Tear Quotes - page 22

If the composer withholds more than we anticipate, we experience a delicious falling sensation; we feel we have been torn from a stable point on the musical ladder and thrust into the void. (Levi Strauss)
That should be our test regarding immigrants. Those who come to America to tear it down or live off of others should not be welcomed. View quote
Marvin Olasky
Playing 10 years in the NHL, almost 600 games, there's going to be some wear and tear for everybody. View quote
Mike Comrie
With bikes, it is absolutely the case that you will get what you pay for. Invest in quality so it will endure wear and tear. View quote
Patrick Dempsey
At my confirmation, where you get the Holy Spirit, I came down the stairs at my party and had torn, like, 80 holes in my pantyhose and said I had the Holy Spirit, and just would do things like that all the time. View quote
Paula Pell
And somewhere in heaven, Versace sheds a single, perfect tear. View quote
Rachel Caine
A writer has a difficult fate, but a Jewish writer has an especially difficult fate. His soul is torn; he lives on two streets with three languages. It is a misfortune to live on this sort of 'border,' and that is what I have experienced. View quote
S. Ansky
The reason we have cancer and heart disease is the same reason you can't get rid of the wear and tear on your tires on your car: as soon as you use them, you are wearing them away. You can't make eternal tires, and it's the same with the human body. View quote
S. Jay Olshansky
I never used to see anything on TV where the man was in the weaker position. It was always the female showing emotion, breaking down, being emotionally torn apart by men. View quote
Sharon Horgan
In some ways the ACL tear was a blessing. I had hesitated to return to elite gymnastics after the 2008 Olympics. I told myself I had already accomplished so much, and the road was just going to get harder if I continued. View quote
Shawn Johnson
This is the kind of situation that can tear people apart. It tears at the fabric of your soul and can certainly tear at your marriage and ours has gotten only stronger. (Shelley Fabares)
My story is the story of countless millions of children whose families and nations were torn apart for money in the name of Jesus Christ. View quote
Sinead O'Connor
Kids are all computer-savvy. Sit down and write to your parents on the computer. And just say, I have some questions and I'm scared. There's some stuff I don't know and I really need to talk to you about sex. Tear it off and put it on their pillow. They'll read it. View quote
Sue Johanson
The goal, I suppose, any fiction writer has, no matter what your subject, is to hit the human heart and the tear ducts and the nape of the neck and to make a person feel something about the characters are going through and to experience the moral paradoxes and struggles of being human. View quote
Tim O'Brien
Oftentimes, heavy weights can tear the muscle fiber causing it to bulk, but using a lighter weight for a longer duration and allowing your body to move in many different ways to target all of the muscles will lengthen them without tearing. View quote
Tracy Anderson
Theres very few things that tear me up and get me, but kids, especially terminally ill kids or kids with diseases... gets me every time. View quote
Tyler Farr
I'll buy an old jacket and attach gold buttons and a couple royal patches. Or I'll find an old busted sweatshirt, tear out the zipper, and replace it with a $700 zipper. I make things my own. View quote
Theophilus London
It's a comforting thought to know that I've got my partner by my side walking through life and all the ups and the downs. I know we can handle it. There's nothing too big or too crazy that's going to tear us apart. View quote
Vanessa Minnillo
Have you ever been torn between two impossibilities and knew in your heart that no matter which way you went or which path you chose that you were doomed to unhappiness? View quote
Maya Banks
Memories are bullets. Some whiz by and only spook you. Others tear you open and leave you in pieces. View quote
Richard Kadrey
With Hitchcock I had little relationship. I was called to replace Bernard Herrmann, his favorite composer, in Torn Curtain, after the bitter fight between them. (Maurice Jarre)
I have torn myself away from pursuing mendicancy in totality to be a part of this world. View quote
Narendra Modi
Count Olaf sounds like an awful person. I hope he is torn apart by wild animals someday. Wouldn't that be satisfying? View quote
Daniel Handler
St Thomas had lots to say about the mystical quality of createdness. For him the creature is truly a mystery, a mystical reality. Sometimes this strikes me so forcibly that I shrink from crushing a gnat or plucking a blade of grass - how dare one do such a thing, except of necessity? Nothing sentimental about this - not even compassion at having to hurt things - simply awe before their Maker. I'd never dare to tear up someone else's sketch or manuscript without first asking the author's permission - unless, of course, he had asked me to do so. View quote
Ida Friederike Görres
I don't tear down. I prefer to build up. View quote
André Leon Talley