Bows famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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When I am asked about influences, I always say I bow down to Fred Astaire, because when you look at him dancing you never look at his extremities, do you? You look at his centre. What you never see is the hours of work that went into the routines, you just see the breathtaking spirit and freedom.
-- Alan Rickman -
Every moment I live, I live bowed to something. And if I don't see God, I'll bow down before something else.
-- Ann Voskamp -
Never argue. In society nothing must be; give only results. If any person differs from you, bow, and turn the conversation.
-- Benjamin Disraeli -
Only as we bow in contrition, confession, and repentance at the foot of the cross, can we find forgiveness. There is the grace of God.
-- Billy Graham -
It's hard for a fellow to keep a chip on his shoulder if you allow him to take a bow.
-- Billy Rose -
I was born with no money. So when people talk about Bow Wow being rich his whole life, I don't know where they get that.
-- Bow Wow -
Never take your eyes off your opponent... even when you bow...
-- Bruce Lee -
You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve," said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth. Be content.
-- C. S. Lewis -
We emphasize that we believe in change because we were born of it, we have lived by it, we prospered and grew great by it. So the status quo has never been our god, and we ask no one else to bow down before it..
-- Carl T. Rowan -
There are ceremonious bows that repel one like a cudgel.
-- Christian Nestell Bovee -
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, and the beard of his chin was as white as the snow.
-- Clement Clarke Moore -
It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson... even at the expense of my conscience and judgement. such a thing was new to me, and a total stranger to my principles.
-- Davy Crockett -
If you're playing a cop in a modern film, you don't have to walk with your spine straight up and bow before a fight. There's a lot of free form of expressing yourself as an actor.
-- Donnie Yen -
IÂ presume that it is the better part of wisdom that we bow to our fate with as good grace as possible.
-- Edgar Rice Burroughs -
We must quit bending the Word to suit our situation. It is we who must be bent to that Word, our necks that must bow under the yoke.
-- Elisabeth Elliot -
The history of the bow and arrow is the history of mankind
-- Fred Bear -
Nothing clears a troubled mind better than shooting a bow.
-- Fred Bear -
I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
-- Fyodor Dostoevsky -
I always bow to my enemies before I destroy them!
-- Gabrielle -
The higher life begins for us ... when we renounce our own will to bow before a Divine law.
-- George Eliot -
I love words; they are the quoits, the bows, the staves that furnish the gymnasium of the mind.
-- George Eliot -
He who is silent and bows his head dies every time he does so. He who speaks aloud and walks with his head held high dies only once.
-- Giovanni Falcone -
I bow at His Feet constantly, and pray to Him, the Guru, the True Guru, has shown me the Way.
-- Guru Nanak -
I'm in the Dance Band on the Titanic Singing "Nearer my God to thee" and the icebergs on the starboard bow Won't you dance with me?
-- Harry Chapin -
The arrow belongs not to the archer when it has once left the bow; the word no longer belongs to the speaker when it has once passed his lips, especially when it has been multiplied by the press.
-- Heinrich Heine -
You must not only aim right, but draw the bow with all your might.
-- Henry David Thoreau -
Nor does Apollo keep his bow continually drawn. [Lat., Neque semper arcum Tendit Apollo.]
-- Horace -
I'm secure enough in myself to wear panties with bows on them. Besides, they are comfy and soft." "I bet." He almost purred. I gulped.
-- Ilona Andrews -
I have an unsatisfied desire to shoot well with a bow.
-- J. R. R. Tolkien -
I always ask at once, 'Do you drink?' and if she says 'No,' I bow politely and say I am sorry but I fear she will not suit. All good cooks drink.
-- James Whistler -
The Bow’s passive approach to solar control and ventilation are implicit in its form, supported by an interesting structural system that is legible on the building’s exterior.
-- Jeanne Gang -
Namaste. It was a Nepalese greeting. It meant: The light within me bows to the light within you.
-- Jennifer Donnelly -
Getting to play with Thor's hammer while he stroked my bow
-- Jeremy Renner -
Sleep is just a good idea. I bow to the god caffeine.
-- Jo-Ann Mapson -
Remember always that the composer's pen is still mightier than the bow of the violinist; in you lie all the possibilities of the creation of beauty.
-- John Philip Sousa -
I don't see why I should bow my head when I could hold it high, or place it in the hands of my enemies when I can defeat them.
-- Jose Rizal -
Life doesn't always end up with a bow wrapped around it.
-- Joy Bryant -
Worship helps us find who we are and why God has placed us here on the earth. When we bow in God's presence with worship, only then are we made complete.
-- Judson Cornwall -
A gentleman can never have too many bow ties.
-- Justin Timberlake -
I don't like pink and I am not into girlie stuff, bows and frills, sugary looking things.
-- Katie McGrath -
You won't even take your bow? Are you planning to throttle a moose with your bare hands, then?" "I've a knife in my boot," she said, and then wondered, for a moment, if she could throttle a moose with her bare hands.
-- Kristin Cashore -
You always have to know when to bow out. You bow out while you are on top.
-- L.A. Reid -
So Pa sold the little house. He sold the cow and calf. He made hickory bows and fastened them upright to the wagon box. Ma helped him stretch white canvas over them.
