#feet

He had one uniform practice, and a very bad one it was, during the time of family worship, and just three or four seconds before the conclusion of the prayer, he started to his feet, and ran barking round the apartment like a crazed beast. ↗

— James Hogg

#bad #bad one #barking #beast #before

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. ↗

— Dolores Ibarruri

#die #feet #knees #live #than

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. ↗

— Joseph Joubert

#imagination #learning #who #wings #without

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet. ↗

— Joseph Joubert

#imagination #learning #who #wings #without

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#ecstasy #even #feet #freely #itself

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#ecstasy #even #feet #house #itself

Ah, the patter of little feet around the house. There's nothing like having a midget for a butler. ↗

— W. C. Fields

#around #butler #feet #having #house

He had a way with him. Before you had a chance to say no, he was there and done. That only happened to me once before, with a duke, who literally swept me off my feet, and before I knew what was happening, we'd done it. Another terrible mistake. ↗

— Christine Keeler

#before #chance #done #duke #feet

I like to walk around with bare feet and I don't like to comb my hair. ↗

— Beyonce Knowles

#bare #bare feet #comb #feet #hair

You were about five feet short of a ten feet jump? ↗

— Johnny Knoxville

#feet #five #jump #short #ten