Bow Quotes

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.

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.

Passion and strife bow down the mind.

The bow kept taut will quickly break, kept loosely strung, it will serve you when you need it.

I want people to bow as they see me and say he is gifted with poetry, he has seen the presence of the creator.

I like America anyway. In Japan we are much more formal. If two friends are separated for a long time and they meet they bow and bow and bow. They keep bowing without exchanging a word. Here they slap each other on the back and say: Hello, old man, how goes everything.

We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits - and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful.

What we used to say was whoever had the bow tie got to lead the band. There was never any jealousy.

In its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors that it should bow its own head in shame.

Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by.

I think Pete did have a hard time as a kid with his appearance. But don't all kids have a hard time? God, I had a hard time, too. I was little with bow legs and rickets. I used to get picked on like everybody used to get picked on.

I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason.

I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?

Let others hail the rising sun: I bow to that whose course is run.

The artist must bow to the monster of his own imagination.

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

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.

Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.

Wearing a bow tie is a statement. Almost an act of defiance.

Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.

I bow at His Feet constantly, and pray to Him, the Guru, the True Guru, has shown me the Way.

His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, and the beard of his chin was as white as the snow.

The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.

At this camp I had the unique experience of showing all these seasoned Westerners that it was possible to make a fire by the friction of two sticks. This has long been a specialty of mine; I use a thong and a bow as the simplest way.

I used to have acne when I was a kid growing up. You can imagine how serious that was in making you feel bad. And I had skinny bow legs. I mean, as a kid growing up, I was an insecure fella.

You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.

I was at a party, and some squiggly looking dude with a bow tie came up and said, 'How'd you like to be on TV?' Turns out he was the programming guy at the Food Network. They had me come into the office, and I did a 'Ready, Set, Cook' with Emeril Lagasse, I believe.

If there are signs that Americans bow to the gods of advertising, there are equally indications that people find the gods ridiculous. It is part of the popular culture that advertisements are silly.

The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.