Quotes about Swallow

Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day. Votes: 4

Swallow what's bitter in the cup and move on. Votes: 3

Swallow your pride and admit that we all need help at times. Votes: 3

The world exists for its own sake, not for ours. Swallow *that* pill! Votes: 3

Swallow the stars until you are one with the universe, with all-pervading universal life. Votes: 3

Swallow my words. Taste my thoughts. And if it's too nasty, spit it back at me!. Votes: 3

Swallow My Gift' is all about music being its own reward. I don't do it to become more famous; I don't do it to make money. I don't do it from an ego-driven point of view. Votes: 3

Dear little Swallow,’ said the Prince, ‘you tell me of marvelous things, but more marvelous than anything is the suffering of men and of women. There is no Mystery so great as Misery. Votes: 3

I could not recall the last time I had been so flagrantly insulted.Don't make enemies, I told myself.Swallow your pride.Hold your tongue.But the fact was, I had real difficulty with those particular virtues. Votes: 3

Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it. Votes: 2

Publicity is like poison; it doesn't hurt unless you swallow it. Votes: 2

If somebody in the crowd spits at you, you've got to swallow it. Votes: 2

So you wound up with Apollo. If he's sometimes hard to swallow. Use this. Votes: 2

Many men swallow the being cheated, but no man can ever endure to chew it. Votes: 2

To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind. Votes: 2

When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy. Votes: 2

Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow. Votes: 2

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside. Votes: 2

If you're going to have to swallow a frog, you don't want to have to look at that sucker too long! Votes: 2

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter. Votes: 2

One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk of March thaw, is the Spring. Votes: 2

As journalists, we cannot swallow the official line without question. We should challenge almost everything that dictators, presidents and officials say. Votes: 2

Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit. Votes: 2

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy. Votes: 2

My tears will keep no channel, know no laws to guide their streams, but like the waves, their cause, run with disturbance till they swallow me as a description of his misery. Votes: 2

Even if you have a bad game, you have to swallow your pride and sign. It takes a little time, but it makes the kids happy. And it makes you feel good, too. Votes: 2

You should protest about the views of people you disagree with over major moral issues, and argue them down, but you should not try to silence them, however repugnant you find them. That is the bitter pill free speech requires us to swallow. Votes: 2

What's hardest for me to swallow is when there is a love story, say, with a really high-profile male star and there's no reason I can't play the part. They say, 'Oh, we love Halle, we just don't want to go black with this part.' Votes: 2

On more than one occasion, the camera has cut to me after a break as I'm still trying to swallow the last bite of cookie. Those of you who have thought to yourselves, 'That guy talks like he has marbles in his mouth,' should know that they are not marbles, but oatmeal cookies. Votes: 2

The design of the Mac wasn't what it looked like, although that was part of it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really grok what it's all about. It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something, chew it up, not just quickly swallow it. Votes: 2

The myth that people with epilepsy swallow their tongues is very injurious. When I had seizures without my roommates present, I would often wake up with my gums bleeding, my teeth hurting or my jaw aching. Often, well-intentioned people, believing I would choke on my tongue, tried to force open my clenched jaw to put in a hard object. Votes: 2

There are many things which swallow up men's thoughts while they live, which they will think little of when they are dying. Hundreds are wholly absorbed in political schemes and seem to care for nothing but the advancement of their own party. Myriads are buried in business and money matters and seem to neglect everything else but this world. Votes: 2

You know, I think that allowing somebody, one mere person to believe that he or she is like, the vessel you know, like the font and the essence and the source of all divine, creative, unknowable, eternal mystery is just a smidge too much responsibility to put on one fragile, human psyche. It's like asking somebody to swallow the sun. Votes: 2

I never think it's right to chew gum in front of other people, but a lot of times I'll come in for a meeting chewing gum and I'll forget I'm chewing it. Then you don't want to swallow it because it stays in your system for seven years or something, so I've asked to throw it away. I've started to wonder if that's why I didn't get certain movies. Votes: 2

