Quotes about Stretch

Weirdly, my nickname was Lady. I didn't get Stretch, or Stilts, or Spider Legs - I got Lady. I guess I was always a bit ladylike. Votes: 4

There are amazingly wonderful people in all walks of life; some familiar to us and others not. Stretch yourself and really get to know people. People are in many ways one of our greatest treasures. Votes: 4

Stretch your mind and fly. Votes: 3

Stretch a hand to one unfriended And thy loneliness is ended. Votes: 3

Stretch your goals... In other words, think big and think far off. Votes: 3

Stretch yourself a bit to know the difference between humans and heroes. Votes: 3

Stretch out your hand and receive the world's wide gift of joy, appreciation and beauty. Votes: 3

Stretch the bow to the very full, and you will wish you had stopped in time. Votes: 3

O, let him pass. He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer. Votes: 3

That's it! Stretch way beyond your perceived limitations..Go for yours like you own it already, because you truly do. Votes: 3

Awake, my soul! Stretch every nerve, And press with vigor on; A heavenly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown. Votes: 3

If you flatter yourself properly you will be better able to enjoy yourself. Stretch your joy so that others enjoy you too. Votes: 3

And though the years before I die Stretch out interminably, I Shall only count my life in truth As that brief hour of happy youth. Votes: 3

Breaking the cycle takes time. Be Patient and Gentle with yourself. Set long term goals. And be persistent! Remember to Stretch, Laugh and be Unshakable! Votes: 3

I don't want to develop a personality, just cut my face! Stretch it and staple it. Now I'm happy, or at least I look like it. Votes: 3

Enjoy the elastic present, which can accommodate as little or as much as you want to put in there. Stretch it out, live inside of it. Votes: 3

You can say what Pilates is in three words. Stretch with Strength and Control. And the control part is the most important because that makes you use your mind. Votes: 3

If you really want to eat, keep climbing. The fruits are on the top of the tree. Stretch your hands and keep stretching them. Success is on the top, keep going. Votes: 3

You will learn, but you have to act. You will be given, but you have to receive. Stretch your hands and take up your laurels by the power put in you! Votes: 3

Everything big, once started little. Discipline yourself and work to become an excellent person at what you want. Stretch yourself daily and go a little further than yesterday. Growth is the key to winning success. Votes: 3

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch. Votes: 2

Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height. Votes: 2

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens. Votes: 2

These hands which stretch out, implore, beg, then rise to the head in a gesture of calamity. Votes: 2

It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide. Votes: 2

A certificate of live birth is not the same thing by any stretch of the imagination as a birth certificate. Votes: 2

What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds. Votes: 2

But let's face it, I still have to look at my self and look at the things I've done down the stretch. Votes: 2

If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness. Votes: 2

Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way. Votes: 2

My favourite British spots are any of the beautiful parks, especially on a sunny day such as this, after a long stretch of cold, cloudy and rainy days. Votes: 2

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time. Votes: 2

I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the formal aspects of their work. Votes: 2

So Pa sold the little house. He sold the cow and calf. He made hickory bows and fastened them upright to the wagon box. Ma helped him stretch white canvas over them. Votes: 2

What you have to understand is that my thing is not glamour. I love stretch marks and C-section scars and all of that. I'm a grown man. You don't gotta put on no makeup with me. Votes: 2

My parents wanted to light my artistic candle. But over time, the definition of 'the arts' began to stretch. And as I got older, they suddenly realized, Oh, my God, we're the parents of Iggy Pop. Votes: 2

Aaah, summer - that long anticipated stretch of lazy, lingering days, free of responsibility and rife with possibility. It's a time to hunt for insects, master handstands, practice swimming strokes, conquer trees, explore nooks and crannies, and make new friends. Votes: 2

People come up to me and say, 'You are such a great bad guy.' The fact is that the antagonist in a movie is usually the most fun to play. You can stretch the role and do so much with it. Votes: 2

All my life, I struggled to stretch my mind to the breaking point, until it began to creak, in order to create a great thought which might be able to give a new meaning to life, a new meaning to death, and to console mankind. Votes: 2

Relativity challenges your basic intuitions that you've built up from everyday experience. It says your experience of time is not what you think it is, that time is malleable. Your experience of space is not what you think it is; it can stretch and shrink. Votes: 2

One thing that happens when you're pregnant is that as your stomach starts to stretch. It itches! So I have to keep my belly really lubricated. Every morning, there's a buttering ceremony after I get out of the shower. It's really like basting a turkey with body butter. Votes: 2

Thanh Hoa itself is a rich agricultural province. Rice fields, a pattern of many shades of green, stretch far into the distance along the road, which also winds through foothills and the fringes of heavy jungle where tigers are said to roam. The vegetation, wild or cultivated, is lush. Votes: 2

I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and if I'm not in a hurry, I will lie on the floor on a rug, look through some books and magazines, and maybe listen to music and try to do stretching exercises to tune up. Votes: 2

We're living in a whole new social and economic order with a whole new set of problems and challenges. Old assumptions and old programs don't work in this new society and the more we try to stretch them to make them fit, the more we will be seen as running away from what is reality. Votes: 2

