“I am a product of endless books. My father bought all the books he read and never got rid of any of them. There were books in the study, books in the drawing room, books in the cloakroom, books (two deep) in the great bookcase on the landing, books in a bedroom, books piled as high as my shoulder in the cistern attic...In the seemingly endless rainy afternoons I took volume after volume from the shelves. I had always the same certainty of finding a book that was new to me as a man who walks into a field has of finding a new blade of grass.” MenTwoBookFatherWalksRoomsStudyFieldsProductsFindingsDrawingEndlessShouldersCertaintyGrassAfternoonVolumeBedroomShelvesBladesLandingRainyGreat BookAtticsBlades Of GrassBookcases Author:C. S. Lewis
“No one would have the courage to walk up to a writer and ask to look at the last few pages of his manuscript, but they feel perfectly comfortable staring over an artist's shoulder while he is trying to paint.” FeelsTryingLooksLastsArtistAsksWalksComfortablePagesPaintShouldersStaringManuscripts Author:Robert Genn
“My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.” PastFacesWalksStepsJourneyWalkingYesterdayShouldersWanderGrayHikingPeersTrekkingStrollingSaunteringWalk With Me Author:William Golding
“It's very difficult to speak to a large group of people these days and not offend someone. I know people walk around with their feelings on their shoulders waiting for you to say something - ahh - did you hear that? And they can't hear anything else you say. The PC police are out in force at all times.” PeopleKnowsFeelingsSpeakForceWaitingDifficultWalksGroupsPoliceShouldersAll TimeThese DaysWaiting For YouLarge Groups Author:Benjamin Carson
“I wiggle my shoulders, I shake my legs, I walk up and down the stage, I hop around on one foot. But I never bump and grind. Why, that's vulgar. I'd never do anything vulgar before an audience. My mother would never allow it.” MotherWalksAudienceFeetStageLegsShouldersShakesHopsVulgarUp And DownGrindBumps Author:Elvis Presley
“A guy walks into a pub with a lump of asphalt on His shoulder, He says to the bar man give us a pint and one for the road.” MenGivingHumorFunnyGuyWalksBarsShouldersLumpsPubsPintsAsphalt Author:Tommy Cooper
“If you walk up to some random person on the street, grab them by the shoulder, and say 'Did you just see what I saw?!', you'll find that no-one wants to talk to you.” IfsWantPersonsWalksSawsStreetsShoulders Author:Bill Murray
“I once had a letter from a man who asked to do something very weird. He told me he wanted to sit on my shoulders and for me to then walk around his town to raise money for charity. He described himself as being 6ft and I was thinking, 'I'm only 5ft 4in, and you want to sit on my shoulders?' How bizarre.” ThinkingMenWantWantedWalksLettersTownsRaisesCharityShouldersBizarre Author:Nikki Sanderson