The stones tear like flesh, rather than breaking. Although what happens is violent, it is a violence that is in stone. A tear is more unnerving than a break.
He on whose head we would break a coconut never stands still.
He who breaks his word shall through his word be broken.
People who do not break things first will never learn to create anything.
When fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your teeth.
Spilled wine is a sign of happiness, but break the bed and all will have long faces.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
If the lady of the house breaks something it is an unfortunate accident; if the servant does, then it is a terrible disaster.
Frank: I'm telling ya, the answer's up there in Ludwig's office. Call it what you will. A hunch, woman's intuition. That guy Ludwig knows a lot more than he's telling us. Ed: A hunch won't stand up in court, Frank. Where are your hard facts? Frank: L...
I open my eyes and for the first time stare openly at my own reflection. My heart rate picks up as I do, like I am breaking the rules and will be scolded for it. It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tu...
What does it take to break a person? Torturers and interrogators would be able to provide statistics. This many nights without sleep, this many needles, this much water, this voltage of current on this many occasions. But there is considerable variat...
Sloth: Mama! Mama Fratelli: Come to mama Slothy, come on hmm? Sloth: Mama, you've been bad. Mama Fratelli: Oh, Slothy. I may have been bad. I may have kept you chained up in that room but it was for your own good. Sloth: Yeah! Mama Fratelli: You reme...
The flames of the fire leapt up and surrounded her, consuming her, becoming her. Heat filled and flushed her, breaking the bottle and she soared up and up. She came to stand in a sun's center. But that even faded and she rode pillion with Emmerich as...
Isaac: She said she wanted to break up with me before the surgery, 'cause she couldn't handle it. I'm about to lose my eyesight and SHE can't handle it. I kept saying "always" to her, you know, like always. And she kept talking over me and not saying...
Capt. McCluskey: I thought I got all you Guinea hoods locked up! What the hell are you doing here? Michael: What happened to the men who were guarding my father, Captain? Capt. McCluskey: I pulled them guys off of here, eh, now get away from this hos...
He who looks only at heaven may easily break his nose on earth.
I gave him a staff for his support and he uses it to break my head.
When the tide of misfortune moves over you, even jelly will break your teeth
If you are building a house and a nail breaks, do you stop building, or do you change the nail?
Peace is a fruit of the Spirit, not the byproduct of accumulated wealth.
Faith may want answers, but somehow it is able to survive without them.