I eat less, stretch, and work out. Votes: 0

I boil the strings so they stretch. Votes: 0

I like to stretch my acting muscles. Votes: 0

I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting. Votes: 0

Jazz tickles your muscles, symphonies stretch your soul. Votes: 0

To stretch the truth is to tell a lie. Votes: 0

English is a stretch language; one size fits all. Votes: 0

The heart will stretch a short love into long memories. Votes: 0

People underestimate me, but I've always been a stretch runner. Votes: 0

You are the one who can stretch your own horizon. Votes: 0

When you stretch the truth, watch out for the snapback. Votes: 0

The harder you work out, the more you should stretch. Votes: 0

She was so fat that her bathtub has stretch marks. Votes: 0

Your teammates will stretch your vision or choke your dream. Votes: 0

Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther... Votes: 0

Never root for a team whose uniforms have elastic stretch waistbands. Votes: 0

[There are] judges who stretch the law...to suit reactionary attitudes. Votes: 0

Certain elements may try to stretch this beyond what it is. Votes: 0

Sorrows come to stretch out places in the heart for joy. Votes: 0

I'm not a passive person by any stretch of the imagination. Votes: 0

The goal is always just trying to stretch yourself as an actor. Votes: 0

I don't miss 'EastEnders.' I did a two-stretch. That was enough. Votes: 0

What is really a stretch to me is to make quick decisions. Votes: 0

Jewels five-words-long, That on the stretch'd forefinger of all Time Sparkle forever. Votes: 0

I'm for anything that lets writers stretch, in or out of their series. Votes: 0

Thoughts are like burning stars, and ideas, they flood, they stretch the universe. Votes: 0

Doomsday is quite within our reach, if we will only stretch for it. Votes: 0

Don't stretch a season out to a lifetime. Know when to let go. Votes: 0

24 hour broadcasts have to stretch limited material to fit 24 hours worth of space. Votes: 0

Why should I stretch? Does a cheetah stretch before it chases its prey? Votes: 0

I don't regret my votes for President Obama by any stretch of the imagination. Votes: 0

I try to always stretch myself to fit the characters that have been presented. Votes: 0

The Vermont mountains stretch extended straight; New Hampshire mountains curl up in a coil. Votes: 0

We're trying to stretch our muscles creatively. It gives us so much more freedom. Votes: 0

I always want to stretch myself and do something that I haven't done before. Votes: 0

He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds his feet uncovered. Votes: 0

Why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you? Votes: 0

It's a very charming movie about the mob - a real stretch for me. Votes: 0

I am never better than when I am on the full stretch for God. Votes: 0

Heaven to me's a fair blue stretch of sky, Earth's jest a dusty road. Votes: 0

I like to take up something that is challenging. I like to stretch myself. Votes: 0

I consider a story merely as a frame on which to stretch my materials. Votes: 0

I wouldn't say that I've had a tough life by any stretch of the imagination. Votes: 0

I wasn't one of the cool kids by any stretch. I just bumbled along really. Votes: 0

One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life. Votes: 0

I'm going to fight for every citizen of every background from every stretch of America. Votes: 0

The music that I make, the younger musicians are referring to it as 'stretch' music. Votes: 0

He didn't want to please his readers. He wanted to stretch them until they twanged. Votes: 0

I just love music - by no stretch of the imagination am I professionally competent. Votes: 0

You are the observer who watches your emotions as they push, pull and stretch you. Votes: 0

One must develop skills that stretch capacities, that make one more than what one is. Votes: 0

The more we learn and stretch our comfort zone, the better our ability will be. Votes: 0

You don't pass up roles that give you the opportunity to stretch and to grow. Votes: 0

If you hesitate, some bolder hand will stretch out before you and get the prize. Votes: 0

I desired always to stretch the night and fill it fuller and fuller with dreams. Votes: 0

If we can continue to win, hopefully they can falter a little down the stretch. Votes: 0

I'd love to play more challenging roles, characters that would stretch my comfort zone and imagination. Votes: 0

The first choice for me is what's going to make me stretch out in my craft? Votes: 0

My horse was in the lead, coming down the home stretch, but the caddie fell off. Votes: 0

Apple products aren't simple technologies by any stretch, but there is a beautiful simplicity to them. Votes: 0

I can't help it if I stretch the truth, not if that's the way it happened. Votes: 0

I tried always to do better: saw always a little further. I tried to stretch myself. Votes: 0

The human spirit is like an elastic band. The more you stretch, the greater your capacity. Votes: 0

The suppressed lesbian I had been carrying in me since adolescence began to stretch her limbs ... Votes: 0

I believe in Liberty for all men: the space to stretch their arms and their souls. Votes: 0

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens. Votes: 0

Fantasy is, of course, booming, and I think it's beginning to stretch its range as well. Votes: 0

There's nothing wrong with stretching the truth. We stretch taffy, and that just makes it more delicious. Votes: 0

Reading is a means of thinking with another person's mind; it forces you to stretch your own. Votes: 0

Busted is not the ideal band I'd like to be in by any stretch of the imagination. Votes: 0

I think picture books should stretch children. I think they should be full of wonderful, amazing words. Votes: 0

Reading is a means of thinking with another person's mind; it forces you to stretch your own. Votes: 0

I make a big pot of pasta with vegetables, and I stretch it out for the week. Votes: 0

In order to stretch ourselves we do need to experience the vulnerability of not knowing the outcome. Votes: 0

Everybody is going through the same thing. The way the schedule is, it's tough down the stretch. Votes: 0

Since it doesn't cost a dime to dream, you'll never shortchange yourself when you stretch your imagination. Votes: 0

As a teacher in order not to have to answer too many questions, you stretch your answers. Votes: 0

Your self-imposed prison. That think called your COMFORT ZONE. Challenge it, stretch it. You will thank yourself. Votes: 0

I think any actor should be aware of where they're starting to stretch into what's not truthful. Votes: 0

Some days, I'm as shallow as a baking pan, but I still stretch miles in all directions. Votes: 0

I feel like the oldest person in the world with the longest stretch of life before me. Votes: 0

Now I'm going to put my eyelashes on and stretch my legs out and do a show. Votes: 0

He could charm an audience an hour on a stretch without ever getting rid of an idea. Votes: 0

When I am home for like a two-year stretch, I get antsy, because I want to work. Votes: 0

