Thrust Quotes

Long necks. The thrust of the head in a certain position. The way the fingers work, fabrics work. It's all part of my painting background.

The thrust of ambition is, and always has been, great, but among the bright-eyed it had once a more adventurous and individualistic air, a much more bracing rivalry.

If I had criteria, it would just be that I want to play active people who can solve problems, not people who have things thrust in their lap and need somebody to solve their problems for them.

I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle.

The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.

The midlife crisis you're having at 30 is indulgent, but the midlife crisis you have at 45 is to an extent thrust upon you.

Courage is required to make an initial thrust towards ones coveted goal, But even greater courage is called for when one stumbles and must make a second effort to achieve.

I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a more profound way.

And the basic sort of thrust of Star Trek being about equality and tolerance and things I believe in deeply.

Our culture thrives on black-and-white narratives, clearly defined emotions, easy endings, and so, this thrust into complexity exhausts.

History has thrust something upon me from which I cannot turn away.

Never thrust your sickle into another's corn.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach...just make sure you thrust upward through his ribcage.

The world rolls under the long thrust of his heel. Over the cage floor the horizons come.

Only Experience Teaches You: You can't learn skiing by watching videos. They might help but you still need to find a place with snow, put your skis on, and thrust yourself down the mountain.

I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce - my main thrust was the body and its functions and malfunctions - the absurdity of the thing.

The aim of New Deals is to exterminate the class of creditors and thrust all men into that of debtors. It is like trying to breedcattle with all cows and no bulls.

We should treat our minds, that is, ourselves, as innocent and ingenuous children, whose guardians we are, and be careful what objects and what subjects we thrust on their attention.

Morfran thrust his axe straight up. He pretty much seemed to have one sign for everything: poke a hole in the sky.

In my joy I thrust my hand into the live embers, but quickly drew it out with a cry of pain. How strange, I thought that the same cause should produce such opposite effects.

Thurst [thrust] out nature with a croche [crook], yet woll she styll runne back agayne.

We do not seek to thrust the principles of our religion upon anyone. The fundamental principles of our religion forbid that.

I didn't want to be a cheerleader, and when you're young and you're blonde that's kind of thrust upon you whether you like it or not.

I grew up with my career being thrust upon me. It took me a long time to believe that I could do more than that one aspect of our business.

So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation's hoop I thrust it in the earth.

We decided that the environment was an integral part of our policies and the political thrust of our government. We gave it the priority and we sustained it with the money required to make it happen.

Most of these who are thrust into combat soon find it impossible to maintain the mythic perception of war.

There is an innate decorum in man, and it is not fair to thrust Truth upon people when they don't expect it. Only the very generous are ready for Truth impromptu.

We have the agency to choose which characteristics will define us; those choices are not thrust upon us.

The world upon whom grace is thrust as a bargain will grow tired of it.

Sweet love, sweet thorn, when lightly to my heart. I took your thrust, whereby I since am slain, And I lie disheveled in the grass apart, A sodden thing bedrenched by tears and rain.

Those desires that do not bring pain if they are not satisfied are not necessary; and they are easily thrust aside whenever to satisfy them appears difficult or likely to cause injury.

Some have greatness thrust upon them, but not lately.

Some lines are born quotations, some are made quotations, and some have "quotation" thrust upon them.

The main thrust of the Social Security reform was to get the benefit structure in line with the realities of the Trust Funds.

Fear, true fear, is a savage frenzy. Of all the insanities of which we are capable, it is surely the cruelest. There is naught to equal its drive, and naught can survive its thrust.

Prayer sometimes dulls the hunger of the pauper, like a mother's finger thrust into the mouth of her starving baby.

I'd done about 10 movies before I decided I wanted to make acting the main thrust of my career.

The best state for human nature is that in which, while no one is poor, no one desires to be richer, nor has any reason to fear from thrust back, by the efforts of others to push themselves forward.

Nirvana was like that- Nirvana was like the only band to come out of that- it was like the same thing, Seattle was like this whole scene and it was like this big scene that was thrust upon America.

I assume there must be some kind of genetic thrust. My two grandmothers were very different, but both of them were frustrated musicians.

Fame was initially this kind of blunt tool that was thrust into my hands very young.

It's important in show business to have friends who understand the cut and thrust of everyday working life and the constant rejection.

I leave the hip thrusts to Michael Jackson.

I think that happens to a lot of people who find themselves thrust into the spotlight and becoming famous before they recognize what's happening to them. Life becomes a little distorted for them.

There are so many cameras. There is so much instant media attention, not just for celebrities, but for normal people that get thrust in the reality world.

Thou you thrust your dagger at my eye, I will not flinch.

The thing that inspires me about Daniel Radcliffe and the thing that I admire the most about him is that he's had a level of fame thrust upon him that's relatively unheard of.

I choose to worship not believing in God and government should not thrust a religious idea down my throat.

From early childhood, my thrust was to get into the movies.