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Quote by W. H. Davies

“No matter where the body is, the mind is free to go elsewhere.”

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W. H. Davies, a British poet, was born on July 3, 1871, and died on September 26, 1940. His poetry is known for its profound social criticism and natural descriptions, with notable works including 'The Vow of the Vagabond'. more

“Ecstatic over the total annihilation of the Earth, Dr. Strangelove "resurrects" himself, miraculously regaining his ability to walk. His mechanical, robot-like body rises out of his wheelchair, crying exultantly: "Sir! I have a plan. Heh." (He realizes he is standing up.) "Mein Fuehrer, I can walk!"”

I Can Body Earth Realizing Ability Walks Plans Cry Standing Drs Robots Ecstatic Annihilation Wheelchairs

Author:Peter Sellers

“She has more goodness in her little finger than he has in his whole body.”

Littles Whole Body Goodness Fingers

Book:The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: with copious notes and additions and a memoir of the author

Source: The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: with copious notes and additions and a memoir of the author

“Monotonously the lorries sway, monotonously come the calls, monotonously falls the rain. It falls on our heads and on the heads of the dead up the line, on the body of the little recruit with the wound that is so much too big for his hip; it falls on Kemmerich's grave; it falls in our hearts.”

Heart Littles Body Bigs Fall Lines Rain Wounds Graves Hips Recruit Lorry

Book:All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel

Source: All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel

“A youth of sensuality and intemperance delivers over to old age a worn-out body.”

Body Age Youth Old Age Sensuality Worn Worn Out Intemperance

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“For with G. D., to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to speak profanely) to be present with the Lord.”

Sometimes Body Speak Lord Absent

Book:Essays of Elia

Source: Essays of Elia

“A demd, damp, moist, unpleasant body!”

Body Damp

Author:Charles Dickens

“While every body wants it, most don't want to give it.”

Want Giving Body

Author:Buck Rodgers

“QUORUM, n. A sufficient number of members of a deliberative body to have their own way and their own way of having it. In the U.S. Senate a quorum consists of the chairman of the Committee on Finance and a messenger from the White House.”

Way Body House White Numbers Members Finance Sufficient White House Senate Committees Chairman Messengers

Book:Essential Bierce: A Selection of the Writings of Ambrose Bierce

Source: Essential Bierce: A Selection of the Writings of Ambrose Bierce

“E=mc2. Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared”

Body Light Energy Mass Speed Speed Of Light

Book:Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century

Source: Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century

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