quotes about Strain

last updated: November 28, 2023

The anchors now made are contrived so as to sink into the ground as soon as they reach it, and to hold a great strain before they can be loosened or dislodged from their station.
-- William Falconer

Source : William Falconer (2012). “Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)”, p.8, BoD – Books on Demand

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“You've got to understand life, understand it when you're young.”
“Collage is a supersensitive and scrupulously accurate instrument, similar to a seismograph, which is able to record the exact amount of the possibility of human happiness at any period.”

Source : Quoted in Saranne Alexandrian Surrealist Art (1970).
“If I were to wait only for roles that clarify my racial makeup, I'd be waiting for a very, very long time.”
“Choosing whom you love is the most political decision you can make.”

Source : "The Rise Of Third Party Candidates" by Michelle Augello-Page, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 2, 2016.
“Never letting the competition define you. Instead, you have to define yourself based on a point of view you care deeply about.”
“I'm young but I'm not stupid.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“A woman's gifts will make room for her.”
“Printed books usually outlive bookstores and the publishers who brought them out. They sit around, demanding nothing, for decades. That's one of their nicest qualities - their brute persistence.”

Source : "Ask The Author Live: Nicholson Baker On The Kindle". Q&As, www.newyorker.com. July 24, 2009.
“In January 1944 I was called up by the Forced Labor Service, but I deserted on October 10, 1944.”
“Being thin is not more important than enjoying life”