One swallow maketh not summer. Votes: 0

One swallow never makes a summer. Votes: 0

Be careful what you swallow. Chew! Votes: 0

Why don't you swallow razor blades? Votes: 0

Taste everything, but swallow only what fits. Votes: 0

Sometimes you have to swallow the unswallowable Votes: 0

I'm too full to swallow my pride Votes: 0

You ain't heard that we swallow guys? Votes: 0

Fly and you will catch the swallow. Votes: 0

Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it. Votes: 0

Don't swallow your moral code in tablet form. Votes: 0

Always chew on your pretzels before you swallow. Votes: 0

I tried to swallow his nonsense without choking. Votes: 0

One swallow alone does not make a summer. Votes: 0

I want a girl that can swallow my pride. Votes: 0

The man who believes in giraffes would swallow anything. Votes: 0

Flattery won't hurt you if you don't swallow it. Votes: 0

In love swallow your pride but never your dignity. Votes: 0

True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings. Votes: 0

Polls are like perfume-nice to smell, dangerous to swallow Votes: 0

The sand murmurs that it wants to swallow everything. Votes: 0

The swallow that hibernates underwater is a creature called yearning. Votes: 0

One swallow is a coincidence, but two swallows make summer. Votes: 0

The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it. Votes: 0

A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest. Votes: 0

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow. Votes: 0

A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest. Votes: 0

Ill news are swallow-winged, but what is good walks on crutches. Votes: 0

And an ocean can swallow you, even when you can swim. Votes: 0

Reading is important - read between the lines. Don't swallow everything. Votes: 0

How do you swallow the truth after a diet of lies? Votes: 0

Eat as much as you like - just don't swallow it. Votes: 0

Find the grain of truth in criticism-chew it and swallow it. Votes: 0

Look, but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, but don't swallow. Votes: 0

the tentacles of today reach out like an octopus to swallow yesterday. Votes: 0

I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator. Votes: 0

She intended to swallow the world and he lived crushed by reality. Votes: 0

Time is a beast who has the immense patience to swallow everything. Votes: 0

I'm the type to swallow my blood before I swallow my pride. Votes: 0

One swallow does not make a spring, nor does one fine day. Votes: 0

I admit I was drinking a Guinness... but I did not swallow. Votes: 0

If the day ever comes when I can swallow defeat, I'll quit. Votes: 0

You can swim in life and seawater, but both are hard to swallow. Votes: 0

Art just consists in making us swallow the commonplaces by charming us eternally ... Votes: 0

Short swallow-flights of song, that dip Their wings in tears, and skim away. Votes: 0

Soothing words can become just another drug we swallow to dull our pain. Votes: 0

If you have to swallow a frog, don't stare at it too long. Votes: 0

Criticism is a painful pill to swallow, but it always makes you better. Votes: 0

It's hard to swallow your pride. That's why I slather mine in mayonnaise. Votes: 0

Man tries to swallow meaning whole as a dog would eat his dinner. Votes: 0

It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later. Votes: 0

To a haughty belly, kindness is hard to swallow and harder to digest. Votes: 0

Sweet praise is like perfume. It is fine if you don't swallow it. Votes: 0

Pride would be a lot easier to swallow if it didn't taste so bad. Votes: 0

People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise. Votes: 0

This book (the Bible) is not hard to understand. It's just hard to swallow. Votes: 0

It is better to believe an obvious lie, than to swallow a deceitful truth. Votes: 0

Life is a pill which none of us can bear to swallow without gilding. Votes: 0

He is my first olive: let me make a face while I swallow it. Votes: 0

We hit it off immediately, especially Helene, who was a 'swallow-life-in-big-gulps' kind of person. Votes: 0

Patience is the panacea; but where does it grow, or who can swallow it? Votes: 0

We didn't really swallow much of the Jesus thing, but we got the vocab. Votes: 0

So you wound up with Apollo/If he's sometimes hard to swallow/Use this. Votes: 0

One cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow. Votes: 0

You screamin' 'no homo', but that's so homo Such a no-no, please swallow the .44 Votes: 0

I made efforts to swallow tears and to protect the species of the Japanese nation. Votes: 0

Always when you are doing films, the themes swallow you in one way or another. Votes: 0

