To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour.
If people say something rude or off-color, you have to take it with a grain of salt, because they don't know you.
To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'.
Barley, where it succeeds, yields a larger weight of feed per acre than any other small grain crop.
Put three grains of sand inside a vast cathedral, and the cathedral will be more closely packed with sand than space is with stars.
The first time that I was elected I was called the Judas Iscariot of the black community because I took a stand that was inconsistent of cutting across the grain.
In theatre, there's the director, the writer, and below them the actor. In film, it's the actors who are most important. That goes against the grain for me.
I have always been very rebellious and gone against the grain. I've always challenged the standards set before me.
Ibrahim tells his story without a grain of complaint, and this was true for all of the band members. This is very much part of the Cuban spirit and soul.
If 22 bushels (1,300 pounds) of rice and 22 bushels of winter grain are harvested from a quarter acre field, then the field will support five to ten people each investing an average of less than one hour of labour per day. But if the field were turne...
Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the apparently mundane. Seeing the whole world in a grain of sand, that kind of thing.
Depreciating motels, junked automobiles, and quick-food joints grow like amber waves of grain.
I had a microscopic eye for the blemish, for the grain of ugliness which to me constituted the sole beauty of the object.
The best diet for overall health, and specifically for heart, brain, and cancer risk reduction, is a diet that's aggressively low in carbohydrates with an abundance of healthful fat, and this is the central theme of 'Grain Brain.'
And though there’s a grain of truth in every rumor, I’ve found that the worst gossip usually starts with something harmless.
Grain that is used to feed animals that end up on our tables as turkeys and hams could have gone to feed starving people.
You don’t need to be the tide to rise and fall, you don’t have to be a wave to touch the shore; just be a little sand-grain and feel them all
The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the least.
But we didn't have the financial structure, like the right attorneys, the right managers, the right accountants, and we were going against the grain of what black entertainers is supposed to do.
Dinner is often a stew of beans or legumes, which are awesome for dieting; they give you that meaty satisfaction and both are excellent with whole grain rice or bread.
There are some who complain that there is not enough food grain. But I put the argument that at the moment we use 2000 census population figures and require 50-55 million tonnes for distribution.
