Quotes having the keyword Heads
A lot of young poets today, from what I've heard and experienced, can't get their heads past George W. Bush, and I've heard so many poems about this democracy and this era of politics that I'm kind of bored by it.
by Amber Tamblyn (Actor, American , born in 1983) keywords: bored, bush, democracy, era, experienced, george, get, heads, heard, kind, lot, many, past, poems, poets, politics, their, today , young Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows shot up into the air at no target: and with no purpose they only fall back upon our own heads and destroy ourselves.
by William Temple (born in 1970) keywords: air, arrows, back, believe, between, complaints, critical, criticizing, destroy, fall, heads, hovering, inability, indeed, into, only, our, ourselves, own, present, purpose, shot, target, time, up, upon , wish The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers.
by Lewis Thomas (Scientist, English , born in 1913) topics: Science keywords: along, behaviour, cloning, computer, control, engineering, flowers, genetic, growth, heads, humans, lists, most, plastic, poetry, science, things, transplanted, unrestrained , worry There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself; but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.
by Henry David Thoreau (Author, American , born in 1817) keywords: above, advice, believe, cannot, common, elevate, example, heads, help, hour, level, life, live, myself, old, power, their, very, world , worthily Soldiers and peasants lived together on friendly terms; they knew each other and their everyday routines, and trusted each other; they shook their heads together over the war.
by Ernst Toller (Playwright, German , born in 1893) keywords: each, everyday, friendly, heads, knew, lived, other, over, peasants, routines, shook, soldiers, terms, their, together, trusted , war We thrust our fingers into our ears to stop its moan; but it was no good; the cry cut like a drill into our heads, dragging minutes into hours, hours into years. We withered and grew old between those cries.
by Ernst Toller (Playwright, German , born in 1893) keywords: between, cries, cry, cut, dragging, drill, ears, fingers, good, grew, heads, hours, into, minutes, moan, old, our, stop, those, thrust, withered , years Week after week, the heads of Red Army Intelligence received updates on the Wehrmacht's preparations.
by Leopold Trepper (Celebrity, Polish , born in 1904) keywords: after, army, heads, intelligence, preparations, received, red, updates , week I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government meet only to go through the tedious motions of reading speeches, drafted by others, with the principal objective of not rocking the boat.
by Pierre Trudeau (Statesman, Canadian , born in 1919) keywords: bear, boat, drafted, fact, go, government, heads, meet, motions, nato, objective, only, others, principal, reading, rocking, solemn, speeches, state, tedious, through , witness When I see these guys write all this macho stuff I want to smash their heads.
by John Turturro (Actor, American , born in 1957) keywords: guys, heads, macho, see, smash, stuff, their, these, want , write We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.
by Lech Walesa (Activist, Polish , born in 1943) keywords: because, despite, freedom, heads, high, hold, our, paid, price , priceless 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.
by Simone Weil (Philosopher, French , born in 1909) keywords: any, bits, bow, consciousness, even, heads, horses, hurt, just, lose, our, painful, pull, situation, soon, submit, their, themselves, then , thought I think the idea of having the show divided into two parts was that Tom Tom Club opened for Talking Heads in Europe, and it was the best we'd ever had as an opening act.
by Tina Weymouth (Musician, American , born in 1950) keywords: act, best, club, divided, europe, ever, had, having, heads, idea, into, opened, opening, parts, show, talking, think, tom , two Talking Heads, for me and Chris, was a very personal thing that we shared with a lot of people. In a way, I'm glad it's over, because it allows us to move beyond the restrictions that followed.
by Tina Weymouth (Musician, American , born in 1950) keywords: allows, because, beyond, chris, followed, glad, heads, lot, move, over, personal, restrictions, shared, talking, thing, us, very , way When Talking Heads started, we called ourselves Thinking Man's Dance Music.
by Tina Weymouth (Musician, American , born in 1950) keywords: called, dance, heads, man, music, ourselves, started, talking , thinking It appears that the media filters we carry in our heads are like computers: they've been forced to get faster in order to keep up with the demands our high-speed society puts on them.
by Roy H. Williams (Businessman , American) keywords: appears, been, carry, computers, demands, faster, filters, forced, get, heads, high-speed, keep, media, order, our, puts, society, them , up I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all the other museums.
by Steven Wright (Comedian, American , born in 1955) keywords: arms, had, heads, museum, museums, other, statues, went , where Generally speaking, if people are prepared to stick their heads above the power pit, like Zinn says, and absorb what's going on around them, it makes them think.
by Thom Yorke (Musician, English , born in 1968) keywords: above, absorb, around, generally, going, heads, makes, pit, power, prepared, says, speaking, stick, their, them , think I miss my Dad. My Dad loved cheesy monster movies, so we'd have Godzilla movie marathons. Those are some of my favorite memories, laughing at how the monster outfits were so bad, like black garbage bags for heads.
by Ahmet Zappa (Musician, American , born in 1974) keywords: bad, bags, black, cheesy, dad, favorite, garbage, godzilla, heads, how, laughing, loved, memories, miss, monster, movie, movies, outfits, some, those , were Tim Robbins had real confidence in college. He literally stole actors from the theater department at UCLA to be in his plays. The department heads got so mad at him.
by Daphne Zuniga (Actor, American , born in 1962) keywords: actors, college, confidence, department, got, had, heads, him, his, literally, mad, plays, real, robbins, stole, theater, tim , ucla