To be without God is to be a snake / who wants to swallow an elephant. Votes: 0

It's one thing to give out excellent advice, but quite another to personally swallow it. Votes: 0

If someone in the crowd spits at you, you have just got to swallow it. Votes: 0

Daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty. Votes: 0

The so-called positive press has in some ways been more difficult to swallow than the negative. Votes: 0

If I told you about a land of love...would you swallow it as a remedy? Votes: 0

In the name of Bacon will you chicken me up that egg. Shall I swallow cave-phantoms? Votes: 0

Why bear malice? Just let it go. So what of pride? It will swallow you whole. Votes: 0

And the ones that know you so well are the ones that can swallow you whole. Votes: 0

Stop all this weeping, swallow your pride/ You will not die, its not poison -Tombstone Blues Votes: 0

Whenever I have a stubborn position on something, I take a deep breath and swallow myself. Votes: 0

The activity of happiness must occupy an entire lifetime; for one swallow does not a summer make. Votes: 0

Whatever you say, old boy. Just look after yourself. And whatever you do, don't swallow the gum! Votes: 0

Niggas tried to holla, but couldn't holla back Now they gots to swallow, everything in the sack. Votes: 0

My mother always said, 'When you're eating pretzels, chew before you swallow'. Always listen to your mother. Votes: 0

You know, the mountains are full of dangers, and they swallow you up. But mostly, they give. Votes: 0

Act on your impulse, swallow the bottle, cut a little deeper, put the gun to your chest. Votes: 0

The Vietnamese... wanted to assassinate me because they knew without me they could easily swallow up Cambodia. Votes: 0

By following the concept of one country, two systems, you dont swallow me up nor I you. Votes: 0

Fruitcake is like semen, there's a lot of it about but no one wants to swallow it Votes: 0

I went to church and couldn't swallow it. The music was nice but I don't belong there. Votes: 0

It is better to swallow a sheep or a goat than swallow what he has been swallowing. Votes: 0

All the things we don’t say, all the words we swallow, and it makes nothing but trouble. Votes: 0

My advice if you insist on slimming: Eat as much as you like - just don't swallow it. Votes: 0

Even to this day, grace remains hard to swallow. Religiosity and moralism go down easier than free forgiveness. Votes: 0

There are some people that you cannot change, you must either swallow them whole or leave them alone. Votes: 0

Why is it when you want the ground to swallow you whole, it decides to stop trying? -Ethon Votes: 0

Find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground Mother earth will swallow you Lay your body down Votes: 0

It is impossible for a dove to catch a swallow, for a clever man to catch a genius. Votes: 0

Why don't you do the world a favour. Pull your bottom lip up over your head and swallow. Votes: 0

Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home. Votes: 0

Some books you read. Some books you enjoy. But some books just swallow you up, heart and soul. Votes: 0

The world is older and bigger than we are. This is a hard truth for some folks to swallow. Votes: 0

Communism is a form of society where the less people have to eat, the more they have to swallow. Votes: 0

Every schoolmaster after the age of forty-nine, is inclined to flatulence is apt to swallow frequently and to puff Votes: 0

What though I cannot meet my bills? What though I suffer toothache's ills? What though I swallow countless pills? Votes: 0

The demon that you can swallow gives you it's power, and the greater life's pain, the greater life's reply. Votes: 0

In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you. Votes: 0

In life, as in restaurants, we swallow a lot of indigestible stuff just because it comes with the dinner. Votes: 0

If you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead. Even the highest mountain had animals that step on it. Votes: 0

It's advice, not a commandment.Don't swallow it whole until you're absolutely sure you've been given good, healthy advice. Votes: 0

We manage to swallow flesh, only because we do not think of the cruel and sinful thing we do. Votes: 0

Ultimately, Congressional medicine is like veterinary medicine: It must be strong enough to work, and tasty enough to swallow. Votes: 0

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. Votes: 0

There is only one thing I fear in life, my friend: One day, the black will swallow the red. Votes: 0

An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it. Votes: 0

Nobody has tried to swallow us since I've been here. I think they are afraid how we would taste. Votes: 0

Let me, O let me bathe my soul in colours; let me swallow the sunset and drink the rainbow. Votes: 0