It's just as much a stretch to believe in God as it is to be an Atheist Votes: 0

As an actor, I would call it a role where you get to stretch out a bit. Votes: 0

Some people have a terrible stretch between family and work. It is a difficult thing to achieve. Votes: 0

Don't stretch yourself too much with a mortgage. Buy within your means. It's not worth the sleepless nights. Votes: 0

Delegating doesn't mean passing off work you don't enjoy, but letting your employees stretch their skills and judgment. Votes: 0

Every video I'm in, every magazine cover, they stretch you; they make you perfect. It's not real life. Votes: 0

A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet introspection Votes: 0

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

It is fine to stand upon some lofty mountain thought, and feel the spirit stretch into a view. Votes: 0

I don't stretch my hand out anymore, but I never get tired of waiting for the next magic. Votes: 0

You can put up with everything in this world except not with a long stretch of beautiful days. Votes: 0

I've always tried to kind of stretch my wings as an actor and do things that are different. Votes: 0

A time will come when men will stretch out their eyes. They should see planets like our Earth Votes: 0

Life is made up of moments, small pieces of glittering mica in a long stretch of gray cement. Votes: 0

It's important to stay hydrated - first thing I do in the morning is stretch and drink water. Votes: 0

A time will come when men will stretch out their eyes. They should see planets like our Earth. Votes: 0

I have never begun a novel which wasn't going to stretch me further than I had ever stretched before. Votes: 0

To be in love Is to touch things with a lighter hand. In yourself you stretch, you are well. Votes: 0

May my thoughts of kindness stretch over like a warm blanket to envelop your being and caress your soul. Votes: 0

All the creations of God stretch out infinitely. All times, past, present and future for all beings, worlds unimagined Votes: 0

Embrace your complexity, stretch your creativity, and live up to your potential, you are what makes the world great. Votes: 0

I know for a stretch, at least nine years, I was one of the best lead-off hitters in baseball Votes: 0

Continually push yourself out of your comfort zone. Push yourself to stretch as you try new things each day. Votes: 0

It ever is the marked propensity of restless and aspiring minds to look into the stretch of dark futurity. Votes: 0

Each activity of daily life in which we stretch ourselves on behalf of others is a prayer in action. Votes: 0

A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy. Votes: 0

Thank you adversity. Oh, how we stretch and grow in the shadows of darkness just to reach the light. Votes: 0

There are times when God leaves huge question marks as tools in our lives to stretch our our faith. Votes: 0

I am definitely someone who needs to take a second by myself and stretch and breathe before a show. Votes: 0

Sometimes in film and television, I don't have the opportunity to play roles that really stretch and challenge me. Votes: 0

The stretch of the limousine usually is inversely proportional to the self esteem of the person riding in it. Votes: 0

We laid the track on a smooth stretch of ground about one hundred feet north of the new building. Votes: 0

I think that everybody would love to play the bad girl, 'cause for most of us, it's a stretch. Votes: 0

I don't think I've reached perfection by any stretch of the imagination, but maybe someday I'll become a perfectionist. Votes: 0

One step outside the gate, and we are among the sand-hills that stretch for miles and miles round Vera Cruz. Votes: 0

I try and open a few doors to the mind, encourage people to embrace change and to stretch their capabilities. Votes: 0

If you stretch your imagination, I'll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn't up for sale. Votes: 0

I've always been a guy who likes to stretch my limits - to find out if I have any, really. Votes: 0

I'm just looking for characters that continue to make me stretch and grow and learn more about the human condition. Votes: 0

Sometimes that happens when people don't really know how long they're going to have to stretch their story out for. Votes: 0

Beyond this world are countless dimensions. They stretch on forever. You can travel to them and have experiences in them. Votes: 0

Where is the stretch? Where is the perfect fit? Where does it make sense? You have to be a Baryshnikov. Votes: 0

When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens Votes: 0

Raised voices lower esteem. Hot tempers cool friendships. Loose tongues stretch truth. Swelled heads shrink influence. Sharp words dull respect. Votes: 0

I used to be an athlete and even ran the 400 metre stretch for Tamil Nadu. I have always been active. Votes: 0

Now let's get talking: reefer madness. Like some arrogant government can't, By any stretch of the imagination, outlaw a plant. Votes: 0

Our lives are one endless stretch of misery punctuated by processed fast foods and the occasional crisis or amusing curiosity. Votes: 0

I think Walking Dead is more of a stretch for me because I'm a light hearted superhero kind of guy. Votes: 0

Take your well-disciplined strengths, stretch them between the two great opposing poles, because inside human beings is where God learns. Votes: 0

I really believe one of the jobs of a writer is to stretch as far as you can into other voices. Votes: 0

Most men have at least one redeeming feature. Finding one for Brother Rike requires a stretch. Is 'big' a redeeming feature? Votes: 0

Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination. Votes: 0

So scary watching the news...Like Iraq...could ever under any stretch of the imagination be any threat to us whatsoever. Votes: 0

...but I preferred reading the American landscape as we went along. Every bump, rise, and stretch in it mystified my longing. Votes: 0

I was forced to stretch my thinking, to realize that sincere and honest people could believe in very divergent religious doctrines. Votes: 0

It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack. Votes: 0

The words we speak to each other should leave stretch marks, not bruises. Love is always picky about what it says. Votes: 0

no matter how happy we are, no matter how much we want our night to stretch out infinitely, sleep is inevitable. Votes: 0

I had a turnover and three missed shots down the stretch. I just have to make sure I calm my nerves. Votes: 0

I have a conviction that it's only when you are put at full stretch that you can realise your full potential. Votes: 0

No one can write perfect English and keep it up through a stretch of ten chapters. It has never been done. Votes: 0

An answer is always on the stretch of road that is behind you. Only a question can point the way forward. Votes: 0

