Quotes About Ground

I choose material instinctually - at the heart of it are characters that I feel are fresh and original, and allow for an opportunity to, I suppose, explore uncharted ground.

I come from the underground, from the ground.

We had been busy building up fibre infrastructure under the ground in Hong Kong and underneath the homes of people, so when we launched IPTV, it was relatively smoother sailing than in other territories.

Jeans and sneakers are definitely best for the haunted house. They usually won't let you in with a mask, even. It makes sense. They need to be able to tell who the rubes are. And, sneakers are good because the ground's uneven, and you're running and falling and stepping on the slower of your friends.

I just think more precaution should be taken when I'm inside the pocket. Look at all the replays - I'm on the ground every time. It's unfortunate for myself, it's unfortunate for my team and I'd be lying if I sat here and said I wasn't frustrated right now.

The colonial period has been the proving ground in America for the new social history, which concentrates on the ordinary doings of ordinary people rather than on high culture and high politics. Unfortunately ordinary people, almost by definition, leave behind only faint traces of their existence.

Verily it is a foolish thought that they both have devised, for the ground is given unto the wood, and the sea also had its place to bear its floods.

How shall a society remember its miners underground while it cannot even remember its homeless above ground?

When wisdom gives way to whimsy and ethics fall to excitement, it is highly likely that the ground beneath me will 'give way' and it is I who will 'fall.

When you're blocking someone, or when you're running, it's all about putting force into the ground, and that's the epitome of the back squat.

Wembley is a ground with great history. It's hosted games and players of great prestige. It's always important playing on great stages like this.

People always go to the ground with me trying to just hold me. They stall and wait for the referee to stand them back up so they can start it all over.

I'm a professional fighter. My game plan is to fight standing up and to fight on the ground.

I'll continue on the path I've been taking, feet on the ground, describing people's lives, describing people's emotions, writing from the standpoint of the ordinary people.

Your first instinct when you see a man on the ground is to go down on him.

I would rather be a serf in a poor man's house and be above ground than reign among the dead.

Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.

...skepticism can never provide firm ground under a man's feet. And perhaps, after all, we need firm ground.

My father also told me that he felt free in that little hole in the ground, much freer than he felt outside, where he was always being chased by the criminals of the regime. That freedom came from inside, from his thoughts, from his soul; and nobody could take that from him.

A mountain is not a mountain if there is nothing below.

Sons of the dark and bloody ground.

Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.

I went to Iceland in 1861 and went over nearly every bit of the ground made famous by the adventures of Grettir.

We have a jam session at home every so often. That's one reason I bought a house with lots of ground around it the neighbors can't hear us play!