“When you think about flying, it's nuts really. Here you are at about 40,000 feet, screaming along at 700 miles an hour and you're sitting there drinking Diet Pepsi and eating peanuts. It just doesn't make any sense.” ThinkingHoursFeetEatingSittingDrinkingMilesFlyingFlightDietsAviationNutsPeanutsPilots And FlyingPepsi Author:David Letterman
“It felt as if I was suddenly walking around in wet socks, weighing my feet down as if two kids were sitting on my feet with their legs wrapped around mine.” IfsTwoKidsFeltFeetMinesWalkingSittingLegsWetSockWeighing Author:David Bowick
“I have pictures of me sitting in the racquetball court in my pajamas with an acoustic guitar, and Wolfgang is probably just two-and-a-half-feet tall. I'll never forget the day I saw his foot tapping along in beat! I knew then, I couldn't wait for the day I'd be able to make music with my son. I don't know what more I could ask for.” KnowsTwoAbleAsksWaitingForgetHalfSawsFeetSonBeatsSittingCourtGuitarMy SonNever ForgetTallAcousticsPajamasTappingAcoustic GuitarRacquetball Author:Eddie Van Halen
“Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me; Taking me back down the vista of years, till I see A child sitting under the piano, in the boom of the tingling strings And pressing the small, poised feet of a mother who smiles as she sings.” YearsChildrenMotherMusicFeetMusicianSingingSittingPianoStringsDuskVistas Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“Leveling off at 42,000 feet, I had thirty percent of my fuel, so I turned on rocket chamber three and immediately reached .96 Mach. I noticed that the faster I got, the smoother the ride. Suddenly the Mach needle began to fluctuate. It went up to .965 Mach - then tipped right off the scale ... We were flying supersonic. And it was a smooth as a baby's bottom; Grandma could be sitting up there sipping lemonade.” ThreeFeetBabyPercentSittingBottomFlyingScalesFlightFasterThirtyFuelAviationSmoothChamberRocketsNeedlesGrandmaLemonadeSippingSitting Up Book:Yeager: An Autobiography Source: Yeager: An Autobiography
“Amma Theodora said: A certain monk, afflicted by many sorrows, said to himself, "Leave this place." With these words he began to put his sandals on his feet, and suddenly he saw the devil in the form of a man sitting in the corner of his cell. The devil was also putting on his sandals. He said to the monk, "Are you leaving here because of me? Well then, wherever you go, I will be there before you."” MenInspirationalWellsSaidChristianFormCertainReligiousSawsFeetSorrowDevilSittingLeavingCornersCellsOrthodoxMonkSandalsAmma Author:Ignatius Bryanchaninov
“That truth which you swallow from others will not be yours...you have to realize truth and work it our for yourself according to your own nature...All must struggle to be individuals-strong, standing on your own feet, thinking your own thoughts, realizing you own Self. No use swallowing doctrines others pass on-standing up together like soldiers in jail, sitting down together, all eating the same food, all nodding their heads at the same time. Variation is the sign of life. Sameness is the sign of death.” ThinkingSelfUseTogetherIndividualStrongRealizingStruggleFeetEatingSittingStandingSoldierDoctrineWorking ItJailVariationSitting DownSamenessSwallowingNoddingSigns Of Life Author:Swami Vivekananda
“You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.” WorldLifeInspirationalNeedsStillsWisdomChoicesWaitingRoomsFeetOffersSolitudeQuietSittingTablesMy SoulEcstasyContemplatingSolitaryIntrovertMeditation PracticeYour RoomQuiet LifeBeing QuietSoul LifeSpiritual EyesSolitary LifeUnmaskingQuiet RoomSitting And Waiting Author:Franz Kafka
“We don't always need to be sitting at the foot of the teacher, but from time to time we need someone who can overview us and give us direction.” NeedsGivingTeacherFeetSittingOverview Author:Tenzin Palmo