I like good stories above all else... and kickin' art really goes the final stretch to ensure a comic is good. Votes: 0

Make big pots of soups, stews and chilis - they stretch a buck, and you can live off them for days! Votes: 0

He was endowed with a stupidity which by the least little stretch would go around the globe four times and tie. Votes: 0

Thou art an eagle, thou doest belong to the sky and not to the earth, stretch forth thy wings and fly. Votes: 0

No matter how old or sick or out of shape, you can still stretch and have a new beginning with yoga. Votes: 0

The stretch of years leaves none unmarked: the blissful sense of youthful invincibility peels away and responsibility brings its weight to bear. Votes: 0

But the moment you turn a corner you see another straight stretch ahead and there comes some further challenge to your ambition. Votes: 0

The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work, stretch out in the sun, and scratch himself. Votes: 0

Each of us carries a sleeping tiger inside, and we can't predict when that cat will wake, stretch, and sharpen its claws. Votes: 0

Refine your senses a little more each day; stretch them...your awareness will pierce deeply into your body and into the world. Votes: 0

Come out into the Universe of Light. Everything in the Universe is Yours, stretch out your arms and Embrace it with Love Votes: 0

The diameter of each day is measured by the stretch of thought - not by the rising and setting of the sun. Votes: 0

There were moments when she wasn't talking so much as fading into time, dropping back into some funnelled stretch of recent past. Votes: 0

We lived always in the stretch or sag of nerves, either on the crest or in the trough of waves of feeling. Votes: 0

I enjoy being on my own. I feel like I have more room to stretch. I have to go with the flow. Votes: 0

In the middle of nowhere, along a quiet stretch of road, the diner dreamt of the hungry dead. And of two men. Votes: 0

I think that's the role of an artist, right? To touch someone and make us stretch out just a little bit more. Votes: 0

The projects I'm working on are all diverse, but each represents a different passion for me. I'm constantly looking to stretch myself. Votes: 0

A lot of people are tired around here, but I'm not sure they're ready to lie down, stretch out and fall asleep. Votes: 0

I don't see why it's such a stretch for distributors, buyers, and studios to put cartoon characters into adult situations on film. Votes: 0

If I stretch my arms and wonder where my fingers are - that is all the space I need as a painter. Votes: 0

Trying to write music that's sensitive to 400 years ago takes a bit of madness, as it's such a long stretch of time. Votes: 0

I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money. Votes: 0

I don't define myself as an actor at all. Nor is that my greatest passion in life by any stretch of the imagination. Votes: 0

Anyone that does not wish or desire to stretch himself will get nowhere in this life. That is just the way life is. Votes: 0

I'm not chasing money, so I'm not looking at just trying to stretch out a deal artificially just to have a certain number. Votes: 0

It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen that is the common right of humanity. Votes: 0

It's good to be incompatible with your partner sometimes. It causes your souls to stretch & grow - the point of a soul mate! Votes: 0

Now all the mute objects of my life seem to tell my story, to stretch back in time, if I look closely enough. Votes: 0

I yawned and stretched luxuriously in the morning. I make noises when I stretch because it feels ten times better than stretching silently. Votes: 0

An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws. Votes: 0

Only the soul that knows the mighty grief can know the mighty rapture. Sorrows come to stretch out spaces in the heart for joy. Votes: 0

I grew up very poor, so I learned how to stretch a dollar. It's nice to combine high-end with low-end or whatever-end you want. Votes: 0

We all have to open our minds, stretch forth, take chances and venture out musically to try and arrive at something new and different. Votes: 0

I don't think people should do things that they're not comfortable with, unless they want to stretch themselves in that way and challenge themselves. Votes: 0

My life would never contain a convenient, pain-saving plan when it could stretch a problem out into an endless agony of uncertainty and torture. Votes: 0

Introvert conversations are like jazz. Each player gets to solo for a nice stretch before the other player comes in and does his solo. Votes: 0

A woman gets stretch marks from one of two things. Either she was big and got small or she was small and got big. Votes: 0

What people look to me for is a whole look. People come to me for icing on the cake, not a basic stretch pant. Votes: 0

Nothing ruins the mood during foreplay more than the recurring image of your sixty-five-year-old homeroom teacher trying to stretch a condom over a cucumber. Votes: 0

We've already seen the federal government stretch their regulatory tentacles into our homes and determine what kind of light bulbs we have to use. Votes: 0

We made love like two smiles torturing a frown. My advice is to put it on the rack, and really stretch out the event. Votes: 0

... real pity should stretch out to people whom we do not like -- to those whom we have injured or who despitefully use us. Votes: 0

I want to stretch myself. Another reason why I'm so fortunate is that this is a drama and I've been brought up in comedy. Votes: 0

The right way to pray is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of a Father. Votes: 0

Fun wouldn't be the right word... it was the most difficult, challenging, physical, extraordinary stretch I've ever had to make, in all those wild regards. Votes: 0

It's very important to make the man believable so that you can stretch the fantasy. Whether people like this kind of Bond is another question. Votes: 0

Singing really oxygenates your blood. You stretch your lungs and take in much more air into them than before. It's really good for your health. Votes: 0

The key to this collaboration - which we undertook after much deliberation - was to stretch creatively. New characters, new locales, new form (the novella). Votes: 0

Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch, what make you go beyond the norm. Votes: 0

If you don't set your writing - teaching - at a level that makes them stretch, they are never going to develop their intellectual muscle. Votes: 0

People, when they get out of a long stretch of prison, are completely mal-adapted to society. Comfort for them is when there is a threat. Votes: 0

Sleep sweetly in the fields of asphodel, and waken, as of old, to stretch thy languid length, and purr thy soft contentment to the skies. Votes: 0

