Quotes about dust
dust desert littles
Observation made in the cloister or in the desert will generally be as obscure as the one and as barren as the other; but he that would paint with his pencil must study originals, and not be over-fearful of a little dust. Charles Caleb Colton
dust two words-of-wisdom
"My good fellow," retorted Mr. Boffin, "you have my word; and how you can have that, without my honour too, I don't know. I've sorted a lot of dust in my time, but I never knew the two things go into separate heaps." Charles Dickens
dust tea might
There was not one straight floor from the foundation to the roof; the ceilings were so fantastically clouded by smoke and dust, that old women might have told fortunes in them better than in grouts of tea...
dust devil not-afraid
The devil is not afraid of a dust-covered Bible. Charles Spurgeon
dust way freak
Moths are the ones that freak me out. It's something to do with the way that, if they get squashed, they turn to dust. There's something very wrong about that. It all feels a bit Gothic. David Tennant
dust giving wife
We treat our stone wives with much more care than they treat their warm ones, anyway. I personally dust mine once a week, and I know Khaamil gives them presents when I am not looking. These are yours - they are in your care, and you must be faithful. Catherynne M. Valente
dust wings feet
People aren't evil and people aren't good. They live how they can one day at a time. They come out of dust they go back to dust, dusty feet, no wings, and whose fault is that? Caryl Churchill
dust balls bats
Amazing strength, amazing power - he (Ron Swoboda) can grind the dust out of the bat. He will be great, super even wonderful. Now, if he can only learn to catch a fly ball. Casey Stengel
dust expectations people
I never wanted to be a public figure. I feel that I always have to dampen down people's expectations. They expect me to be an oracle, wave a magic wand, sprinkle some slow, sparkly dust on them, to make everything all right. Carl Honore
dust trying machines
Because the machine will try to grind you into dust anyway, whether or not we speak. Audre Lorde
dust ashes goodness
That which you create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come. Don't spend your life accumulating material objects that will only turn to dust and ashes. Denis Waitley
dust significant specks
I'M SIGNIFICANT!!! ... Say's the dust speck. Bill Watterson
dust long apollo
Dust in an urn long since, dispersed and dead Is great Apollo; and the happier he Edna St. Vincent Millay
dust settling things-to-do
The right thing to do is to let the dust settle. Ari Fleischer
dust house trying
We try to exile ourselves more and more from nature - not always consciously: We build houses; we dismiss nature; nature has to be outside, because we're inside. God forbid something like a cockroach comes inside, or some dust. Diane Ackerman
dust your-side fire
But now we got weapons Of the chemical dust If fire them we're forced to Then fire them we must One push of the button And a shot the world wide And you never ask questions When God's on your side Bob Dylan
dust affliction shapes
Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form. Bodhidharma
dust blood sweat
The credit belongs to those of us who are actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood. We strive valiantly and sometimes there's the triumph of achievement but at the worst, we fail, but at least we fail while daring greatly." That has really changed my life. Profoundly changed my life.
dust glimpse treats
I travel as much as I do. It isn't the life I expected. I don't know what dust of pollen will come back with me from these travels.But I must trust that I will not treat frivolously the glimpses I've been given into other places and others' lives. Jane Hirshfield
dustbin knows
No one knows what it's like … to be a dustbin … in Shaftesbury … with hooligans … Bill Hicks
dusty rag taking
When you put a rag to a very dusty finish, it's like taking sandpaper to it.
dust community honor
A measure of victory has been won, and honors have been bestowed in token thereof. But honours fade or are forgotten, and monuments crumble into dust. It is the battle itself that matters - and the battle must go on. Elizabeth Kenny
dust practice soul
If you sound great in the practice room, you're practicing the wrong thing. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. Berthold Auerbach
dust instinct scholarly
But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended. Barbara Mertz
dust history
That great dust-heap called 'history'. Augustine Birrell
dust woe-unto history
Woe unto the defeated, whom history treads into the dust. Arthur Koestler
dust everyday everyday-life
Music is supposed to wash away the dust of everyday life Art Blakey
dust hearts helpless human tiny
We human are just only as tiny as dust on earth.Life is fragile,variable and helpless sometimes.Still, we had to put our hearts at the right place always.......
dust doe
Dust does rise, doesn't it? And so can I. Dionne Warwick
dusty guilty leather pairs pants
Leather pants are my guilty fashion pleasure. I have at least 10 pairs in navy, red, white, dusty pink, grey, suede and black. Abbey Clancy
dust hippy lifts people rug terrifying
Meditation, especially for people who don't know very much about it and think it's this very hippy dippy thing, can really be powerful, terrifying even, as it lifts the rug up on your subconscious and the dust comes flying out. Amanda Palmer
dust forces history hope immense implacable leaders matter mess people political powerful religious
No matter how powerful our political and religious leaders think they are, they are as dust before the immense and implacable forces of history and progress. I just hope that they don't make too much of a mess or take too many more people down with them. Alan Moore
dust everyday music
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.