Famous Quotes & Sayings

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas. Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness. I take it for granted that to create a tree I condemn a seed to rot. If the first act of resistance comes too late it is doomed to defeat. But it is, nevertheless, the awakening of resistance. Life may grow from it as from a seed.

Becca Fitzpatrick

She'll kill me if she finds you in here. Can you climb trees? Tell me you can climb a tree!" Patch grinned, "I can fly.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Something doesn't look right," Vee said. "Is the tire supposed to look like that?" I banged my head against the nearest tree trunk. "So we've got a flat," Vee said. "What now?

Bill Engvall

I was a dork hunter. That's hard to do. I fell out of a tree.

C. S. Lewis

If you could see humanity spread out in time, as God sees it, it would look like one single growing thing-rather like a very complicated tree. Every individual would appear connected with every other.

Carl Sagan

This oak tree and me, we're made of the same stuff.

Bill Bryson

Christmas tree stands are the work of the devil and they want you dead.

Capt. McDonough

It could have been worse if the tree hadn't been watered.

Anton LaVey

Behold the crucifix; what does it symbolize? Pallid incompetence hanging on a tree.

Jewel

I was really intimidated. I was really timid. And so a lot of what Ang did with me was trying to get me grounded and I think that's why he had me do tai chi, just trying to get me settled.

David Hancock

It is hard to not have the minister you're used to to lean against. But at the same time, I'm grounded in my faith.

Mel Netzhammer

I think I'm a leader grounded in reality.

Tanit Phoenix

I'm not looking to be a trophy. When not acting, I spend my time studying metaphysics and quantum mechanics to keep my life as grounded as I can.

Dionne Bromfield

If I'm naughty, I'm grounded for two weeks or Mum takes my phone and my laptop because she knows I can't live without them. Sometimes I'll say, 'Mum, do you just want to take my laptop?' because I can still use the Internet on my phone. But now she's going to read this and see what I've been doing.

Matt McGorry

For me, my preference for comedy is grounding it in the psychology of the character, and not just kind of making faces. Even when it's a crazy character, grounded comedy resonates more with people because it doesn't look like you're watching someone do vaudeville. No offense to vaudeville.

Dave Fields

She grounded me very effectively for 30 years.

Bruce Jackson

War is grounded in the notion of triumph and defeat. It is zero-sum.

Kelly Overton

Being a mom kind of grounded me in a way. Your body takes on a whole new meaning.