“A great influence in my life was the sanctified or Holiness churches...Everybody in there sang and they clapped and stomped heir feet and sang with their whole body... Their music was so strong and expressive, it used to bring tears to my eyes.” WholeBodyEyeUsedStrongChurchMusicFeetInfluenceTearsHolinessHeirsExpressiveGreat Influence Author:Mahalia Jackson
“The grief and tears didn't wash me away. They gave me my life back! They cleansed me, baptized me, hydrated the earth at my feet.” EarthGriefFeetTearsBaptizedBeing Sober Author:Anne Lamott
“So here I am running at guys who aren't taller than 5-foot-8, and I'm the one who tears up his knee.” RunningGuyFeetTearsKneesHockeyNhlHere I Am Author:Chris Chelios
“Who bides his time tastes the sweet Of honey in the saltiest tear; And though he fares with slowest feet Joy runs to meet him drawing near.” RunningJoyDifficultFeetTearsSweetTasteDrawingHoneyDifficult Days Author:James Whitcomb Riley
“Lachrymal counsellors, with one foot in the cave of despair, and the other invading the peace of their friends, are the paralyzers of action, the pests of society, and the subtlest homicides in the world; they poison with a tear; and convey a dagger to the heart while they press you to their bosoms.” WorldHeartActionFeetTearsDespairPressesPoisonCavesBosomsDaggersHomicideInvadingPestsCounsellors Author:Jane Porter
“Most days I feel like the sole survivor of a shipwreck, rowing my paddleboat across a sea of people on waves made of an infinite array of hands and crests that reveal anonymous faces. On a good day, the clouds part to alight on-lo and behold-an island! I step ashore, only find that it too is made of people, mangled bodies somehow still alive. They grab at my feet, pulling me under like quicksand. The last thing I see before suffocating is the sky, a billion eyes staring down, blinking in undulating electric ripples. The cold rain I feel on my cheeks is the tears of the people.” PeopleFeelsMadeStillsBodyHandsEyeLastsFacesStepsAliveSeaFeetSkyTearsColdRainInfiniteCloudsWaveBillionsStaringIslandsSurvivorSoleCheeksElectricPullingGood DayRippleRowingShipwreckSuffocatingQuicksand Author:Richard M. Nixon
“Because we lack sharp claws, aren't very fast on our feet, and aren't exactly endowed with lightning reflexes, it would be very difficult if not impossible for us to run down an animal, catch it with our bare hands, and tear through its fur and skin in order to eat it. Biologically, we are designed to be frugivorous herbivores eating mainly fruits, seeds, roots, and leaves.” IfsHandsWould BeRunningOrderDifficultAnimalImpossibleFeetTearsEatingRootsSkinsFruitSeedsLightningFurClawsReflexes Author:Sharon Gannon
“When you see grown men near to tears because they've missed hitting a little white ball into a hole from three feet, it makes you laugh.” MenLittlesThreeWhiteLaughingFeetTearsBallsHolesHittingMake You LaughGrown Man Author:Bill Murray