Excitement is not enjoyment: in calmness lies true pleasure. The most precious wines are sipped, not bolted at a swallow. Votes: 0

You must develop the habit of skepticism, not swallow every piece of superstition you are told by witch-doctors and professors. Votes: 0

The swallow is not ensnared by men because of its gentle nature. [Lat., At caret insidiis hominum, quia mitis, hirundo.] Votes: 0

Easier, sometimes, to gulp down giant spoonfuls of uncertainty than it is to swallow throat-clogging capsules of what really is. Votes: 0

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind. Votes: 0

Bill Clinton does not inhale marijuana, right? You bet. Like I chew on LSD but I don't swallow it.' Votes: 0

always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you'll have to eat them, you can swallow it well. Votes: 0

If we let Korea down, the Soviet[s] will keep right on going and swallow up one [place] after another. Votes: 0

Little islands are all large prisons; one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow. Votes: 0

She looked at him and felt a dagger pierce her heart, then she felt a warm chocolate feeling swallow her senses. Votes: 0

I have never understood why people who can swallow the enormous improbability of a personal God boggle at a personal Devil. Votes: 0

When you rise quickly like a swallow, you must keep in mind that you may also fall fast like a stone! Votes: 0

Hardy's either done the wrong thing for the wrong reason . . . " Another big swallow. "Or the wrong thing for the right reason. Votes: 0

To be a great pilot you have to make a pact with the devil, but don't let him swallow you up. Votes: 0

O Time with your teethy years! You swallow up all things little by little in a slow-motion, wrinkling process of dying. Votes: 0

The complete irresponsibility of man for his actions and his nature is the bitterest drop which he who understands must swallow. Votes: 0

One thing about bureaucrats is that they never swallow their young. Leave them alone and you'll find them increasing every year. Votes: 0

Change rarely happens in doses large enough to choke you. Everyday you swallow a little more and expect a little less. Votes: 0

Most Debunkers spent their money on actual things, rather than just buying anything they could swallow, smoke or snort. Unlike Chess. Votes: 0

Chemotherapy takes its toll; the more you keep doing it, you lose your energy, and it gets more difficult to swallow. Votes: 0

To understand just one life you have to swallow the world ... do you wonder, then, that I was a heavy child? Votes: 0

be careful with words you utter you might not swallow your own words, but you might bite your tongue as well.. Votes: 0

It is a general rule that when the grain of truth cannot be found, men will swallow great helpings of falsehood. Votes: 0

Somehow, I can't say how, it tells me that all is right; that it is coming to swallow up all cries. Votes: 0

They swallow God without thinking, they swallow country without thinking. Soon they forget how to think, they let others think for them. Votes: 0

Come forward, some great marshal, and organize equality in society, and your rod shall swallow up all the juggling old court gold-sticks Votes: 0

Every new rule, mandate, and regulatory edict is one more obstacle that small business owners, entrepreneurs, and job creators have to swallow. Votes: 0

It's surely summer. for there's a swallow: Come one swallow, his mate will follow, The bird race quicken and wheel and thicken. Votes: 0

I want to own this transition, not to simply swallow the shame of it entire. I will push for every little irony. Votes: 0

We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us. Votes: 0

A man should swallow a toad every morning to be sure of not meeting with anything more revolting in the day ahead. Votes: 0

I like to use as few commas as possible so that sentences will go down in one swallow without touching the sides. Votes: 0

Some minds are made of blotting-paper: you can write nothing on them distinctly. They swallow the ink, and you find a large spot. Votes: 0

How did people do this - swallow all their fears and trust someone else so implicitly with every imperfection and fear they had... Votes: 0

Man is a machine of remembrance; all we do is to remember things because life flies fast like a swallow; reality immediately disappears! Votes: 0

It is a mark of civilised man that he seeks to understand his traditions, and to criticise them, not to swallow them whole. Votes: 0

Schemes within schemes. The Great Serpent is a good sign for you Aes Sedai, I think. Someday you may swallow yourselves by accident. Votes: 0

Golf tips are like aspirin. One may do you good, but if you swallow the whole bottle you will be lucky to survive. Votes: 0

