Quotes of: Clinging Keyword

Adolescence represents an inner emotional upheaval, a struggle between the eternal human wish to cling to the past and the equally powerful wish to get on with the future.

Louise J. Kaplan

I think the older you are, the more you're going to cling to the printed word as being sacred.

H. G. Bissinger

Time laughs in the distance as I cling to the belief memories of you will fade.

Life

The day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and the wind is never weary; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary. My life is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and t...

Ballads and Other Poems

To move forward clinging to the past is like dragging a ball and chain. The prisoner is not the one who has committed a crime, but the one who clings to his crime and lives it over and over. We are all guilty of crime, the great crime of not living l...

Sexus

Sometimes we scratch, claw and climb so hard to conquer a mountain that, once achieved, we cling to its summit much too long and it ultimately instigates our fall. As we dangle by our fingertips we grasp and claw at what’s no more; with a fear of f...

A Walk with Prudence

People and their rituals. They cling to things so hard sometimes.

The Art of Racing in the Rain

If I learned anything in this life, I've learned that you can't cling on.

Alone on a Wide Wide Sea

If not for me being stoned and clinging to a taco, it would have been terribly romantic.

Succubus on Top

Verily, a man should not cling to those who have passed, for he will likely neglect service to the living.

Veterans of the Psychic Wars

There are no more gates, only hinges clinging to the walls like broken spiders.

The Wicked and the Just

I’d rather welcome change than cling to the past.

Rich Dad, Poor Dad

After so many changes, I realized I'd better cling to my own family and to what I've got right here.

Suzy Bogguss

Welcome, wild harbinger of spring! To this small nook of earth; Feeling and fancy fondly cling, Round thoughts which owe their birth, To thee, and to the humble spot, Where chance has fixed thy lowly lot.

Bernard Barton

Men never cling to their dreams with such tenacity as at the moment when they are losing faith in them, and know it, but do not dare yet to confess it to themselves.

William Graham Sumner

I use the Philip Kingsley range of shampoos, and they've got a great elasticiser, which is fantastic. I wrap my hair in cling film and put that on.

Cate Blanchett

One of the great pluses of being an immigrant is you get to start again in terms of your identity. You get to shed the narratives which cling to you.

Joseph O'Neill

Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling.

Yann Martel

I cling to the fantasy that I could have done something more creative. Like actually writing a script, or writing a book. But the awful truth is that I... probably can't!

Hugh Grant

I will cling to the rope God has thrown me in Jesus Christ, even when my numb hands can no longer feel it.

Sophie Scholl

The poor love life as passionately as the rich do. Perhaps more, for the effort it takes to cling to it.

Curiosity