Quotes Tagged "ground"

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.

God, that dumping ground of our dreams.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

How I wish I was like the water, Flowing so freely with every drop Let my every emotion wonder, No need to start, nor even stop How I wish I was like the fire, Burning with every flame up Leaving a trace of hot desire As a Phoenix raises its' wings up How I wish I was like the earth, Raising each flower from the ground Seeing the beauty of death and birth And then returning to the ground How I wish I was like the wind, Hearing each whisper, sound and thought A lonesome and wandering little wind, Shattering all that has been sought Oh, how I wish I was where you are, Not separated by empty space, so far It seems like we're galaxies apart, But we find hope within our heart And how I wish I was all of the above, So I can come below and yet forget, The beauty of angels which come down like a dove And demons who love with no regret.

We also shot at a location that was an Aboriginal sacred ground for the shots coming up the cliff.

Every acorn on the ground is just as alive as the three-hundred-year-old oak tree that towers over it.

Successful enterprises are built from the ground up. You can't assemble them with a bunch of acquisitions.

You fly. You aviate. You do everything you can to get the aircraft safely on the ground.

If the Ivy League was the breeding ground for the elites of the American Century, Stanford is the farm system for Silicon Valley.

I'm not willing to commit American taxpayers' money anymore or American troops on the ground in another Middle Eastern country.

I repeatedly have to correct this belief. In a sense, magnitude involves steps of 10 because every increase of one magnitude represents a tenfold amplification of the ground motion. But there is no 'scale of 10' in the sense of an upper limit.

A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.

I love when a protagonist and antagonist can find common ground.

There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an impression of beauty and delight.

To us, the ashes of our ancestors are sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground.

A president who aspires to be recognized as a global leader should not personally stake out a foreign-policy goal, commit himself eloquently to its attainment, and then yield the ground when confronted by firm opposition.

Ground zero for me is audio.

Some of the worst selfies I've ever seen are at Auschwitz or Ground Zero.

No nation now sets forth to despoil another upon the avowed ground that it desires the spoils.