By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding path toward a spiritual life. Votes: 0

Besides walking, I do stretches every day. I had back trouble starting when I turned 40, so I have to stretch out my muscles every day. Votes: 0

I love comic books. I was weaned on them, so it's not like it's a stretch for me, but I have other interests, as well. Votes: 0

A novel determines its own size and shape and I've never tried to stretch an idea beyond the frame and structure it seemed to require. Votes: 0

A man's heart is a wretched, wretched thing. It isn't like a mother's womb. It won't bleed. It won't stretch to make room for you. Votes: 0

I don't stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around. Votes: 0

Jump out of bed and I stumble to the kitchen, pour myself a cup of ambition and yawn and stretch and try to come alive. Votes: 0

For I am bound with fleshly bands, Joy, beauty, lie beyond my scope; I strain my heart, I stretch my hands, And catch at hope. Votes: 0

I think my strength is always been in being very natural. I think Shakespeare and things like that would be more a stretch for me. Votes: 0

In city, in suburb, in forest, no way to stretch out the arms - so if you would grow, go straight up or deep down. Votes: 0

Give the child good books, then let it alone! Don't plough and harrow its brain, or stretch it on Procrustes-beds of standardization, simplification, and what not! Votes: 0

I believe in goals, but I believe that the individual should set his own. Goal setting should cause us to stretch as we make our way. Votes: 0

Books have a vital place in our culture. They are the source of ideas, of stories that engage and stretch the imagination and most importantly, inspire. Votes: 0

I stretch in the morning a lot and I do a lot of saunas and steam rooms during fashion week just to keep my blood flowing. Votes: 0

I'm used to being crazy and "rock-n-rolly", which is a little different than this world. For me, it was a chance to stretch a little bit. Votes: 0

After the stretch of weather we've had, this is going to be a culture shock for some people. We always end up crashing back to reality. Votes: 0

I don't happen to subscribe to the notion that everybody who criticizes Tom Daschle is criticizing Tim Johnson. I think that's a bit of a stretch. Votes: 0

In all realms of life it takes courage to stretch your limits, express your power, and fulfill your potential... it's no different in the financial realm. Votes: 0

To me there is something completely and satisfyingly restful in that stretch of sea and sand, sea and sand and sky - complete peace, complete fulfillment. Votes: 0

It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer. Votes: 0

Roar's smile widenedI know. You missed me." She rolled her eyesIt's barely been three weeks since I last saw you.""Miserable stretch of time." He said." Votes: 0

What's that?" he asked, when I stood beside him again. "Halos," I said with a grin. "For heavenly creatures like us." "That might be a stretch. Votes: 0

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain. Votes: 0

She liked the life she had. She loved habits. She craved a day with nothing in it, a long, quiet stretch of hours in the studio. Votes: 0

Challenges that tax our faith are usually opportunities to stretch and strengthen our faith by finding out if we really believe the Lord will help us. Votes: 0

Many successful people get up before 6am in the morning. They have rituals. They exercise, stretch, organize their day, and walk through that series of rituals. Votes: 0

I learn something new everyday about myself as an actor, my capabilities, how far I can stretch myself, throw out emotions I never knew I had. Votes: 0

When you have worked with people all day who have so little and struggle to make it stretch, who live outside the rarefied, you are humbled. Votes: 0

Musical ideas sprang to my mind like a flight of butterflies, and all I had to do was to stretch out my hand to catch them Votes: 0

Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards. Votes: 0

We have to ask how we can stretch and how sometimes we can break the norms that determine what's intelligible and readable and what is not. Votes: 0

It is in our power to stretch out our arms and, by doing good in our actions, to seize life and set it in our soul. Votes: 0

Woe to the man who tries to stretch the imagination of man He shall be mocked he shall be scourged by the blinkered guardians of morality. Votes: 0

Schools must stop being holding pens to keep energetic young people off the job market and off the streets. We stretch puberty out a long, long time. Votes: 0

If little faults proceeding on distemper Shall not be winked at, how shall we stretch our eye When capital crimes, chewed, swallowed, and digested, Appear before us? Votes: 0

You have to really stretch your imagination to infer what the intrinsic value of Bitcoin is. I haven't been able to do it. Maybe somebody else can. Votes: 0

I think every album you have to stretch further and further, give people another piece of you. But then I always try to deviate from the norm. Votes: 0

Yoga is a big part of my destressing. Even sitting on the floor for 10 minutes to center myself, stretch and relax can be a huge game changer. Votes: 0

Sitting tightens your chest. For a great release, lie faceup on a foam roller placed lengthwise under your spine, and stretch your arms out to your side. Votes: 0

The soldiers' last meal is generally served out about five o'clock in the afternoon, sometimes earlier; and a stretch of fourteen hours intervenes between then and breakfast. Votes: 0

Completing a recovery session the day after a game is just as important. I like to go for a walk or a swim and have a stretch Votes: 0

My daughter made me a Jerry Springer-watching kit, with crackers, Cheez Whiz, polyester stretch pants and a T-shirt with two fat women fighting over a skinny guy. Votes: 0

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. It is wholesome and bracing for the mind to have its faculties kept of the stretch. Votes: 0

We seem to take notice of our body only when health is lacking. With that lack of recognition comes a lack of motivation and incentive to stretch. Votes: 0

It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination, doing enough to ensure that the poor have access to adequate medical care. Votes: 0

Intuition is linear; our imaginations are weak. Even the brightest of us only extrapolate from what we know now; for the most part, we're afraid to really stretch. Votes: 0

I loved Mississippi and do to this day. The rainbows that stretch from horizon to horizon after a summer rain are the most spectacular I have ever seen. Votes: 0

It's a slight stretch of the imagination but most people are alike in most ways so I've never had any trouble identifying with the character that I'm playing. Votes: 0

