife, Done, Bed

  Plutarch (1872). “Plutarch's Lives”, p.606

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• As you may know, KFC is under worldwide pressure to eliminate its cruelest abuses of chickens, such as cutting the beaks off baby birds; breeding chickens to grow so large, so quickly that many suffer crippling injuries; and slitting the birds' throats or dropping them into tanks of scalding-hot water while they are still alive and able to feel pain.

  Pamela Anderson

  Baby, Pain, Cutting

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• The economic dependence of women is perhaps the greatest injustice that has been done to us, and has worked the greatest injury to the race.

  Nellie L. McClung

  Women, Race, Done

  Nellie L. McClung (1915). “In Times Like These”, p.40, University of Toronto Press

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• Romance no longer looked like so much fun, more like a repetitive stress injury.

  Carol Anshaw

  Fun, Stress, Romance

  Carol Anshaw (2012). “Carry the One: A Novel”, p.166, Simon and Schuster

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• Chiropractic care is the only real, long-lasting relief that I have found for my neck pain due to an old injury.

  James Arness

  Pain, Real, Chiropractic Care

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• It was a match I lost, rather than she won [on Serena Williams winning with an apparent cramp injury at Wimbledon

  Daniela Hantuchova

  Winning, Wimbledon, Lost

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• I've had plenty of practice and I'm hitting the ball well. I've had no injury worries so I'm in good shape.

  Tim Henman

  Practice, Worry, Balls

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• The frequency of automobile accidents is declining in North Carolina, but the severity of accidents involving bodily injury is rising in the state. That's something we will keep our eyes on in preparing our request next February.

  Tim Lucas

  Eye, North Carolina, Rising

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• I was never happy that my injuries cut my career short and ultimately forced my decision to step away from tennis. I have enjoyed my time away from the court, a period that has allowed me to experience a different side of life. However, I miss the game and the challenge of competing at the highest level of tennis, and I want to gauge whether I can stay healthy and compete against today's top players.

  Martina Hingis

  Cutting, Player, Games

  "Hingis plans comeback to top tennis three years after retiring" by Steve Bierley, www.theguardian.com. November 30, 2005.

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• Caregivers of those with a traumatic brain injury had their blood pressure recorded at certain time of day -- at meals and during other activities, .. The blood pressure of the people who had adopted the pets went down dramatically.

  Karen Allen

  Blood, People, Brain

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• I'm just looking forward to playing, and if anything else comes my way it's a bonus. I'm looking to have an injury-free season and doing things for Lancashire to get us where we belong.

  Stuart Law

  Bonus, Way, England

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• Those who failed to oppose me, who readily agreed with me, accepted all my views, and yielded easily to my opinions, were those who did me the most injury, and were my worst enemies, because, by surrendering to me so easily, they encouraged me to go too far... I was then too powerful for any man, except myself, to injure me.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Powerful, Men, Worst Enemy

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• And when we view a flag, which to the eye is beautiful, and to contemplate its rise and origin inspires a sensation of sublime delight, our national honor must unite with our interests to prevent injury to the one, or insult to the other.

  Thomas Paine

  Beautiful, Eye, Views

  Thomas Paine, John P. Kaminski (2002). “Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion”, p.20, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Avoid the company of the wicked, those who would do injury to you or to others. Like a disease their energy is something you can catch.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Wicked, Energy

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• My injuries are a long way from my heart.

  Donald Cerrone

  Heart, Ufc, Mma

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• An injury is not just a process of recovery it's a process of discovery.

  Conor McGregor

  Recovery, Discovery, Mma

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• Injuries, burns, and bruises will heal. But victory lasts forever.

  Phillipe Nover

  Mma, Forever, Victory

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• Getting punched in the face with a padded glove doesn't really hurt your face. It doesn't hurt your skull. The only thing it hurts is your brain. You can feel the brain injury happening. It's an instant headache.

  Jonathan Gottschall

  Hurt, Skulls, Brain

  "A Talk With The Savage English Professor". Interview with Sam Harris, www.thedailybeast.com. March 5, 2015.

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• Bull riding is probably the most dangerous sport in the world in terms of head injuries.

  Jonathan Gottschall

  Sports, World, Riding

  "A Talk With The Savage English Professor". Interview with Sam Harris, www.thedailybeast.com. March 5, 2015.

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• I've seen myself do stuff on stage that was pretty amazing. I think that would be true for any athlete. Any top athlete will see something that they are very proud of. All my injuries will attest to the fact that besides being a musician, it comes down to being an athlete.

  Paul Stanley

  Athlete, Thinking, Facts

  Interview with Steven Hyden, www.avclub.com. November 9, 2006.

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• Where there is happiness, there is found pleasure in nonsense. The transformation of experience into its opposite, of the suitable into the unsuitable, the obligatory into the optional (but in such a manner that this process produces no injury and is only imagined in jest), is a pleasure.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Opposites, Transformation, Nonsense

  Friedrich Nietzsche “Writings of Nietzsche: Volume III”, Lulu.com

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• A cool blooded and crafty politician, when he would be thoroughly revenged on his enemy, makes the injuries which have been inflicted, not on himself, but on others, the pretext of his attack. He thus engages the world as a partisan in his quarrel, and dignifies his private hate, by giving it the air of disinterested resentment.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Hate, Air, Giving

  Charles Caleb Colton (1836). “Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.59

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