Women have, in general, but ne object, which is their beauty; upon which, scarce any flattery is too gross for them to swallow. Votes: 0

Could others hold him?" His face remains the same. "There are no others. You're the only one." I swallow. "I can hold him. Votes: 0

Other people's deconstruction of your motivations doesn't help you do what you do. You can't swallow and think about swallowing at the same time. Votes: 0

Laughter is the jam on the toast of life. It adds flavor, keeps it from being too dry, and makes it easier to swallow. Votes: 0

Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedposts overnight. If your mother said don't chew it, do you swallow it in spite? Votes: 0

She shuddered. "What is it with slobbery kissers? Are they trying to drown us in spit? I mean, Jesus, swallow every now and then. Votes: 0

Truth is the most bitter to accept, swallow and digest it. The moment you speak truth, you lose your popularity. But I don't care. Votes: 0

Any advice I might give a depressed person comes in the form of cyanide, and usually is a bit hard for them to swallow. Votes: 0

Love in my heart is a cry forever Lost as the swallow's flight, Seeking for you and never, never Stilled by the stars at night Votes: 0

Some truths are hard to swallow, so we share it within tales that most people will accept without being frightened by the truth hidden within. Votes: 0

What? Corpus. Body. Corpse. Good idea the Latin. Stupifies them first. Hospice for the dying. They don't seem to chew it; only swallow it down. Votes: 0

I have no preconceptions. Whatever I see, I swallow immediately. Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike. I am not cruel, only truthful. Votes: 0

I think it's very improtant and healthy to tell differnt stories than the corporatist narratives we are being asked to swallow hook, line and sinker. Votes: 0

Don't be sucked in by the su-superior, don't swallow the culture bait, don't drink, don't drink and get beerier and beerier, do learn to discriminate. Votes: 0

I know we just met today, but I gotta see you tomorrow. I know this is our first date, I don't expect you to swallow. Votes: 0

Rocket," I said, straightening in the chairDonovan was just helping me with my contacts."Donovan raised his brows humorously.Rocket furrowed hisDid you swallow them?" Votes: 0

Evil cannot and will not be vanquished by evil. Dark will only swallow dark and deepen. The good and the light are the keenest weapons. Votes: 0

The film director, in many instances, has to swallow somebody else's decision about the final form of something. It's so hard as to be intolerable. Votes: 0

I saw him open his mouth wide. . . as though he had wanted to swallow all the air, all the earth, all the men before him. Votes: 0

Guts are important. Your guts are what digest things. But it is your brains that tell you which things to swallow and which not to swallow. Votes: 0

At first parenthood was as I had expected, exhausting, sometimes heinous, and occasionally divine. I held my children close enough to feel them breathe, laugh, swallow. Votes: 0

While television is a good servant, it's a bad master. It can swallow up huge quantities of our lives without much happiness bang for the buck. Votes: 0

if I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I will write it in a book for children. ... Votes: 0

In art, the public accept what has been, because they cannot alter it, not because they appreciate it. They swallow their classics whole, and never taste them. Votes: 0

Rocket," I said, straightening in the chair. "Donovan was just helping me with my contacts." Donovan raised his brows humorously. Rocket furrowed his. "Did you swallow them? Votes: 0

Ultimately, imperialism made even the British working classes suffer. This is a point which the British working classes found quite difficult to swallow, but they did, actually. Votes: 0

When someone hurts you time and time again, accept the fact that they don't care about you. Its a tough pill to swallow, but its necessary medicine. Votes: 0

One swallow does not make a summer,neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy. Votes: 0

I wish the world would swallow us here, whole, in this moment. And that's when it hits me that this - this - is falling in love. Votes: 0

I am not the best :( but try to understand, this world is samll to swallow my thoughts :') , you let me free and find my world :'D Votes: 0

Low gurgling laughter, as sweet As the swallow's song i' the South, And a ripple of dimples that, dancing, meet By the curves of a perfect mouth. Votes: 0

You recognize the truth because sometimes it's hard to swallow, but if you hold it in your mouth, refusing to eat it, you are going to choke. Votes: 0