I seek speed, clarity, and a practical approach in people I mingle and work with. I can't see myself working in films that stretch beyond maximum four months. Votes: 0

I had used the stretch materials for years to shape the inside of garments I made for private clients. Then I just started using them on their own. Votes: 0

I think sometimes parents and teachers fail to stretch kids. My mother had a very good sense of how to stretch me just slightly outside my comfort zone. Votes: 0

I like the way you can stretch things out and leave a huge amount of space that, on a record, would feel like silence. I enjoy the possibilities. Votes: 0

For me to win at New Hampshire, first of all, is more than a stretch and more than a dream. This is probably one of my worst places. Votes: 0

I got very keen on biography because I wanted to change it. I wanted to stretch the form. I think of it as a way of capturing souls. Votes: 0

I come from the New York theatre world, and I have a lot of gay male friends, so this friendship of Will and Grace's isn't such a stretch. Votes: 0

Nothing's as easy as it is on a sitcom. Issues that we take care of in 20 minutes on the show can stretch out over years in real families. Votes: 0

I just did whatever it took to keep making music - slept on couches. You would be amazed at how far $20 can go if you stretch it out. Votes: 0

Never abbreviate your dreams. Only short-hand people always do that. Their punishment is that they can't stretch far, further and forward into the future. Dream only big dreams! Votes: 0

It's always fun to get to do things that stretch you and that you don't get to do a lot, but you never know until you see it. Votes: 0

I'm not comparing myself to Bobby Kennedy by any stretch, but he was opposed by the liberal establishment, too. Eleanor Roosevelt was the biggest opponent to him running. Votes: 0

One-night stands were invented to free men from worrying about the size of their penis. And to free women from worrying about the size of their stretch marks. Votes: 0

We have trouble feeding, providing fresh, clean water, medicines, fuel for the six and a half billion. It's going to be a stretch to do it for nine. Votes: 0

When gravitational waves reach the earth, the waves stretch and squeeze space. This is a tiny stretch and squeeze. Far too small to detect with ordinary human senses. Votes: 0

Well, I think the camera freedom is something that we've resisted for a long time and feels like probably the biggest stretch. But it has some huge benefits. Votes: 0

The ideal view for daily writing, hour for hour, is the blank brick wall of a cold-storage warehouse. Failing this, a stretch of sky will do, cloudless if possible. Votes: 0

..she took pictures of germs, viruses, and people reacting to germs and viruses. On weekends, for extra money, she photographed weddings, which really wasn't that much of a stretch Votes: 0

The idea that Bentham and Mill were maximizers is the greatest stretch of all. They were progressivists, committed to improving the societies in which they lived, not utopian maximizers. Votes: 0

I grew up in Honolulu. It's not the ballet cultural mecca by any stretch of the imagination. People are much more familiar with hula than they are with ballet. Votes: 0

You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love. Votes: 0

Life, forever dying to be born afresh, forever young and eager, will presently stand upon this Earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars. Votes: 0

Every job I do, I like to think it makes me better or I learn things. It's all about how much something's going to stretch me or test me. Votes: 0

Fun has to rule in a lot of scenarios. Occasionally, when you are really getting going, you need to stretch beyond language. It has to go out the window. Votes: 0

I live for Pilates reformer class. I go at least three times a week. It's a great way to lengthen your muscles, stretch, and kind of relax your mind. Votes: 0

The truth I do not stretch or shove When I state the dog is full of love. I've also proved, by actual test, A wet dog is the lovingest. Votes: 0

The direction in which we are moving is more important than where we are at the moment. Goal setting should cause us to stretch as we make our way. Votes: 0

When you got it going, you got it going. I just keep my focus down the stretch. Thats when I want the ball. Im just not afraid to fail. Votes: 0

I have to learn to find that inner core of strength that I am definitely made up of and stretch it into areas where I don't always use it. Votes: 0

The word friends doesn't seem to stretch big enough to describe how we feel about each other. We forget where one of us starts and the other one stops. Votes: 0

Never stretch your neck to see who is not doing it big. Look into your bosom, and realize that you can do it bigger! Go, create a brighter picture! Votes: 0

You do a film and you know where you're going, you have this material to stretch and play with as much as possible because you know how it ends. Votes: 0

Within the next few decades, autos will have folding wings that can be spread when on a straight stretch of road so that the machine can take to the air. Votes: 0

I have brothers and was a tomboy, if that's still a designation. It wasn't a stretch for me to think and write as a 13-year-old boy - it is freeing. Votes: 0

Things are changing. I've been training since I was 9 years old to stretch my wings as an actor dramatically, but have never really been afforded the opportunity to show that. Votes: 0

They were pleasant spring days, in which the winter of man's discontent was thawing as well as the earth, and the life that had lain torpid began to stretch itself. Votes: 0

Great boss is challenging people in the right way. Leading, not managing. Supporting them by giving them both a platform they can count on and expectations they can stretch for. Votes: 0

I started track and field when I was 12 and didn't get to an Olympic Games until I was nearly 23. By any stretch of the imagination that's a very long apprenticeship. Votes: 0

Pictures of my life stretch back into what must have been my very earliest childhood. ... They are not movies, then, nor are they talkies, but they are quite distinctly feelies. Votes: 0

An attempt at visualizing the Fourth Dimension: Take a point, stretch it into a line, curl it into a circle, twist it into a sphere, and punch through the sphere. Votes: 0

No fairy tale, this. This was by no stretch of the imagination a polished fantasy. This was a searing, living force, rough around the edges, unfamiliar and bittersweet.And precious. Votes: 0

The more we stretch the muscle called compassion and generosity, the stronger we get, the better we feel about ourselves, the more loving we become to the world around us. Votes: 0

