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«If Columbus had had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock.»
«The bomb that fell on Hiroshima fell on America too. It fell on no city, no munition plants, no docks. It erased no church, vaporized no public buildings, reduced no man to his atomic elements. But it fell, it fell.»
«I firmly believe that all human beings have access to extraordinary energies and powers. Judging from accounts of mystical experience, heightened creativity, or exceptional performance by athletes and artists, we harbor a greater life than we know. There we go beyond those limited and limiting patterns of body, emotions, volition, and understanding that have been keeping us in dry-dock. Instead we become available to our capacity for a larger life in body, mind, and spirit. In this state we know great torrents of delight.»
«Now I get docked 10 to 20 per cent (of my appearance fee) if I don't yell at some people and break at least one racquet.»
«The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man.»
Author: Nelson Algren (Novelist, Writer) | Keywords: bench, dock, docked, docks
«A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.»
«Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock....his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him.»
«Do not dock the donkey's tail in a crowd, some will say it's too long, others it's too short.»