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"Stop the rot or lose the plot." »Aaron J. Munzer
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"No sensible man watches his feet hit the ground. He looks ahead to see what kind of ground they'll hit next." »Ernest Haycox
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"No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible." »W. H. Auden
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"My writing is like a ten gallon spring. It can issue from the ground anywhere at all. On smooth ground it rushes swiftly on and covers a thouasand li in a single day without difficulty. When it twists and turns among mountains and rocks, it fits its form to things it meets: unknowable. What can be known is, it always goes where it must go, always stops where it cannot help stopping -- nothing else. More than that, even I cannot know." »Su Shih
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"I'd like to see a nature film where an eagle swoops down and pulls a fish out of a lake, and then maybe he's flying along, low to the ground, and the fish pulls a worm out of the ground. Now that's a documentary" »Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
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"Marriage. Why do we do it Everybody knows the stats. One in two marriages end up in broken dishes and a trip to Tijuana. Is it loneliness Partly. Is it teamwork Definitely. Things just kind of go easier when there's two of you. One of you can wait in line at the movie theater while the other guy parks the car. Get better seats that way. Better room rate when it's a double. Are you ready to file jointly...Above you is the sun and sky. Below you, the ground. Like the sun, your love should be constant, like the ground, solid." »Jed Seidel
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"If I am to die, this is the week for it. -- John F. Kennedy (to aide John McClone in response to a CIA report about rumours of an assassination plot), June 1962." »John F. Kennedy, "A Thousand Days," by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr [1965]
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"A good novel is an indivisible sum; every scene, sequence and passage of a good novel has to involve, contribute to and advance all three of its major attributes: theme, plot, characterization." »Ayn Rand, The Romantic Manifesto p. 74 (pb 93)
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"This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,--
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England." »William Shakespeare, "King Richard II", Act 2 scene 1
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"This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,-- This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England." »William Shakespeare
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"As soon as we left the ground I knew I myself had to fly!" »Amelia Earhart
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"The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground...." »Unknown
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"When you sling mud, you lose ground." »Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.
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"Virtue lies in the middle ground." »Dr. Jose P. Rizal
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"A groundless rumor often covers a lot of ground." »Anonymous
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"Truth is the only safe ground to stand on." »Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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"Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon." »Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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"The ground that a good man treads is hallowed." »Johann von Goethe
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"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground." »Theodore Roosevelt
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"No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency." »Theodore Roosevelt
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"Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground." »Theodore Roosevelt
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"Fly so high with my feet never leaving the ground." »John A. Carter
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"A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground." »Henry Louis Mencken
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"The ultimate ground of faith and knowledge is confidence in God." »Charles Hodge
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"Food is our common ground, a universal experience." »James Beard
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"The trouble with leaving your feet on the ground is you never get to take your pants off." »Ringo Starr
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"Let your works climb the stars; but you yourself stay on the ground!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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""My heart lays on the ground, hopeing one day you will be there to pick it up"" »Brandon T. Smith
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"The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground." »Thomas Overbury
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"No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth." »Francis Bacon
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