-- Laura Ingalls Wilder -
Our emotions are made by God, yet they too must bow before Him
-- Laura Story -
Don't bow down to critics who have not themselves written great masterpieces.
-- Lawrence Ferlinghetti -
Mawah meenon ne le plus poohlala," I say with an affected bow.
-- Libba Bray -
You have a point," said Fronto, "and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.
-- Lloyd Alexander -
In education, in marriage, in religion, in everything, disappointment is the lot of women. It shall be the business of my life to deepen this disappointment in every woman's heart until she bows down to it no longer.
-- Lucy Stone -
When you're up against a superior enemy, sometimes it's okay to just bow out gracefully
-- Lurlene McDaniel -
Evidently an A level in English is a sacred trust, like something out of "The Lord of the Rings". You must go forth with your A level and protect the English language with your bow of elfin gold.
-- Lynne Truss -
and someday, fat innkeepers will bow to me.
-- Margaret Weis -
According to the Asiatics, Cupid's bow is strung with bees which are apt to sting, sometimes fatally, those who meddle with it.
-- Maria Edgeworth -
Everyone makes choices in life. Some bad, some good. It's called living, and if you want to bow out, then go right ahead. But don't do it halfway. Don't linger in whiner's limbo.
-- Maria V. Snyder -
The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.
-- Miguel de Cervantes -
I was a show-off as a kid. I was wearing bow ties and matching coloured trousers.
-- Mika -
I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason.
-- Mikhail Bakunin -
WHEN YOU BOW deeply to the universe, it bows back; when you call out the name of God, it echoes inside you.
-- Morihei Ueshiba -
Hero worship has died with heroes, and if someone bows down today, it is to pick up something.
-- Natalie Clifford Barney -
The expressive word "quiet" defines the dress, manners, bow, and even physiognomy of every true denizen of St. James and Bond street.
-- Nathaniel Parker Willis -
The wisdom of the world, while in many cases very valuable, is most valuable when it humbly bows to the wisdom of God.
-- Neil L. Andersen -
Enjoy yourselves. And Hap: Don't let Umber near the arrows and bows; he's liable to shoot himself in the nose." Dodd grinned and snapped the reins, and the carriage rolled away. Umber sniffed. "One of his lesser poems. Come, Hap.
-- P.W. Catanese -
I had felt the shot coming; I hadn't realized the bow was loaded with this very quarrel, perfectly calibrated to hit him hardest. What part of me had been studying him, stockpiling knowledge as ammunition?
-- Rachel Hartman -
Whores get bow-legged and bankers get mean, which is strange when you think that that if ***** get bow-legged, bankers should get generous, but they never do.
-- Ralph Steadman -
Greatness has entered the ring! Thank you very much you may bow at will!
-- Randy Orton -
Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.
-- Regina Brett -
The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.
-- Reginald Heber -
Wearing a bow tie is a statement. Almost an act of defiance.
-- Rick Kaplan -
Aretmis gripped her bow. “Let us pray I am wrong.†Can goddesses pray?
-- Rick Riordan -
Ane bow that is ay bent Worthis ay unsmart and dullis on the string; Sa dois the mynd that is ay diligent In ernistfull thochtis and in studying.
-- Robert Henryson -
The happy man is he who knows his limitations, yet bows to no false gods.
-- Robert W. Service -
If God said, 'Rumi pay homage to everything that has helped you enter my arms,' there would not be one experience of my life, not one thought, not one feeling, nor any act, I would not bow to.
-- Rumi -
I don't quite comprehend why you'd force someone to bow when the purpose of the gesture is to display allegiance and respect.
-- Sarah J. Maas -
The least Anararchic person in that conversation is the person saying 'you can't be an anarchist if you believe in god.' Because that's not an argument, it's just a statement. Why would somebody accept that? Because they either bow to your authority or they are afraid of your aggression. That's threatening to be another kind of ruler. Does that make any sense?
-- Stefan Molyneux -
Three things cannot be called back: the arrow when it speeds from the bow, the milk when the churn is upturned, the word when it leaps from the tongue.
-- Stephen R. Lawhead -
As the arrow that leaves the bow cannot be recaptured, what we say, senselessly, about others causes us great harm.
-- Sylvia Fraser -
There seems to be something in humanity which will not bow meekly to the insolence of power.
-- Terry Eagleton -
I never go black tie. I never grew up wearing ties or bow ties or anything.
-- Theophilus London -
The Quaker loves an ample brim, A hat that bows to no salaam; And dear the beaver is to him As if it never made a dam.
-- Thomas Hood -
I not only bow to the inevitable; I am fortified by it.
-- Thornton Wilder -
Bow, bow, ye lower middle classes! Bow, bow, ye tradesmen, bow, ye masses!
-- W. S. Gilbert -
Praise Him, each savage furious beast That on His stores do daily feast; And you tame slaves, of the laborious plough, Your weary knees to your Creator bow.
-- Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon -
Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?
-- William O. Douglas -
I love bows, … And I feel some couture pots coming on.
-- Yves Saint Laurent -
Nobody's life is wrapped up neatly in a bow.
-- Zoe Lister-Jones -
For me, even my break time I like to pull out the bow and just go over a Vivaldi sonata and keep my head sharp, keep everything sharp.
-- Chris Wyse
