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Bones Quotes - Page 5

It is defeat that turns bone to flint, gristle to muscle, and makes men invincible.

Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

He mouths a sentence as curs mouth a bone.

Charles Churchill (1822). “The Poems of Charles Churchill”, p.51

Meanwhile,” Simon added, “I wanted to tell you that lately I‘ve been cross-dressing. Also, I‘m sleeping with your mom. I thought you should know.

Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

Fill all thy bones with aches.

William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.57

Wall Street is littered with the bones of those who knew just what to do, but could not bring themselves to do it.

William J. Bernstein (2009). “The Investor's Manifesto: Preparing for Prosperity, Armageddon, and Everything in Between”, John Wiley & Sons

I have no history but the length of my bones.

Robin Skelton (1971). “The hunting dark”, McClelland and Stewart

Why should we grope among the dry bones of the past? The sun shines today also.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2016). “Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson - Nature”, p.2, Editora Dracaena

Entrepreneurship is the very back bone of our country and what makes us great - we are a nation of founders.

"Innovation is Great but Execution is Better" by Nancy Lublin, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 3, 2009.

Many count their chickens before they are hatched; and where they expect bacon, meet with broken bones.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1856). “The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha”, p.196

I'm a Taurus. To the bone.

"Blond Venus: Is Michelle Pfeiffer Hollywood’s next screen dream?". Interview with Peter Stone, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 1988.

What we get in steerage is not the refuse, but the sinew and bone of all the nations.

Mary Antin (1914). “They who Knock at Our Gates: A Complete Gospel of Immigration”