Shoulders Quotes - Page 3

• If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

  Abigail Van Buren

  Inspirational, Motivational, Family

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• Mew," the kitten retorted, locking gazes with him. It had the expression common to all kittens, that of a tyrant in the becoming. 'I was comfortable, and you dared to move,' those jade eyes said. 'For that you must die.' When it became apparent to the cat that its two or three pounds of mass were insufficient to break Locke's neck with one mighty snap, it put its paws on his shoulders and began sharing its drool-covered nose with his lips. He recoiled.

  Scott Lynch

  Moving, Cat, Eye

  Scott Lynch (2007). “Red Seas Under Red Skies”, p.387, Del Rey

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• A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.

  Robert Burton

  Motivational, Eye, Dwarves

  The Anatomy of Melancholy "Democritus Junior to the Reader" (1621 - 1651) See Bernard of Chartres 1; Coleridge 30; Isaac Newton 1

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• When I left Van Halen, I went in the studio and made a CD called Marching to Mars with all studio musicians. I did it immediately. With the disappointment riding on my shoulders of the breakup of the band.

  Sammy Hagar

  Breakup, Disappointment, Cds

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• People love talking about when they were young and heard Honky Tonk Women for the first time. It's quite a heavy load to carry on your shoulders, the memories of so many people.

  Mick Jagger

  Memories, Talking, People

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• I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.

  Steve Martin

  Love, Funny, Witty

  FaceBook post by Steve Martin from Sep 22, 2011

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• Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.

  Knute Rockne

  Soccer, Sports, Football

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• As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility.

  Arnold J. Toynbee

  Freedom, Responsibility, Choices

  Arnold J. Toynbee (1949). “Civilization on Trial”

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• I mean, if 10 years from now, when you are doing something quick and dirty, you suddenly visualize that I am looking over your shoulders and say to yourself "Dijkstra would not have liked this," well, that would be enough immortality for me.

  Edsger Dijkstra

  Dirty, Mean, Years

  "Introducing a course on calculi" by Edsger Dijkstra, August 30, 1995.

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• I've worked with a lot of real heavy hitters, and Quentin is maybe heads and shoulders, at least a forehead, above just about anybody I've ever worked with.

  David Carradine

  Real, Heavy, Hairstyles

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• Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.

  Ian Mckellen

  Lying, Important, Done

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• The NFL offensive blocking is played differently; they use their hands instead of their head and shoulders.

  Jim Otto

  Football, Block, Hands

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• There are a lot more shots coming at the net and guys are just shooting it at the net because they have more time and pucks are going in off legs and feet and shoulders and heads, so you might have to play out a little further on the shot and hope it hits you.

  Ed Belfour

  Sports, Play, Feet

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• Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.

  Carl Friedrich Gauss

  Programming, Mathematician

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• The acne thing was bad. The shoulders, the face, my voice changed. I had a period every other week.

  Kelli White

  Voice, Acne, Faces

  "Victor Conte on Marion Jones' 'Poor Choices'". ABC News, abcnews.go.com. January 11, 2008.

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• Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly is exploited by the few - the selfsame few who wrung dollars out of blood in the war. The general public shoulders the bill.

  Smedley Butler

  War, Blood, Territory

  Smedley Darlington Butler (2016). “War Is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier”, p.23, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Leadership, Over You, Trying

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• In the sciences, we are now uniquely privileged to sit side-by-side with the giants on whose shoulders we stand.

  Gerald Holton

  Success, Intellectual, Intelligence

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• We should never forget those on whose shoulders we stand and those who paid the supreme price for freedom.

  Nelson Mandela

  Never Forget, Should, Paid

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.237, Pan Macmillan

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• Vision stands on the shoulders of what is actual to get a better view of what is possible.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Niece, Views, Vision

  Jonathan Huie, Mary Anne Radmacher (2009). “Simply An Inspired Life: Consciously Choosing Unbounded Happiness in Good Times & Bad”, p.173, Conari Press

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• Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.

  Livy

  Clever, Men, Shifting

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXVIII, section 25,

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• Sugar, it's no parade but you'll get down the street one way or another, so you'd just as well throw your shoulders back and pick up the pace.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Pace, Sugar, Way

  Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “The Poisonwood Bible”, p.146, Faber & Faber

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• I put my hand on him. Touching him has always been important to me, it was something I lived for. I never could explain why. Little, nothing touches, my fingers against his shoulder, the outsides of our thighs touching as we squeeled together on the bus. I couldnt explain it, but I needed it. Sometimes I imagined stiching all of our little touches together. How many hundreds of thousands of fingers brushing against each other does it take to make love?

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Hands, Making Love, Touching

  "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close". Book by Jonathan Safran Foer, April 1, 2005.

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• Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

  Tom Stoppard

  Inspirational, Motivational, Responsibility

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• You're so very naked," she whispered against his shoulder. He smiled into her hair. "So are you.

  J.R. Ward

  Hair, Naked

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