I swallow my own lies with big gulps, as if quickly chugging the chance of getting caught. No lie makes man thirstier than a dishonest I love you. Votes: 0

True love is not a potion one person can swallow and another refuse to drink. It happens only when the souls of two join together to form one Votes: 0

You leave nothing to assumption," Dory Maud says. "You swallow her with your eyes. I'm surprised there's any of her left for the rest of us to see. Votes: 0

Soup not only warms you and is easy to swallow and to digest, it also creates the illusion in the back of your mind that Mother is there. Votes: 0

Standardized testing has swelled and mutated, like a creature in one of those old horror movies, to the point that it now threatens to swallow our schools whole. Votes: 0

A strong and well-constituted man digests his experiences (deeds and misdeeds all included) just as he digests his meats, even when he has some tough morsels to swallow. Votes: 0

Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you, because it will. Votes: 0

Final cut is overrated. Only fools keep insisting on always having the final word. The wise swallow their pride in order to get to the best possible cut. Votes: 0

You can't swallow and think about your tongue. If you think about your tongue, you've got a giant piece of meat in your mouth and that's a terrible feeling. Votes: 0

Awash in a flood of hostility and despair, they battled and railed and shattered their bodies on one another, unable to find one strand, one sobering swallow of solace. Votes: 0

Whenever you get an appetite, you feed yourself. Therefore, fill your belly on wisdom of things old and new. Only swallow the truth, less you choke on the lies. Votes: 0

I think there are some good players coming up. I think we are at a point where people can swallow a guitar solo in a pop rock record again. Votes: 0

When we determine to dwell on the good and excellent things in life, we will be so full of those things that they will tend to swallow our problems. Votes: 0

The swallow is come! The swallow is come! O, fair are the seasons, and light Are the days that she brings, With her dusky wings, And her bosom snowy white! Votes: 0

To live our lives fully, to work whole heartily, to refuse directly what we can't swallow, to accepts the mystery in all matters of meaning- this is the ultimate adventure. Votes: 0

I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because it is so grounded in legalism, and adherence to rituals. Votes: 0

She tried to swallow, to take a breath, but her eyes met his, and there was nothing but aching intensity in his gaze. And she was drawn in, swept away. Votes: 0

Tennis is one of the only sports in America where the sport doesn't grow with the size of the person - it just forces you to swallow the whole pill. Votes: 0

The body is like an elaborate metaphor. One may be able to taste and not swallow, like the anorexic, or to swallow and not integrate, like the bulimic or obese. Votes: 0

Don't be afraid to take a chance, to jump. Because death will always swallow you up anyway. Death is a friend; it encourages us to become aware, to become free. Votes: 0

The Muslim leaders swallow the advice of the Western powers and bodies like the IMF and World Bank, even when it is bad for their countries and they know this. Votes: 0

As far as music being something that's not background, it doesn't mean that it's loud, it means that it's instantly something to dwell on and process and swallow and regurgitate. Votes: 0

[A]s you partake of the world's bill of fare, that's darned good advice to follow. Do a lot of spitting out the hot air. And be careful what you swallow. Votes: 0

Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day. Votes: 0

Alas, what wickedness to swallow flesh into our own flesh, to fatten our greedy bodies by cramming in other bodies, to have one living creature fed by the death of another! Votes: 0

The humanitarian argument is so selective I find it difficult to swallow. It's not even so much about the choice as to where we should get involved and where we shouldn't. Votes: 0

I can't sit back and swallow stuff. I live in a time and place, and in a country on earth where you're not supposed to swallow it. People just gave up. Votes: 0

The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government. Votes: 0

For trash and toys, And grief-engend'ring joys, What torment seems too sharp for flesh and blood; What bitter pills, Compos'd of real ills, Men swallow down to purchase one false good! Votes: 0

But a myth, to speak plainly, to me is like a menu in a fancy French restaurant: glamorous, complicated camouflage for a fact you wouldn't otherwise swallow, like maybe lima beans. Votes: 0

The only difference between a drug and a computer is that one is slightly too large to swallow. ... And our best people are working on that problem, even as we speak. Votes: 0

In order not to cut out a large part of one's private life, the creative work should not swallow up every other form of self-expression. But that is the most complicated thing. Votes: 0

