“That the sweetly intoxicating three-four rhythm which took hold of hand & foot, necessarily eclipsed great & serious music & made the audience unfit for any intellectual effort goes without saying.” MadeHandsThreeEffortAudienceFourFeetSeriousIntellectualRhythm Author:Eduard Hanslick
“How can you shorten the subject? That stern struggle with the multiplication table, for many people not yet ended in victory, how can you make it less? Square root, as obdurate as a hardwood stump in a pasturenothing but years of effort can extract it. You can't hurry the process. Or pass from arithmetic to algebra; you can't shoulder your way past quadratic equations or ripple through the binomial theorem. Instead, the other way; your feet are impeded in the tangled growth, your pace slackens, you sink and fall somewhere near the binomial theorem with the calculus in sight on the horizon.” PeopleWayYearsPastFallProcessGrowthEffortStruggleFeetSubjectsVictoryRootsSightMathematicsTablesMathShouldersMathematicalHorizonPaceSquaresEquationsRippleArithmeticAlgebraTangledCalculusTheoremsMultiplicationStumpsSquare RootsHardwoodQuadraticsQuadratic Equation Author:Stephen Leacock
“You just have to start putting one foot in front of the other, making an effort to get healthy every day.” EffortFeetFrontsHealthHealthy Book:Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life Source: Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life
“You kids have fun, and be home by Thanksgiving!" our parents would call to us on Halloween night, as we staggered out the front door, weighed down by hundreds of pounds of concealed vandalism supplies, including enough raw eggs to feed Somalia for decades. By morning, thanks to our efforts, the entire neighborhood would be covered with a layer of congealed shaving cream and toilet paper that, around certain unpopular neighbors' homes, was hundreds of feet thick. This is how the Appalachian Mountains were formed.” EnoughHomeWould BeKidsNightCertainFunParentEffortMorningDoorsFeetFrontsMountainPaperIncludingDecadesNeighborThanksHaving FunNeighborhoodPoundsEggsCoveredThickLayersCreamHalloweenToiletsConcealedSuppliesFront DoorsShavingToilet PaperSomaliaVandalismHalloween NightShaving Cream Author:Dave Barry
“Knowledge does not grow like a tree where you dig a hole, plant your feet, cover them with dirt, and pour water on them daily. Knowledge grows with time, work, and dedicated effort. It cannot come by any other means.” MeanDoeGrowsWaterEffortTreeFeetPlantHolesMartial ArtsDedicatedDirt Author:Ed Parker
“Many a standing ovation has been caused by someone jumping to his feet in an effort to beat the rest of the audience to the parking lot.” Has BeensEffortAudienceFeetBeatsStandingJumpingParkingParking LotOvation Author:Earl Wilson
“My mission is to put France back on its feet. The priority is employment. Efforts have to be made, but those efforts must be made fairly.” MadeEffortFeetMissionsPrioritiesEmploymentFrance Author:Francois Hollande
“While the foods were being prepared, I watched as men dragged a foot-operated grinding wheel into an open space, and the groom devoted a tense hour to putting a razor's edge to a large, ornate dagger. The bride's father watched that effort with a critical eye. After satisfying himself that the weapon was suitably lethal, he gravely accepted it as a gift from the younger man. The groom has just sharpened the knife that the bride's father will use on him, if he ever mistreats the girl.” IfsMenUseEyeGirlFatherHoursSpaceEffortFeetWeaponsPreparedEdgesCriticalAcceptedWheelsSatisfyingKnivesDevotedTenseBridesRazorsDaggersOpen SpacesMistreat Book:Shantaram: A Novel Source: Shantaram: A Novel