Knees Quotes

The best thanks we could offer those who went before and raised the Irish working class from their knees was to press forward with determination and enthusiasm towards the ultimate goal of their efforts, a Co-operative Commonwealth for Ireland.

Back then, a half-a-century ago, the situation was totally different. Economically, we were practically on our knees, and politically, we were still excluded from the community of nations. Today, in this respect, we have a totally different and much more stable basis.

The pious ones of Plymouth who, reaching the Rock, first fell upon their own knees and then upon the aborigines.

Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent?

They say that every snowflake is different. If that were true, how could the world go on? How could we ever get up off our knees? How could we ever recover from the wonder of it?

I guess I've never really been aggressive, although almost everybody else in show business fights and gouges and knees to get where they want to be.

He put a ring in the toe of a stocking. On Christmas Eve, we opened our stockings and it was there at the bottom of the toe. Then he got down on his knees and he was shaking.

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

I'm glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.

I have a list a mile long of faults that sometimes bring me to my knees in self-hatred.

If we pulled out of Iraq tomorrow, Islamic jihadism is on the rise. And they continue, as we see in Lebanon, to seek to destroy the State of Israel and seek to drive America back and bring us to our knees. We must stand tall and straight.

Religion's in the heart, not in the knees.

Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just give me a home, in a great circle dome Where stresses and strains are at ease.

I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.

Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.

We were equals once when we lay new-born babes on our nurse's knees. We will be equal again when they tie up our jaws for the last sleep.

The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference.

Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for.

If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.

I saw Ellen and my knees were weak. It was amazing. And it was very hard for me to get her out of my mind after that. Then when I saw her that night, we started talking, and that's that.

Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbour on our knees.

Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.

There are a lot of farmers and ranchers who are struggling. I get on my knees every day. If I had a rain prayer or a rain dance I could do, I would do it.

A woman is as young as her knees.

When a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what his weaknesses are then I just put the ball where I know he can't hit it.

I cannot follow you Christians; for you try to crawl through your life upon your knees, while I stride through mine on my feet.

Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love.

I bounce my knees, but I do not have restless leg syndrome. I did an interview, I don't even know who it was with, and they said I told them I have restless leg syndrome and it distracts me from my work. I do not have any syndrome.

If I could change on thing about myself, I would: Have better knees. Mine are shot because of injuries. You're only as good as your legs, whether you're an athlete or an actor.

Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions.