Quotes about Shoulders

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. Votes: 6

Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously. Votes: 6

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together. Votes: 6

My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder. Votes: 5

Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders. Votes: 4

But Barry, to me, is head and shoulders above everybody. Votes: 4

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. Votes: 4

The NFL offensive blocking is played differently; they use their hands instead of their head and shoulders. Votes: 4

There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is God's finger on man's shoulder. Votes: 4

I knew that by getting behind the wheel of the car and having had something to drink, the responsibility laid on my shoulders. Votes: 4

He hits it long. His shoulders are impressively quick through the ball. That's where he's getting his power from. He's young and has great elasticity. Votes: 4

I've worked with a lot of real heavy hitters, and Quentin is maybe heads and shoulders, at least a forehead, above just about anybody I've ever worked with. Votes: 4

Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying. Votes: 4

From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free. Votes: 4

Scientists are really very conscious of the fact that they stand on the shoulders of an enormous tree of preceding workers and that their own contribution is not so enormous. Votes: 4

I broke down on Thursday, Nov. 3, and told Sheriff Howard Wells the truth. It wasn't easy, but after the truth was out, I felt like the world was lifted off my shoulders Votes: 4

I don't want to be the center of attention. My posture has changed. I walk with my head down and shoulders slumped. Suddenly I carry myself as if I'm ashamed of something. Votes: 4

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror, shoulders bare, trying this way and that their hair, or fly importunate down the stair to answer the telephone. Votes: 4

German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it, the occasional shudder down the spine, knowing it's not real - but looking over their shoulders anyway, just in case. Votes: 4

It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.' Votes: 4

Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly is exploited by the few - the selfsame few who wrung dollars out of blood in the war. The general public shoulders the bill. Votes: 4

By encouraging its citizens to violate our border, Mexico is pushing a tremendous welfare burden off of its shoulders and onto ours, while also benefiting from the significant sums of U.S. currency that these workers will eventually send back home to their families. Votes: 4

Sitting in the Oval Office, beneath a painting of George Washington, with a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. over his right shoulder and a bust of Abraham Lincoln over his left shoulder, Obama told 'National Journal' that the country's economic woes are deep and endemic. Votes: 4

There are a lot more shots coming at the net and guys are just shooting it at the net because they have more time and pucks are going in off legs and feet and shoulders and heads, so you might have to play out a little further on the shot and hope it hits you. Votes: 4

The muse is not an angelic voice that sits on your shoulder and sings sweetly. The muse is the most annoying whine. The muse isn't hard to find, just hard to like - she follows you everywhere, tapping you on the shoulder, demanding that you stop doing whatever else you might be doing and pay attention to her. Votes: 4

I think shoulders are sexier than cleavage. Votes: 3

Shoulders are from God, and burdens too. Votes: 3

Shoulders are from God and burdens too. Votes: 3

Shoulders can carry great weights; minds, even much greater! Votes: 3

One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without. Votes: 3

Manchester United have, since 1991, conquered Europe about as successfully as Head and Shoulders has conquered dandruff Votes: 3

There are a lot of leg strains on the inside of the legs. There's a lot of pressure on your legs and knees. Shoulders are another big thing. We play a physical sport and those are the areas that go. Votes: 3

I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks. Votes: 2

Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws. Votes: 2

I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved. Votes: 2

The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each neuron connected to 10 thousand other neurons. Sitting on your shoulders is the most complicated object in the known universe. Votes: 2

Leaders in Africa are so corrupt that we are certain if we put dogs in uniforms and put guns on their shoulders, we'd be hard put to distinguish them. Votes: 2

The life of a model isn't easy. But I try to keep a good head on my shoulders by staying close to my family and old friends. They're my support system. Votes: 2

I really want women to throw their shoulders back and stand up straight and use their big girl voices and not feel like they're compromising their femininity to be strong and smart. Votes: 2

We, the women of the Senate, with President Obama by our side, will keep fighting - our shoulders square, our lipstick on - because you deserve equal pay for your hard work. Votes: 2

Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still. Votes: 2

People love talking about when they were young and heard Honky Tonk Women for the first time. It's quite a heavy load to carry on your shoulders, the memories of so many people. Votes: 2

Everyone has highs and lows that they have to learn from, but every morning I start off with a good head on my shoulders, saying to myself, 'It's going to be a good day!'. Votes: 2

One of my personal indulgences is getting a weekly massage - it helps to re-align my body. I usually feel so much less tense after I've gotten rid of some knots in my shoulders and back. Votes: 2

No matter how busy I get or how much pressure is on my shoulders, a good workout makes me feel at ease. I come off the treadmill feeling relaxed, full of joy and with a sense of perspective over the issues on my plate. Votes: 2

A disagreement or incident involving someone who's not that important to you, like a guy who cut you off in traffic or a rude cashier, is something that should roll off your shoulders. Save the effort for resolving conflicts with the people you cherish. Votes: 2

I'm a real person, and I'm angry. I'm trying to use this celebrity thing to get people some help. AIDS, poverty, racism - I want to be one of the hands that helps stop all that. I'll put it on my shoulders. I'll charge it to my account. Votes: 2

As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long. Votes: 2

You know, I think of the global economy as an inverted triangle, resting on the shoulders of the American consumer. And if the American consumer cannot have enough disposable income in order to maintain a standard of living that creates more opportunities generation after generation, that's bad for everybody. Votes: 2

I say, 'Yeah, Taylor Swift.' I think she is a smart, beautiful girl. I think she's making all the right moves. She's got a good head on her shoulders. She's surrounded with wonderful people. Her songs are great. She keeps herself anchored. She knows who she is, and she's living and standing by that. Votes: 2

There's a lot of weight on the shoulders of a single parent, and that's taken a lot of energy away from me. It was always in the back of my mind that I had to do it, and I couldn't count on anybody. There was no one around to pay for me to get through life. Votes: 2

Tennis takes care of everything. It requires agility and quickness to get to the ball, core strength to get power into your shorts and stamina to last for an entire match. In addition to toning your arms and shoulders, it's a total body workout for your legs and abs, and works your heart and core unlike any other sport. Votes: 2

I've talked to a number of actors who have gained weight for roles, and just the sheer physical toll it puts on one's knees and shoulders - no one wants to do it again. I'm 57 and I don't think I'm going to take on any job or go on vacation again and see to it that I can gain 30 pounds. Votes: 2

Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders. Votes: 1

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy. Votes: 1

Climb onto my shoulders. I will not let you fall. Votes: 1

Those who are afraid of death will carry it on their shoulders. Votes: 1

Got demons on both shoulders. Votes: 0

Quick believers need broad shoulders. Votes: 0

Britney Spears has shoulders like a man. Votes: 0

His head just disappeared into his shoulders. Votes: 0

Prayer is where the cross changes shoulders. Votes: 0

Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders Votes: 0

You can see the relief on Falcao's shoulders. Votes: 0

How many weak shoulders have craved heavy burdens! Votes: 0

My health is good enough about the shoulders. Votes: 0

Why you got your ass on your shoulders? Votes: 0

I do not expect old heads on young shoulders. Votes: 0

The heavy sensual shoulders, the thighs, the blood-born flesh Votes: 0

With books we stand on the shoulders of giants. Votes: 0

Weigh well what your shoulders can and cannot bear. Votes: 0

Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them. Votes: 0

Fortune soon tires of carrying anyone long on her shoulders. Votes: 0

Chin up, shoulders back. Let "˜em know you're here. #ProudOfWhoYouAre Votes: 0

Nobody shoulders a rifle in defense of a boarding house. Votes: 0

We all stand on the shoulders of the past generation. Votes: 0

Ask not for a lighter load but for broader shoulders Votes: 0

Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor's shoulders. Votes: 0

I think I have a good head on my shoulders. Votes: 0

Well, I'm used to rubbing shoulders with crooks and criminals. Votes: 0

I'm feeling incredibly Botox-tempted as my face collapses around my shoulders. Votes: 0

Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them. -Scarlett O'Hara Votes: 0

A film's success or failure is strictly on the director's shoulders. Votes: 0

Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders. Votes: 0

I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else's talent. Votes: 0

Though February lay about her shoulders like a cloak of lead. Votes: 0

I stand on the shoulders of women who marched before me. Votes: 0

I carry my burdens to the Lord. He lightens my shoulders. Votes: 0

You can bear your troubles or shrug them off. They're your shoulders. Votes: 0

A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees the further of the two. Votes: 0

Genius may stand on the shoulders of giants, but it stands alone. Votes: 0

The most important part of a player's body is above his shoulders. Votes: 0

Fable has strong shoulders that carry far more truth than fact can. Votes: 0

When you 'flee' from Potiphar's wife, she starts giving you cold shoulders. Votes: 0

You can't carry the world on yer shoulders, broad as they are. Votes: 0

Sometimes it can feel like there are a billion people on my shoulders. Votes: 0

If you give up the guilt, that's a huge load off your shoulders. Votes: 0

In a sense, having cancer takes you by the shoulders and shakes you. Votes: 0

I can see so far because I stood on the shoulders of giants. Votes: 0

I feel I rise to the occasion when the pressure's on my shoulders. Votes: 0

Howdy. I'm gonna separate your head from your shoulders. Hope you don't mind none. Votes: 0

Mathematicians stand on each others' shoulders and computer scientists stand on each others' toes. Votes: 0

...nothing momentous comes in this world unless it comes on the shoulders of kindness. Votes: 0

GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason. Votes: 0

Each generation of scientists stands upon the shoulders of those who have gone before. Votes: 0

Good entrepreneurs have a chip on their shoulders. They are out to prove something. Votes: 0

He that hath money in his purse cannot want a head for his shoulders. Votes: 0

Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders. Votes: 0

I carry my burdens to the Lord. He lightens the weight on my shoulders. Votes: 0

Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others. Votes: 0

The shoulders of a borrower are always a little straighter than those of a beggar. Votes: 0

If the Almighty directs our steps, we've no need to look back over our shoulders. Votes: 0

Life is lived on its ownother's shoulders are used only at the time of funeral. Votes: 0

I had a chip on my shoulders 'cause I felt like I was being overlooked. Votes: 0

I'm more muscular than I was in my younger days. My biceps and shoulders, especially. Votes: 0

This is a tremendous assest for the club, a tremendous headache lifted from our shoulders, really. Votes: 0

A person can be danced. In all continents the dancers carry little children on their shoulders. Votes: 0

You know I'm just getting bigger, man. It's like, my shoulders don't fit in some things. Votes: 0

Good shoulders and a long waist are the most necessary when it comes to wearing clothes. Votes: 0

I think a lot of cynicism has dropped away from my shoulders since I stopped drinking. Votes: 0

Often try what weight you can support, And what your shoulders are too weak to bear. Votes: 0

Whatever your Bible translation is, it stands on the shoulders of one man - William Tyndale. Votes: 0

The dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant's shoulders to mount on. Votes: 0

Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up. Votes: 0

It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders. Votes: 0

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself. Votes: 0

God will not place a burden on a man's shoulders knowing that he cannot carry it. Votes: 0

With sturdy shoulders, space stands opposing all its weight to nothingness. Where space is, there is being. Votes: 0

You don't free yourself from duty by running away. That only increases the weight on your shoulders. Votes: 0

In general, being independent is so liberating, you get to create without someone looking over your shoulders. Votes: 0

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. Votes: 0

You knock at the door of Reality. You shake your thought wings, loosen your shoulders, and open. Votes: 0

We all have a destiny in accordance with the breadth of our shoulders. My shoulders are broad. Votes: 0

We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they. Votes: 0

I’m a guy who doesn’t dwell on stuff. I let things roll off my shoulders. Votes: 0

The planet is full and we will be rubbing shoulders forever. There is nowhere else to go. Votes: 0

As I go about my work as Premier, I know I stand on the shoulders of giants. Votes: 0

If you hunch your shoulders too long against a storm your shoulders will grow bowed.… Votes: 0

Humble leaders trust more easily because they realize that the world does not rest solely on their shoulders. Votes: 0

As a kid, I would push my shoulders forward in order to hide my heart from being hurt. Votes: 0

A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything. Votes: 0

(Yes teenage boys who are fine always cry on their mothers' shoulders until they leave a snot trail.) Votes: 0

Is your ego small enough, and your backbone strong enough, to raise others up high on your shoulders? Votes: 0

And you should never cut your hair 'cos I love the way you flick it off your shoulders Votes: 0

And to bring in a new word by the head and shoulders, they leave out the old one. Votes: 0

All of life and history is holding you on its shoulders so you can stretch one atom further. Votes: 0

You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders. Votes: 0

Glory is a shroud that posterity often tears from the shoulders of those who wore it when living. Votes: 0

So many programs you watch on the sofa, But the real program sit on top of your shoulders. Votes: 0

Vision stands on the shoulders of what is actual to get a better view of what is possible. Votes: 0

Some say they stand on the shoulders of giants. True. But have they ever tried walking like one? Votes: 0

If God had intended us to be alone, there would be more pleasure in massaging our own shoulders. Votes: 0

Only at the Golden Globes do the beautiful people of film rub shoulders with the rat-faced people in television Votes: 0

A greater international role is important to lift some of the burden from the shoulders of the United States. Votes: 0

There's really no honor in proving that you can carry the entire load on your own shoulders. Andit's lonely. Votes: 0

Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Votes: 0

We should never forget those on whose shoulders we stand and those who paid the supreme price for freedom. Votes: 0

One advances by standing on the shoulders of giants, but the ultimate goal is to find one's own vision. Votes: 0

I played Iris Murdoch, who had not long died, and I felt the responsibility very heavy on my shoulders. Votes: 0

In the sciences, we are now uniquely privileged to sit side-by-side with the giants on whose shoulders we stand. Votes: 0

It's nice when the movie is not on your shoulders, too. It's fun to do a smaller part sometimes. Votes: 0

The acne thing was bad. The shoulders, the face, my voice changed. I had a period every other week. Votes: 0

They've picked their heads up off the ground, and they now have a lot to carry on their shoulders. Votes: 0

The weight is off my shoulders. I don't live in the past anymore. I look forward, instead of back. Votes: 0

Sachin is the greatest player I have seen. I consider it an honour to have rubbed shoulders with him Votes: 0

Trees were made of vibrant green leaves sitting on the shoulders of shy green leaves too embarrassed to show themselves. Votes: 0

The men with stars on their shoulders supporting gays serving in the military is going to have a profound impact. Votes: 0

Everything is derivative. Everything is a remix, and we all stand on the shoulders of giants - a great phrase. Votes: 0

I've got the strangest build. It's big in the hips, small in the waist and I've got these enormous ... shoulders. Votes: 0

The newly-minted captain admits the irony between the gold on his shoulders and the lack of gold in his pockets. Votes: 0

Sometimes," he says, sliding his arm across my shoulders, "people just want to be happy, even if it's not real. Votes: 0

Just ask anybody who is getting old - everything starts hurting. For me, it's my shoulders, thumbs, knees and feet. Votes: 0

Conservatives understand that the power that binds our republic together is fierce independence held high on the shoulders of compassion. Votes: 0

Sachin Tendulkar has carried the burden of the nation for 21 years. It is time we carried him on our shoulders Votes: 0

Men often compete with one another until the day they die. Comradeship consists of rubbing shoulders jocularly with a competitor. Votes: 0

If you're a quarterback, you want everything on your shoulders. You want to be the one to make the decisions. Votes: 0

I think there's true drama in the formation of everything that we know and are standing on the shoulders of. Votes: 0

If it seems like you can see farther than most people, it is because you're standing on shoulders of giants. Votes: 0

A woman's sentimental monkeyshines will always deceive her lover, who invariably waxes ecstatic where her husband necessarily shrugs his shoulders. Votes: 0

I want to thank all the shoulders of the strong and brave and courageous women that I am standing on, Votes: 0

Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you must master the craft. Votes: 0

Lust is weak desire. A woman without a good head on her shoulders is nothing but a piece of meat. Votes: 0

Let's stop judging others, and relieve them of the heavy burden they are carrying on their shoulders because of us. Votes: 0

Everyone has a best feature, so find clothes and accessories to accentuate those, whether it's your shoulders or your long legs! Votes: 0

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing. Votes: 0

With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose. Votes: 0

A sweet disorder in the dress Kindles in clothes a wantonness A lawn about the shoulders thrown Into a fine distraction; Votes: 0

He shrugged his shoulders to shift the pain of failure---the pain that is so much greater than the pleasure of success. Votes: 0

If I have one message to young swimmers about taking care of their bodies, it's definitely take care of your shoulders. Votes: 0

Followers of Jesus who count the cost and are willing to take up their crosses after him must have broad shoulders. Votes: 0

If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived. Votes: 0

Don't ask God to give you a light burden. Ask Him to give you strong shoulders to carry a heavy burden. Votes: 0

I love my shoulders; they're strong. I like the way they move, and I like the way they look in clothes. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, on one or both of my shoulders sits lots of anxiety and that is a controlling factor in my life. Votes: 0

Taking away the risk from the financial sector and taking it on to the public shoulders is not the right approach. Votes: 0

my pleasure was in the strength of my back, in my noble shoulders, the cool smooth flesh cylinders of my arms. Votes: 0

I'll never be able to fill my father's or grandfather's shoes, but hopefully I can stand on their shoulders and reach farther. Votes: 0

I've been blessed with a good head on my shoulders and quite a good ability of discernment. I can see through people. Votes: 0

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see. Votes: 0

The dumber people are, the more they feel the need for a broad set of shoulders they can lay their head against. Votes: 0

I was the originator of smack. Some guys rattle with smack; with other guys it rolls right off their shoulders like nothing. Votes: 0

Trust me, if you're working on a $70 million movie and you're the last guy, you feel all that weight on your shoulders. Votes: 0

What a cruel irony of fate, to pair together, like Siamese twins united by the shoulders, scientific adversaries of such contrasting character! Votes: 0

The problem with surviving was that you ended up with the ghosts of everyone you'd ever left behind riding on your shoulders. Votes: 0

Unfortunately when I start to talk or when someone watches over my shoulders my pencil either stops or I draw meaningless lines. Votes: 0

It has nothing to do with clothing or makeup. Just put your shoulders back and chin up, and face the world with pride. Votes: 0

She made broken look beautifuland strong look invincible.She walked with the Universeon her shoulders and made itlook like a pair of wings. Votes: 0

My neck and shoulders are killing me. Hard to focus on writing about murder, doom, shagging, our hopeless future & other comedy etc etc. Votes: 0

Figures dark beneath their loads pass down the far bank of the river, rendered immortal by the streak of sunset upon their shoulders Votes: 0

Much responsibility rests upon the shoulders of the song leader; it is not infrequently within his power to make or break a meeting. Votes: 0

The ones who become stars or superstars are the ones who have a head on their shoulders and know how to use it. Votes: 0

That's exciting because to create new value in the robot space quickly, you need to stand on the shoulders of other technological developments. Votes: 0

Conscience is a cudgel which all men pick up in order to thwack their neighbors instead of applying it to their own shoulders. Votes: 0

I am Maradona, who makes goals, who makes mistakes. I can take it all, I have shoulders big enough to fight with everybody. Votes: 0

It is not Atlas who carries the world on his shoulders, but woman; and sometimes she plays with it as with a ball. Votes: 0

Don't be afraid to let her into your heart and when your down, don't try to carry the whole world on your shoulders. Votes: 0

We know our job. We are grinders and we are physical and we need to make their (defense) look back over their shoulders. Votes: 0

When the burden of life becomes heavier, when it starts crushing our shoulders with all its might, it is time to be stronger! Votes: 0

He hunched his shoulders and tried to make himself smaller in the seat. He wanted to disappear, to fade away, not to exist. Votes: 0

Let us be wary of ready-made ideas about cowardice and courage: the same burden weighs infinitely more heavily on some shoulders than on others. Votes: 0

If you want to be a leader, don't stand on the toes of dwarfs. Mount the shoulders of giants and you will see further. Votes: 0

The things one can express with the hand, with the head, with the shoulders!... How many useless and encumbering words then disappear! What economy! Votes: 0

You didnt grow up in the shadow of John Steinbeck. He put you on his shoulders and gave you all the light you wanted. Votes: 0

You take everything onto your shoulders like that guy who holds up the world, and you shouldn’t. You’re not nearly as muscular. Votes: 0

Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy of one. Votes: 0

But...what if I mistime it?" Gilan smiled widely. "Well, in that case, I'll probably lop your head off your shoulders." Horace and Gilan Votes: 0

Now hollow fires burn out to black, And lights are guttering low: Square your shoulders, lift your pack And leave your friends and go. Votes: 0

Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got a kind of presence. Votes: 0

When we imagine the power of all our sisters standing together on the shoulders of a quality education - our joy knows no bounds. Votes: 0

Whenever there is a cross to be carried by any of Christ’s followers, He always bears the heavy end on His own shoulders. Votes: 0

You didn't grow up in the shadow of John Steinbeck. He put you on his shoulders and gave you all the light you wanted. Votes: 0

Fear, born of the stern matron Responsibility, sits on one's shoulders like some heavy imp of darkness, and one is preoccupied and, possibly, cantankerous. Votes: 0

Nature is full of freaks, and now puts an old head on young shoulders, and then takes a young heart heating under fourscore winters. Votes: 0

When we forgive and let go, not only does a huge weight drop off your shoulders, but the doorway to your own self-love opens. Votes: 0

Listen. Slide the weight from your shoulders and move forward. You are afraid you might forget, but you never will. You will forgive and remember. Votes: 0

I think with the smaller-scale projects, the burden for success falls more squarely on the shoulders of the actors and the director and the script. Votes: 0

I don't have a brilliant body at all. I've got very broad shoulders. I've got very big feet. I've also got a very muscular neck. Votes: 0

Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. Votes: 0

Correction of Earlier Entry: 8/01/12We read over the shoulders of giants; books place us in dialogue not just with an author but with other readers. Votes: 0

Remember that life develops what it demands - the toughest path creates the strongest warrior. Pray not for a lighter load, but for stronger shoulders. Votes: 0

This is what I want: I want to grab my brother's hand and run back through time, losing years like coats falling from our shoulders. Votes: 0

The ability to speak is a short cut to distinction. It puts a man in the limelight, raises him head and shoulders above the crowd. Votes: 0

each age stands on the shoulders of the one that has gone before, and out of the revolt of the old is fashioned the new. Votes: 0

Hog butcher for the world, Tool maker, stacker of wheat, Player with railroads and the nation's freight handler; Stormy, husky, brawling, City of big shoulders. Votes: 0

Under your shoulders. Dear young people of the entire world, weigh the responsibility to transform tomorrow's world into a society where peace, harmony, and fraternity reign. Votes: 0

Jim Rohn is one of the most articulate, powerful, thought-provoking speakers I've seen. His unique delivery and style puts him head and shoulders above the rest. Votes: 0

I stand on the shoulders of countless people, yet there is one extraordinary person who is my life aspiration. That person is my mother, Celina Sotomayor. Votes: 0

There's one place where (Fidel Castro's) Cuba stands out head and shoulders above the rest "“ that is in its love for human rights and liberty! Votes: 0

When will conventional good manners become attractive? When will ladies of fashion exhibit their shoulders a little less and their affability and wit a little more? Votes: 0

Despite the weight of the world on my shoulders, the temptation to stop and smell the supernatural roses tugged on my sleeves a time or two. Votes: 0

I think, head up and shoulders back. Not only does it make you look taller and thinner but it gives you confidence and boosts your self-esteem. Votes: 0

I am a private person, but I will reveal this about myself: if you start massaging my shoulders, don't expect me to tell you to stop. Votes: 0

When you are young, you often think that the world spins around you. You think you can do anything, can take the world on your shoulders. Votes: 0

One thing that's great about being a character actor is that a movie doesn't rest on your shoulders. If it bombs, it won't hurt my career. Votes: 0

Put your shoulders back, hold your head up high knowing that the same power that raised Christ from the dead lives on the inside of you. Votes: 0

The cutting of heads is become so much a la mode, that one is apt to feel of a morning whether their own is on their shoulders. Votes: 0

Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known. Votes: 0

Throw back the shoulders, let the heart sing, let the eyes flash, let the mind be lifted up, look upward and say to yourself ... nothing is impossible! Votes: 0

Alas for him who seeks salvation in good only! Balanced on God's strong shoulders, Good and Evil flap together like two mighty wings and lift him high. Votes: 0

All I know is that the closer I get to God, the deeper I get into the Bible, and the heavier the burden seems on my shoulders. Votes: 0

I was born and raised on a Carolina sea island and I carried the sunshine of the low-country, inked in dark gold, on my back and shoulders. Votes: 0

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders. Votes: 0

I don't like your hair black. (Artemis) And I don't like your head attached to your shoulders. Guess we can't all have what we want, huh? (Acheron) Votes: 0

I do not believe you can have infinite population or economic growth in a finite world. We are living on the shoulders of some awesome geometric curves. Votes: 0

No one can buy me. It allows me to devote myself completely to what I do. Knowing that I'm comfortable removes a big burden off my shoulders. Votes: 0

In truth the most striking figure for the relation of the two is that of the strong blind man carrying the sighted lame man on his shoulders. Votes: 0

Newton said, "If I have seen further than others, it is because I've stood on the shoulders of giants." These days we stand on each other's feet! Votes: 0

I moved to leave, and Dylan actually grabbed me by my shoulders. I was so surprised that I forgot to karate-chop his elbows and break his arms. Votes: 0

That man said he'd take your head too." "Well, as to that," Yoren said, "if he can get it off my shoulders, he's welcome to it. Votes: 0

Sometimes life puts too big weights on little shoulders and the reply of little shoulders to this injustice is remarkable: To carry the burden with courage and dignity! Votes: 0

Sun on my shoulders and the wind at my back, bound and determined to get back on track to where the heart is..where it's been all along. Votes: 0

If you want to be on top, you've got to have broad shoulders, because as fast as you get there, the faster they try to knock you down. Votes: 0

If I had my life to live over I would die fighting rather than be a slave again. I want no man's yoke on my shoulders no more. Votes: 0

Suddenly in the end when it's over, you feel a big weight on your shoulders. That's the role of the captain. Unfortunately, it's sometimes like that in sport. Votes: 0

As long as you smile, have sparkly eyes and stick your shoulders back, nobody's going to notice your bum or your waist or your feet, for that matter. Votes: 0

Shane settled his flamethrower more comfortably on his shoulders. "Ladies? After you." "Rude," Claire said. "I was being polite!" "Not when you have a flamethrower. Votes: 0

I'd taken a big fat crisis off my shoulders and loaded it all on Jesus, which seemed unfair in a way, but was exactly what the Bible recommended. Votes: 0

I hate how I've had the mantle set on my shoulders as being against the record label. We've had some issues, but that is the nature of business. Votes: 0

My dream was to write a book and see it published. I didn't dare imagine anything beyond that, so, I'm trying to keep my head on my shoulders. Votes: 0

Sugar, it's no parade but you'll get down the street one way or another, so you'd just as well throw your shoulders back and pick up the pace. Votes: 0

The raft is used to cross the river. It isn't to be carried around on your shoulders. The finger which points at the moon isn't the moon itself. Votes: 0

Ashley watched her go and saw her square her small shoulders as she went. And that gesture went to his heart, more than any words she had spoken. Votes: 0

It hurts to be around life. People don't understand how close death is, right over their shoulders, around the block, at the end of a street. It's everywhere. Votes: 0

His eyes never slumber, and His hands never rest; His heart never ceases to beat with love, and His shoulders are never weary of carrying His people's burdens. Votes: 0

What civilization is, is 6 billion people trying to make themselves happy by standing on each other's shoulders and kicking each other's teeth in. It's not a pleasant situation. Votes: 0

Without the protection of surliness and levity, all children would be crushed by the past"”the past of others, loaded onto their shoulders. Selfishness is their saving grace. Votes: 0

The coat of the buffalo never pinches under the arm, never puckers at the shoulders; it is always the same, yet never old fashioned nor out of date. Votes: 0

Ah,' thought the king sadly, shrugging his shoulders, "I see clearly that if one has a crazy wife, one cannot avoid being a fool.'("Queen Fantasque") Votes: 0

We were emerging from the period of war, of uniforms, of women-soldiers built like boxers. I drew women-flowers, soft shoulders, fine waists like liana and wide skirts like corolla. Votes: 0

The Prophet Joseph Smith warned us to "˜beware of self-righteousness' and to enlarge our hearts toward all men and women until we feel "˜to take them upon our shoulders. Votes: 0

Social media, where I'm head and shoulders above everybody else. I've read now 22 million people on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. More than 22 million people. Nobody else is even close. Votes: 0

We're all standing on the shoulders of what other people have done. But you're supposed to take that and add your own sauce. It can be intimidating, believe me. Votes: 0

It is easier to conquer than to administer. With enough leverage, a finger could overturn the world; but to support the world, one must have the shoulders of Hercules. Votes: 0

Science is supposedly the method by which we stand on the shoulders of those who came before us. In computer science, we all are standing on each others' feet. Votes: 0

A responsible Warrior is not someone who takes the weight of the world on his shoulders, but someone who has learned to deal with the challenges of the moment. Votes: 0

What a terrible thing it would be to be the Pope! What unthinkable responsibilities to fall on your shoulders at an advanced age! No privacy. No seclusion. No sin. Votes: 0

If I admire my arms, my face, my shoulders, flanks, buttocks against the yellow drawn shades,-- Who shall say I am not the happy genius of my household? Votes: 0

One's days were too brief to take the burden of another's errors on one's shoulders. Each man lived his own life and paid his own price for living it. Votes: 0

You realise the responsibility of carrying a film on your shoulders when people are investing money in you and they recognise the hard work you have to put in. Votes: 0

Picking the right stocks is one of the hardest parts of investing, and every night on Mad Money, I try to take some of that burden off your shoulders. Votes: 0

It is very grand to die in harness, but it is very pleasant to have the tight straps unbuckled and the heavy collar lifted from the neck and shoulders. Votes: 0

The c**k isn't a muscle so it doesn't grow in relation to the shoulders, say, or the pectorals. You can't make it bigger through exercise, that's for sure. Votes: 0

No phrase can convey the idea of surprise so vividly as opening the eyes and raising the eyebrows. A shrug of the shoulders would lose much by translation into words. Votes: 0

I am a canvas of my experiences, my story is etched in lines and shading, and you can read it on my arms, my legs, my shoulders, and my stomach. Votes: 0

...the girl with the tip-tilted nose, the forget-me-not eyes, the rose red cheeks and the lily-white neck and shoulders who gave the explanation in a trembling voice: "It's the ghost! Votes: 0

I've been around the world and I've had bras made in different places, and each time I'm experiencing the same troubles: the painful shoulders, the underwire cutting into my flesh. Votes: 0

Divorce is war and unfortunately, some parents live in constant entanglements with their ex-spouses and they shift aside the issues that post-divorce can leave on the shoulders of their children. Votes: 0

When you watch Tiger Woods, you're in awe of what he can do with a seven-iron. Watching Matthew Stafford from up here, he's head and shoulders above most college quarterbacks. Votes: 0

If you pay off your mortgage before retirement, you take a huge financial load off your shoulders. You also become eligible to take out a reverse mortgage once you turn 62. Votes: 0

And Zach was taking his jacket off and draping it around my shoulders, which (according to Liz, who double checked with Macey) is the single-sexiest thing a guy can do. Votes: 0

The scales of reckoning with mortality are never evenly weighted, alas, and thus it is on the shoulders of the living that the burden of justice must continue to rest. Votes: 0

I'm business savvy and my will is only to win. I can't hit rock bottom any lower. It's only up from here. The weight is off the shoulders with that. Votes: 0

If you spend all day on horseback, and you hop off, you walk around like you still have a horse between your legs. And it affects your shoulders. They fall. Votes: 0

The work that we do is so tricky because it rests on our shoulders, but it's also collaborative and part of it is trusting the people that you're working with. Votes: 0

Life, in my estimation, is a biological misadventure that we terminate on the shoulders of six strange men whose only objective is to make a hole in one with you. Votes: 0

The life of a professional golfer is precarious at best. Win, and they carry you to the clubhouse on their shoulders. Lose, and you pay the caddies in the dark. Votes: 0

My brothers and sister have all achieved so much in their lives and achieved so much success. But I'm growing and learning, I have a strong head on my shoulders. Votes: 0

My parents loved me. My father used to carry me around on my shoulders. I know my father loved me. All families love their children, and we were good boys. Votes: 0

My back swing off the first tee had put him in mond of an eldery woman of dubious morals trying to struggle out of a dress too tight around the shoulders. Votes: 0

I think the ears are a strange look for me. Quite big. But I loved the hair down to my shoulders. It felt right. I'm thinking of letting my hair go. Votes: 0

The man at the center [Donald Trump], soon to be the world's most powerful, now shoulders the hopes and dreams of millions of Americans, the fear and anxiety of millions more. Votes: 0

She took my hand and pulled me after her, her shoulders giving off a sweet peppermint concoction that the bodies of young women sometimes produce to make my life more difficult. Votes: 0

Let me see you ride a donkey over my green again, and as sure as you have a head upon your shoulders, I'll knock your bonnet off, and tread upon it! Votes: 0

A hero can be anyone, even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat on a young boy's shoulders to let him know the world hadn't ended. Votes: 0

Don't get me wrong, I love a good cardigan too, but a jacket - especially one with sharp shoulders, interesting buttons, or a unique collar - always looks the most fashion-forward. Votes: 0

What sets black people apart is not some deficit in personal responsibility. It's the weight on our shoulders. That is what's actually different. We have the weight and burden of history. Votes: 0

It made me strong.I took a step back, near my whole self in the mirror.I pushed back my shoulders and raised my chin, my back straight as an arrow. Votes: 0

If you're nervous about doing something, plan to do it badly, giving yourself credit for just doing it. That takes a weight off your shoulders because anyone can do something badly. Votes: 0

Relax. Breathe in deep. Hold it. Let it out. Loosen your shoulders. Smile. Close your eyes. You'll be surprised at how many voices you'll hear, whispering sweet encouragement into your ear. Votes: 0

They all attended Hester's church, which Dellarobia viewed as a complicated pyramid scheme of moral debt and credit resting ultimately on the shoulders of the Lord, but rife with middle managers. Votes: 0

Stephen jerked his thumb towards the window, saying: "” That is God. Hooray! Ay! Whrrwhee! "” What? Mr Deasy asked. "” A shout in the street, Stephen answered, shrugging his shoulders. Votes: 0

There's not a shirt and a half in all my company, and the half shirt is two napkins tacked together and thrown over the shoulders like a herald's coat without sleeves. Votes: 0

I have seen with my own eyes how the pope was carried on the shoulders of the princes, with all the pomp, being adored in the streets by the surrounding people. Votes: 0

A beautiful dress may look beautiful on a hanger, but that means nothing. It must be seen on the shoulders, with the movement of the arms, the legs, and the waist. Votes: 0

It lies upon the people's shoulders to prepare for the war, but it lies upon the Israeli army to carry out the fight with the ultimate object of erecting the Israeli Empire. Votes: 0

The moose is singularly grotesque and awkward to look at. Why should it stand so high at the shoulders? Why have so long a head? Why have no tail to speak of? Votes: 0

Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star. Votes: 0

The good news is at this point as I get older, the load has gotten heavier but my shoulders have gotten wider because I've gotten happier so it's a damn good thing. Votes: 0

My eyes flew open, and I pushed back against rock-hard shoulders. I let out a little squeak of horror. "It's me," said a familiar voice. ..."Eric, what are you doing here?" "Snuggling. Votes: 0

I don't believe in playing around much with suit cuts. I like a fairly classic shape that gives a man strong shoulders, a fitted waist, and long legs. Classic simplicity always works. Votes: 0

Patrick Rothfuss gives us a fabulous debut, standing firmly on the main stage of the fantasy genre and needing no warm-up act. Jordan and Goodkind must be looking nervously over their shoulders! Votes: 0

In order not to feel time's horrid fardel bruise your shoulders, grinding you into the earth, get drunk and stay that way. On what? On wine, poetry, virtue, whatever. But get drunk! Votes: 0

My experience with casting children is that... the whole movie is going to rest on their shoulders, so you have to set aside time and wait for the perfect people to appear. Votes: 0

I'm tall with broad shoulders. And my waist is small. I'm into fashion, so I like the way clothes lay on me. I'm pretty much a normal person's size, just stretched out. Votes: 0

The moon carries the masks of meningitis into bedrooms, fills the wombs of pregnant women with cold water and, as soon as I'm not careful, throws handfuls of grass on my shoulders. Votes: 0

I guess [coming out publicly] seems like a weight off my shoulders. I've been playing a lot better than I've ever played before. I think I'm just enjoying myself and I'm happy. Votes: 0

There are times in everyone's life when something constructive is born out of adversity... when things seem so bad that you've got to grab your fate by the shoulders and shake it. Votes: 0

Necessity knows no magic formulae-they are all left to chance. If a love is to be unforgettable, fortuities must immediately start fluttering down to it like birds to Francis of Assisi's shoulders. Votes: 0

Modeling is an incredible job for a girl if she approaches it with her head on her shoulders. You travel, you speak to people, and it opens your mind to different things. Votes: 0

As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility. Votes: 0

Or maybe it is only that we are so habitually inattentive that when some rare but simple geometry grabs us by the shoulders and shakes us into consciousness, we call our response sacred. Votes: 0

What I normally do with recording, performing, and touring is my name. It's all on my shoulders. If it's a great show, I'm great. If it's not a great show, I'm not great. Votes: 0

I grow up relying upon on my own shoulders even from the moment they were too weak to hold me back, but I knew it is the only to become a tough guy. Votes: 0

It is from the power of taxation being in the hands of those who can throw so great a part of it from their own shoulders, that it has raged without a check. Votes: 0

Thalia's shoulders relaxed. "I owe you one." "Two." "One and a half," Thalia said. She smiled, and for a second, I remembered that I actually liked her when she wasn't yelling at me. Votes: 0

The doctors shrugged their shoulders and grumbled that perhaps if I were to put on weight that would protect me a little - being so thin, I would never succeed in remaining pregnant. Votes: 0

There's some muscle group around your shoulders that seizes up during the perfection dance and doesn't let go until you are asleep, or alone. Or maybe it never really lets go at all. Votes: 0

The population of the United Kingdom has, for the first time, reached sixty million. If they stood on each other's shoulders they would reach perhaps twenty feet in the air before toppling over. Votes: 0

Her (Mary's) Son first had to be the Child of the Father in order then to become man and be capable of taking up on his shoulders the burden of a guilty world. Votes: 0

There are at present many Coloured men in the Confederate Army doing duty not only as cooks, servants and labourers, but real soldiers, having muskets on their shoulders, and bullets in their pockets. Votes: 0

Be brave, my heart. Plant your feet and square your shoulders to the enemy. Meet him among the man-killing spears. Hold your ground. In victory, do not brag; in defeat, do not weep. Votes: 0

Be always drunken. Nothing else matters: that is the only question. If you would not feel the horrible burden of time weighing on your shoulders and crushing you to the earth, be drunken continually. Votes: 0

I'm going to arrange you, if that's okay?" I swallowed. "Uh... sure." My hands were clutched to my ribcage, my shoulders hunched almost to my ears. What, this isn't how you want me positioned? Votes: 0

When I go to the Boston Marathon now, I have wet shoulders—women fall into my arms crying. They're weeping for joy because running has changed their lives. They feel they can do anything. Votes: 0

I felt the vulnerability, the fragility of the children of the world, and how it was, nonetheless, on their frail shoulders that we loaded the weight of our weary hopes and eternal new beginnings. Votes: 0

Nothing a man writes can please him as profoundly as something he does with his back, shoulders and hands. For writing is an artificial activity. It is a lonely and private substitute for conversation. Votes: 0

It was heavy, and I staggered when I lifted it; but it was strangely satifying to have a real burden upon my shoulders "“ a kind of counterweight to my terrible heaviness of heart. Votes: 0

Stand up, be bold, and take the blame on your own shoulders. Do not go about throwing mud at others; for all the faults you suffer from, you are the sole and only cause. Votes: 0

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humour teaches tolerance, and the humorist, with a smile and perhaps a sigh, is more likely to shrug his shoulders than to condemn. Votes: 0

As scientists, we step on the shoulders of science, building on the work that has come before us - aiming to inspire a new generation of young scientists to continue once we are gone. Votes: 0

On tiptoes the redhead wouldn't even reach my shoulders; she is clearly too young to be a bride. And the willowy girl is too forlorn. And I am too unwilling. Yet here we are. Votes: 0

One of my most laughable moments was when we visited the monkeys in Ubud - they really seemed to like me and at one point, I had three males on my head and shoulders. Votes: 0

As labor is the common burden of our race, so the effort of some to shift their share of the burden onto the shoulders of others is the great durable curse of the race. Votes: 0

They say a midget standing on a giant's shoulders can see much further than the giant. So I got the whole rap world on my shoulders, they trying to see further than I am. Votes: 0

I used to turn my shoulders pretty level, which a lot of golfers think is correct. But that made my swing too shallow coming into impact, so my contact was picky, especially off the turf. Votes: 0

I can imagine the writers of China, England and France, crippled and unsure of themselves when they feel that the ghosts of Confucius, Mencius, Chaucer and Shakespeare and Victor Hugo are looking over their shoulders. Votes: 0

Duties are ours; events are God's. This removes an infinite burden from the shoulders of a miserable, tempted, dying creature. On this consideration only, can he securely lay down his head, and close his eyes. Votes: 0

The shots had dispersed the birds; there remained only two marabous, standing between ten and twenty paces away and plunged in reverie. They were like two old men with bald heads pressed between the shoulders. Votes: 0

It's a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I'm not going to drop the ball on my shift. Votes: 0

When a teacher is paying extra attention to your child, you believe that it's because you raised such an exceptional kid, one that stands out head and shoulders above the rest of her booger-eating friends. Votes: 0

It's a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I'm not going to drop the ball on my shift. Votes: 0

She squared her shoulders against his charmsIt depends on who kisses me. I highly suspect a kiss from you would instantly void sixteen years of savings.""What good are savings if you never spend them?" Votes: 0

The room went dark and, after a moment, Grace whispered that she loved me, sounding a little sad. I wrapped my arms tightly around her shoulders, sorry that loving me was such a complicated thing. Votes: 0

Every time that we try to lift a problem from our own shoulders, and shift that problem to the hands of the government, to the same extent we are sacrificing the liberties of our people. Votes: 0

It came to my house.It sat on my shoulders.Your shadow is yours. I told it so. I said it was yours.I have carried it with me too long. I give it back. Votes: 0

Then, with lots of people doing that without ever looking over their shoulders to see how they were affecting anybody else, it couldn't work, and it didn't work, and it just came to a standstill. Votes: 0

As soon as Mr. Prosser realized that he was substantially the loser after all, it was as if a weight lifted itself off his shoulders: this was more like the world as he knew it. Votes: 0

We have not touched the stars, nor are we forgiven, which brings us back to the hero's shoulders and the gentleness that comes, not from the absence of violence, but despite the abundance of it. Votes: 0

Our Father in Heaven does not wish us to cower. He does not want us to wallow in our misery. He expects us to square our shoulders, roll up our sleeves, and overcome our challenges. Votes: 0

Every time I see David Giuntoli on set, it feels like there's a huge load off his shoulders, because when it's me, it's real and it's flirtatious and it seems like it's way more fun. Votes: 0

Bruce Wayne/Batman: A hero can be anyone, even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat on a young boy's shoulders to let him know that the world hadn't ended. Votes: 0

Don't look over people's shoulders. Look in their eyes. Don't talk at your children. Take their faces in your hands and talk to them. Don't make love to a body, make love to a person. Votes: 0

Now they are empty, Ramon replied with a shrug of broad, muscled shoulders on his six-foot-three-inch frame....For the first time, a glint of humor touched Ramon Galverra's finely sculpted mouth and arrogant dark eyes. Votes: 0