Can you have it all, as a woman? Can you be a creative artist and have stability and a home life? How much can you stretch yourself as an artist? Votes: 0

Usually I am on a work for a long stretch, until a moment arrives when the air of the arbitrary vanishes, and the paint falls into positions that feel destined. Votes: 0

There are those who never stretch out the hand for fear it will be bitten. But those who never stretch out the hand will never feel it clasped in friendship. Votes: 0

Fantastic! Right in the middle of that long stretch between Christmas and Spring Break, your coats are getting dirty, everything's dark, dingy - what a great time for a movie! Votes: 0

Set goals that don't feel all that easy, that challenge you, stimulate you, and give you a chance to stretch and push yourself. That is where the power of growth lies. Votes: 0

Puzzles lead to logical answers; mysteries often force us to stretch language to its limits in an attempt to describe a reality that is just too great to take in properly. Votes: 0

My parents were hardworking. They made every penny stretch as far as possible. That was probably the major reason everything they gave me was always two or three sizes too large. Votes: 0

Set stretch goals. Don't ever settle for mediocrity. The key to stretch is to reach for more than you think is possible. Don't sell yourself short by thinking that you'll fail. Votes: 0

It's very important to stretch, because while it's good to look pumped, a lot of the moves are split legs, and twisting fast. So you really, really have to stay supple. Votes: 0

NaNo[ National Novel Writing Month] is an awesome opportunity to stretch your writing muscles and gives you permission to write in a way you probably wouldn't do in a normal circumstance. Votes: 0

How beautiful the yesterday that stood Over me like a rainbow! I am alone, The past is past. I see the future stretch All dark and barren as a rainy sea. Votes: 0

Playing solo is difficult because you have to keep the momentum yourself. You have to continue to create and develop, so it forces you to stretch in a variety of ways. Votes: 0

I think being poor has been good for me. I saw how my mom and dad struggled, and how they could stretch a dollar farther than you could begin to imagine. Votes: 0

There is a push and a pull almost like an isometric stretch. Our literal flexibility and our physical, psychological and spiritual practices are more important now than ever to balance the boat. Votes: 0

As a writer I have persisted in my uncertainty, alternating between novels which could charitably be considered literature and world reporting which by another stretch of objective standards might be called history. Votes: 0

I'm very fond of Glasgow, particularly the West End. The whole stretch of the west coast of Scotland from Loch Lomond up through Mallaig to the Kyle of Localsh is so beautiful. Votes: 0

I think transcending our cultures is going to be extraordinarily necessary for our survival. I don't think we can carry our cultures through the keyhole of the stretch of the next millennium Votes: 0

Listening to music is such an uplifting, spiritual thing. Its far-fetched to some - I understand that. But the way dance music brings people together, its not a big stretch from hymns. Votes: 0

In the 1930s, there as a stretch here you could borrow more against the real estate than you could sell it for. I think that's hat's going on in today's private-equity world. Votes: 0

The past is far behind. If you still want to look at it, you will painfully stretch your neck muscles. Don't live in the past, leave the past, but learn from it. Votes: 0

The first thing many tourists see in Hawaii is concrete - a long dreary stretch of it through landscapes dominated by sad, cheap apartment buildings and almost entirely denuded of plant life. Votes: 0

I consider conversations with people to be mind exercises, but I don't want to pull a muscle, so I stretch a lot. That's why I'm constantly either rolling my eyes or yawning. Votes: 0

I could be mistaken, but I believe the majority of artists are perverts, and that inspiration springs from the seat of perversity; that smooth stretch of consciousness between the balls and ass. Votes: 0

Where'er the oak's thick branches stretch A broader browner shade; Where'er the rude and moss-grown beech O'er-canopies the glade, Beside some water's rushy brink With me the Muse shall sit, and think. Votes: 0

But, I like the challenge of, "How can we stretch this out? Where can we go with it?" It's an open road, especially at Netflix. You can take it anywhere you want. Votes: 0

The mind is infinite. It is not relegated to the brain or to thought or to emotion. It is made up of an endless series of realities that stretch on into infinity. Votes: 0

I think it's more than whether or not you win or lose. It's having that opportunity on that final round, final nine, to come down the stretch with a chance to win. Votes: 0

Listening to music is such an uplifting, spiritual thing. It's far-fetched to some - I understand that. But the way dance music brings people together, it's not a big stretch from hymns. Votes: 0

It is undeniable that a woman's ability to stretch and pursue her total competence outside the home and get paid what she's worth for it makes for happier and more fulfilled women. Votes: 0

[T]hey stretch you on a table. Then they bid you close your eyelids, And they mask you with a napkin, And the anæsthetic reaches Hot and subtle through your being. Votes: 0

I grew up in the '60s, which was a creative time, so it wasn't that big of a stretch to go from a baseball bat to a guitar to a film camera. Votes: 0

Don't," she begged, knowing that surely she was trying his patience, that his kindness would stretch just so far, that if he were truly kind he could never have survived as a vampire. Votes: 0

Wake up for your call no matter how many times you fall; Stand tall and stretch yourself once more. Rise up from the ground, roll the ball and be hopeful you will score! Votes: 0

The best way to support dreams and stretch is to set apart small ideas with big potential, then give people positive role models and the resources to turn small projects into big businesses. Votes: 0

I like a great degree of compression. I like to mix lateral steps with forward ones. I don't want the prose ever to feel simply functional - at least not for any stretch. Votes: 0

It's wonderful that nothing you write is ever going to be as beautiful as what's in your head, because that gap is where the art can enter and begin to stretch its limbs. Votes: 0

Shall we keep our hands in our bosom, or stretch ourselves on our beds of laziness, while all the world about us is hard at work, in pursuing the designs of its creation? Votes: 0

