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Quotes About Knees

and the first words I learnt, were to express my desire "that he would please give me my liberty;" which I every day repeated on my knees. His
~ Jonathan Swift
They took pictures of Henry as he sat in the old canvas chair before the stall. 'Cross your knees and look sly,' they told Henry.
~ Walter Farley
if they make me watch that movie one more time, I will fall down on my knees and beg for mercy
~ Wendy Mass
She had enormous gray eyes and knees that made you cry they were so sorry looking and knobby. If there is some part of every loved one that will make you cry to contemplate it, such for Joe were these poor, sad, bony knees of Sally Buck.
~ James Leo Herlihy
During the long sea voyage from Manila to San Francisco, doctors discovered that Taft's incision was not healing properly. It was "opened and drained," but months of bed rest the previous fall had weakened his knees and ankles, making it painful for him to stand for any protracted time. To compound matters, Nellie was suffering from what was later diagnosed as malaria.
~ Doris Kearns Goodwin
There is of course an extremely good reason for wearing shorts when you're young, even in the depths of an English winter (and they were colder then, weren't they?). According to Wired magazine, we can't expect to see self-repairing fabrics until about the year 2020, but ever since we emerged from whatever trees or swamps we lived in five million years ago, we have had self-repairing knees.
~ Douglas Adams
I don't think people understand what microfracture surgery is. It's pretty serious. A lot of basketball players get it in their knees, and if they do bounce back, it takes a while.
~ Matt Kemp
Satan trembles, when he sees the weakest Saint upon his knees.
~ William Cowper
When we don't pray, we quit the fight. Prayer keeps the Christian's armor bright. And Satan trembles when he sees. The weakest saint upon his knees.
~ William Cowper
Ancient of Days, who sittest throned in glory,To thee all knees are bent, all voices pray.
~ William Croswell Doane
In the evenings she got on her knees and inflicted her piety on her sister:
~ David Brooks
crouching on his hands and knees, peering through a magnifying glass and pointing out sites where UFOs were going to land.
~ David Buckley
tall, lank, awkward; dressed in a loose, ill-fitting black frock coat, with black trousers, ill-fitting and somewhat baggy at the knees.
~ David Herbert Donald
The goal of theology is the worship of God. The posture of theology is on one's knees. The mode of theology is repentance.
~ Sinclair B. Ferguson
To ascend the mountain, we must descend to our knees.
~ Craig D. Lounsbrough
Angels will frequently - even when they're comforting us with good news - touch the awe of God's eternal presence and drive us to our knees before our God of glory.
~ Scot McKnight
He that hath a trade hath an estate; and he that hath a calling hath a place of profit and honor. A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Meanwhile myself et cetera lay quietly in the deep mud et cetera (dreaming, et cetera, of your smile eyes knees and of your Etcetera.)
~ E.E. Cummings
Rora had heard prayers before, he was well aware that Isus Krist featured in them, he knew the sound well, but knew none by heart. Still, he fell down on his knees, put his hands together, bowed his head— an embodiment of piety— and prayed: Pliva patka preko Save Isus Krist Nosi pismo navrh glave Isus Krist U tom pismu pise Ne volim te vise.
~ Aleksandar Hemon
Working in the shop has taught me how utterly ridiculous the female fear of knees is. It's a bloody knee. It's bone. We can't control our knees, our knees are not our fault. We cannot let this continue, we have to abandon this ridiculous new obsession and set the knee free.
~ Dawn O'Porter
Having casual conversations with the likes of Lena Dunham and Kim Kardashian makes me weak in the knees. I have so much respect and admiration for Lena that it doesn't matter how many times I talk to her - I get starstruck.
~ Constance Zimmer
For cardio, I do SoulCycle. I really don't like to run, plus I have terrible knees and get bored on the elliptical. SoulCycle is basically a dance party on a bicycle, and you burn calories, and it's so fun.
~ Allison Williams
Running is bad for your knees, and I like to do things I actually enjoy, like going for a swim.
~ Emma Stone
I don't swing with my knees. I swing with my hands.
~ Asdrubal Cabrera