Arms Quotes - Page 36

• A man lies upon the floor, spreads his arms, and transforms himself into a ship of a thousand sails.

  Rick Yancey

  Lying, Men, Ships

  Rick Yancey (2012). “The Isle of Blood”, p.266, Simon and Schuster

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• It is inconceivable that a secret arm of the government has to comply with all the overt orders of the government.

  James Jesus Angleton

  Government, Order, Secret

  "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA". Book by Tim Weiner (p. 390), 2008.

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• Oh yes!...The sweet summons of God to man. That's when He calls you up to His arms. And it's the most beautiful thing, a rebirth, a new life. But, just the same I'm in no rush to find out.

  Oscar Hijuelos

  Beautiful, Sweet, Men

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• For when down on the knees
  The man (or god) stretches the arms
  In giving,
  It is no accident the hands
  Are curled like bowls or cups,
  For he offers self, yet
  Begs it back again.

  Edith Tiempo

  Men, Self, Hands

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• I've always felt that any establishment that doesn't welcome me with open arms doesn't deserve my patronage.

  Amy Plum

  Welcome, Patronage, Establishment

  Amy Plum (2012). “Until I Die: Number 2 in series”, p.52, Hachette UK

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• We know violence isn’t the answer. When we take up our arms, we’re talking about our vote.

  Sarah

  Talking, Answers, Violence

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• If there is such a thing as marriage, it takes place long before the ceremony; in a car on the way to the airport; or as a gray bedrooms fills with dawn, one lover watching the other; or as two strangers stand together in the rain with no bus in sight, arms weighed down with shopping bags. You don't know then. But later you realize - that was the moment.

  Simon Van Booy

  Rain, Airports, Sight

  Simon van Booy (2014). “The Secret Lives of People in Love”, p.50, Oneworld Publications

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• We touched with a softness that pushed through the skin into memory, like arms plunged into a river - we could feel the weight of each other's stones.

  Simon Van Booy

  Memories, Rivers, Skins

  Simon van Booy (2014). “The Secret Lives of People in Love”, p.297, Oneworld Publications

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• In every animal that walks upright, the deficiency of the Fluids that fill the Muscles appears first in the highest Part: The Face first grows lank and wrinkled; then the neck; then the breast and arms; the lower parts continuing to the last as plump as ever; so that covering all above with a basket, and regarding only what is below the girdle, it is impossible of two women to know an old from a young one.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Animal, Two, Mistress

  Benjamin Franklin, Ormond Seavey (1998). “Autobiography and Other Writings”, p.244, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Our world is... longing to see people whose God is big and holy and frightening and gentle and tender... and ours; a God whose love frightens us into His strong and powerful arms where He longs to whisper those terrifying words, 'I love you.'

  Mike Yaconelli

  Strong, Powerful, Love You

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• There is... nothing greater than touching the shore after crossing some great body of water knowing that I've done it with my own two arms and legs.

  Diana Nyad

  Two, Knowing, Water

  FaceBook post by Diana Nyad from Jan 14, 2014

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• It's nice to see some youth running around and not see achy backs and necks and arms, ... It's nice to see some young guys feeling spry.

  Trevor Hoffman

  Running, Nice, Guy

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• I trust the time is nigh when, with the universal assent of civilized people, all international differences shall be determined without resort to arms by the benignant processes of civilization.

  Chester A. Arthur

  Differences, Civilization, People

  Chester A. Arthur's second annual message to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, December 4, 1882.

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• Perhaps you have been ensnared by a sinful habit that you will not abandon, and your guilt is so overwhelming you are ashamed to approach Christ. Whatever the reason for your broken intimacy with God, there is good news. Jesus waits to embrace you now in the arms of unconditional, divine love.

  Charles Stanley

  Jesus, Broken, Waiting

  Charles F. Stanley (2001). “A Gift of Love: Reflections for the Tender Heart”, Thomas Nelson Publishers

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• We must not pull away from our children. We must keep trying, keep reaching, keep praying, keep listening. We must keep them within the clasp of our arms.

  Jeffrey R. Holland

  Children, Listening, Trying

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• The period of debate is closed. Arms, as a last resource, must decide the contest.

  Thomas Paine

  Lasts, Conservative, Debate

  Thomas Paine (1830). “The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: To which is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Author's Life”, p.33

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• I have 2 weapons; my arms, my legs and my brain.

  Michael Vick

  Funny, Football, Nfl

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• My view is that life is too short. I'm not being melodramatic or anything, but when your mother dies in your arms - just you and her, and it's one o'clock in the morning, and you're waiting for her to exhale - you just think, life's too bloody short to argue about the little things.

  Saffron Aldridge

  Mother, Morning, Life Is Too Short

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• In 1823, William Webb Ellis first picked up the ball in his arms and ran with it. And for the next 156 years forwards have been trying to work out why.

  Tasker Watkins

  Years, Work Out, Trying

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• The feel of a good row stays with you hours afterward. Your muscles glow, your mind wanders from the papers on you desk and goes back, again and again, to that terrific power piece at the end of the workout when it felt as if you and the boat were flying, as if you legs were two cannons and your arms were two oars and the great lateral muscles of your back were pterodactyl wings and the brim of your baseball cap was a harpoon.

  Barry S. Strauss

  Baseball, Workout, Wings

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• Whoever relies on the Tao in governing men doesn't try to force issues or defeat enemies by force of arms. For every force there is a counterforce. Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself. The Master does his job and then stops. He understands that the universe is forever out of control, and that trying to dominate events goes against the current of the Tao. Because he believes in himself, he doesn't try to convince others. Because he is content with himself, he doesn't need others' approval. Because he accepts himself, the whole world accepts him.

  Laozi

  Jobs, Believe, Men

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• The Houthi have local religious grievances, being Shiites in a majority Sunni land. But they are also agents of Shiite Iran, which arms, trains, and advises them. Their slogan - 'God is great. Death to America. Death to Israel' - could have been written in Persian.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Religious, Israel, Iran

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• What were all the world's alarms To mighty Paris when he found Sleep upon a golden bed That first dawn in Helen's arms?

  William Butler Yeats

  Sleep, Paris, Bed

  'Meditations in Time of Civil War 6: The Stare's Nest by my Window'

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• Inspired men have been raised up, who have given us our form of government, and the code of laws by which we are controlled, the best ever evolved by man, so far as we are able to judge. The Lord has strengthened the arms of the patriots who have defended us against the assaults of all those who have come up against us, and delivered us until today, from those who would have torn us asunder. Against all opposition, I sometimes think almost against ourselves, the Lord has brought us to our present condition, until this nation, like a city set on a hill, has become the light of the world.

  Anthony W. Ivins

  Men, Thinking, Light

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• No matter what I go through today, I need not fear. For God is all-powerful and God is here. I am never separate from the One who created me. There is nothing I can do to make Him turn his face away from me. I am loved, I am cared for, and I am totally safe in the arms of God.

  Marianne Williamson

  Powerful, Here I Am, Needs

  Marianne Williamson (2013). “A Year of Miracles: Daily Devotions and Reflections”, p.4, Harper Collins

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