I don't talk like House, or walk like him. I certainly don't think like him. I don't like to think for more than 15 minutes at a stretch actually; I am a fragile flower. Votes: 0

Between 12 and 14, I shot up a ridiculous amount. The muscles were struggling to stretch and grow at the rate my bones were growing. It gave me problems with my back and my hamstrings. Votes: 0

Under no stretch of imagination can war be regarded as an ethical process; yet war, force, terror, and propaganda were the evolutionary means employed to weld the German people into a tribal whole. Votes: 0

...Any fool can love somebody who's perfect, somebody who does everything right. But that doesn't stretch your soul. Your soul only gets stretched when you can still love somebody after they've hurt you. Votes: 0

I don't think my work is so strange. It's just a matter of having the discipline to go the whole way with an idea, to stretch it as far as it can go. Votes: 0

I always knew I couldn't sing, but I also knew I had a voice that isn't heard by many, and that I could learn how to stretch it and make songs sound good. Votes: 0

A modeled form is less striking than one which is not. Modeling prevents shock and limits movement to the visual depth. Without modeling or chiaroscuro depth is limitless: movement can stretch to infinity. Votes: 0

So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart. Votes: 0

If love were a product, the queue at the faulty goods desk would stretch right round the universe and back. It doesn't work properly. The seams come apart and it's full of powdered glass. Votes: 0

For the saddest epitaph which can be carved in memory of a vanished freedom is that it was lost because its possessors failed to stretch forth a saving hand while there was still time." Votes: 0

I'm all for ambition and stretch goals. I set them for myself. But leadership isn't the same as cheerleading. Believing in something is a necessary but absolutely insufficient condition for making it come true. Votes: 0

We are now forced to actively pursue our struggles. If we do not go out of our way to stretch our comfort zones and grow, no one nor nature will do it for us. Votes: 0

For the saddest epitaph which can be carved in memory of a vanished freedom is that it was lost because its possessors failed to stretch forth a saving hand while there was still time. Votes: 0

If life is a journey, time should pull over at a rest stop sometimes - we should all be given a chance to get off and stretch our legs, collect our thoughts and reorganize. Votes: 0

I would like to do a part that would stretch me. In America it seems to me that you just take your clothes off and that helps, but I wouldn't want to do that. Votes: 0

It's one of my favorite things to do, watch TV and stretch. I'm so flexible. I can put my legs behind my head. I want to be the most flexible person in the world. Votes: 0

I have so much love inside me, Jason. So much. And I have never been allowed to shower it on anyone--no one wanted it. Let me stretch the wings of my heart with you. Votes: 0

The fields stretch out in long unbroken rows. We walk aware of what is far and close. Here distance is familiar as a friend. The feud we kept with space comes to an end. Votes: 0

That's a rather flippant quote "drinking and writing bad poetry" from me. I mean, I said it, but I was doing other stuff too. I certainly didn't manage the full stretch of four years. Votes: 0

I work out twice a day, once in the morning and once before bed. I'll start with half an hour of running and then some yoga to stretch everything out so everything is warm. Votes: 0

I think it's important to stretch as you get older, but I try to do basically all the things I did when I played, except I can't do them as well and as much. Votes: 0

I always thought it was more interesting to think about Reed Richards. As you know, he had the ability to stretch, and sexually, that would seem to be a great asset in many areas. Votes: 0

Remember you must die whether you sit about moping all day long or whether on feast days you stretch out in a green field, happy with a bottle of Falernian from your innermost cellar. Votes: 0

My favorite action movie growing up was 'Supergirl.' It wasn't good by any stretch of the imagination, but it was my favorite because I wanted to be her. I have a Supergirl tattoo. Votes: 0

We talked about some of our experiences, focusing, hanging together down the stretch, important games. It's not necessarily who has the most talent but what team sticks together and executes their fundamentals the best. Votes: 0

God is what man finds that is divine in himself. It is the best way man can behave in the ordinary occasions of life, and the farthest point to which man can stretch himself. Votes: 0

In my opinion we can never think of God in big enough terms. He is bigger than our biggest thoughts of Him. Our imaginations cannot stretch wide enough to take in all of God. Votes: 0

It's hard to stay flexible if you don't stretch. I think if you train the right way you'll be flexible. There are people that don't appreciate the value of stretching. I think it's very important. Votes: 0

I'm a fan of the power nap. About twice a week, I'll stretch out on a little couch in my office for 20 minutes. I don't need a wake-up call; I pop right up, feeling refreshed. Votes: 0

The big challenge is to become all that you have the possibility of becoming. You cannot believe what it does to the human spirit to maximize your human potential and stretch yourself to the limit. Votes: 0

Novel writing is the slowest art form in the world. It is not a sprint. It is not even a marathon. It is a series of marathons that stretch over and over across a continent. Votes: 0

In times of change and danger, when there is a quicksand of fear under one's reasoning, a sense of continuity with generations before can stretch like a lifeline across the scary present. John Dos Passos Votes: 0

I love to act, I love to sing and I love to entertain, so if I am passionate about a certain project and I want to do it, I hope to stretch my acting skills. Votes: 0

Creation isn't forcing or commanding something into existence. It's more of a rolling over, a good stretch, blissing out, lying on the grass watching the flowers blowing in the breeze or the clouds floating by. Votes: 0

We'll never know whether something new and wonderful is possible unless we try. Let's scratch our heads, stretch our minds, be adventurous! Serve God with boldness, and who knows what wonders the Lord may work? Votes: 0

Given the cultural barriers to intersex conversation, the amazing thing is that we would even expect women and men to have anything to say to each other for more than ten minutes at a stretch. Votes: 0

Today, see if you can stretch your heart and expand your love so that it touches not only those to whom you can give it easily, but also to those who need it so much. Votes: 0