I hate when people have food in their mouths and they don't swallow before they talk. Like, they store it in their cheek when they talk to you. It drives me nuts. Votes: 0

When you're in love, sometimes you have to swallow your pride, and sometimes you have to keep your pride. It's a balance. But when the relationship is right, you find the balance. Votes: 0

I will not avoid doing what I think is right, though it should draw on me the whole artillery that falsehood and malice can invent, or the credulity a deluded population can swallow. Votes: 0

The most chronic heart disease is caused by having greediness in your heart. Go for check ups regularly and learn how to swallow those lumpy pills of generousity. Be kind and be healthy Votes: 0

Razo hopped back up and adopted a posture that said he was completely unruffled, never had been, and in fact was ready to do something manly like lift boulders or swallow live worms. Votes: 0

The real world out there isn't nearly as nice as some people prefer it to be, so don't swallow everything your high-born teachers tell you without takinga long hard look at it yourselves. Votes: 0

Live on, survive, for the earth gives forth wonders. It may swallow your heart, but the wonders keep on coming. You stand before them bareheaded, shriven. What is expected of you is attention. Votes: 0

Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them up with great passion. That is because human beings need stories. Votes: 0

Big fish eats small fish; oceans need revolution! Big man beats little man; world needs revolution! Big galaxies swallow little galaxies; universe needs revolution! Anything which is not ethical needs a strong revolution! Votes: 0

She felt dirty all over and looking over Sebastian, sweat on his brow and his naked torso barely covered by the sheets, she had to swallow back bile at what she'd just done. Votes: 0

I guess they call it suicide, but I'm to full to swallow my pride I can't stand losing you The Police Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. Votes: 0

Drinking wine is easy: tilt glass and swallow. Really tasting wine is more of a challenge. You need the proper tools and environment, the ability to concentrate, a good memory and a vivid imagination. Votes: 0

I had an inspiration once. I woke up one morning and I knew that it was my task to swallow fifty asprin.It was my task:my job for the day.-17 Girl Interrupted Votes: 0

They use the pretext of avoiding war, to make you swallow any kind of peace, said Paul. They use the pretext of a revolution to involve us in any kind of war, said Jardinet. Votes: 0

I pull my lower lip all the way in between my teeth. If I try hard enough, maybe I can gobble my whole self this way.... I didn't try hard enough to swallow myself. Votes: 0

It was a great Olympics - Team USA finished the games with 17 more medals than China. China said it was tough to swallow - especially when they had to make all of our "We're #1" T-shirts. Votes: 0

To the old our mouths are always partly closed; we must swallow our obvious retorts and listen. They sit above our heads, on life's raised dais, and appeal at once to our respect and pity. Votes: 0

Yes, I don't think I shall ever become Prime Minister. Hard as that is to swallow, I tell you one person who is very happy always to see me say that, and that's my wife. Votes: 0

And hence the poet must seek to be essentially anonymous, He must die a little death each morning, He must swallow his toad and study his vomit as Baudelaire studied la charogne of Jeanne Duval. Votes: 0

Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till his relish grown callous, almost to displease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. Votes: 0

By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don't swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate moves, but for their vision of chess, their way of thinking. Votes: 0

It's a weird feeling more than anything. You kind of have to swallow your pride a little bit, realize we won the game, be excited about it. We get to go back to D.C. Votes: 0

I will beg, will take to my knees, will listen to snow stroking air, a sky of gasps, will open my mouth, swallow, somewhere else the sky is falling, somewhere else it gets back up. Votes: 0

Secrets of the heart. We swallow hard against them every day, forcing them deep inside us. There they sit, growing heavier, festering. Given enough time, they cannot help but crush the heart that holds them. Votes: 0

I swallow any sort of apology. "screwing your neighbor." There. Said it. React, okay? pregnant pause becomes three weeks overdue. Four weeks. Time for a C-section. What? Oh, Kaeleigh, I'm so sorry. Are you sure...? Votes: 0

You have been mine before - How long ago I may not know: But just when at that swallow's soar, your neck turned so, Some veil did fall, - I knew it all of yore. Votes: 0