Glossary of Inspirational Quotes that Rekindle the Soul
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| Quote:Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.[GK Chesterton] Quote:I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.[George Washington] Quote:I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.[George Carlin] Quote:No sooner do we depart from sense and instinct to follow reason but we are insensibly drawn into uncouth paradoxes, difficulties, and inconsistencies, which multiply and grow upon us as we advance in speculation; till at length, having wandered through many intricate mazes, we find ourselves just where we were, or, which is worse, sit down in a forlorn scepticism.[George Berkeley] Quote:Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns -- he should be drawn and quoted.[Fred Allen] Quote:Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions. [Evan Esar] Quote:Evil draws men together. [Aristotle] Definitions of: drawDefinition: To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.Definition: To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself; to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce. Definition: To cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract; to educe; to bring forth; as: (a) To bring or take out, or to let out, from some receptacle, as a stick or post from a hole, water from a cask or well, etc. Definition: To pull from a sheath, as a sword. Definition: To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive. Definition: To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive. Definition: To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw money from a bank. Definition: To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize. Definition: To select by the drawing of lots. Definition: To remove the contents of Definition: To drain by emptying; to suck dry. Definition: To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal. Definition: To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave. Definition: To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire. Definition: To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture. Definition: To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to represent by words; to depict; to describe. Definition: To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange. Definition: To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water. Definition: To withdraw. Definition: To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term. Definition: To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket. Definition: To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left. Definition: To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball. Definition: To throw up (the stone) gently. Definition: To leave (a contest) undecided; as, the battle or game was drawn. Definition: The act of drawing; draught. Definition: A lot or chance to be drawn. Definition: the act of drawing a lot or chance. Definition: A drawn game or battle, etc; a tied game; a tie. Definition: That part of a bridge which may be raised, swung round, or drawn aside; the movable part of a drawbridge. See the Note under Drawbridge. Definition: The result of drawing, or state of being drawn; Definition: A drawn battle, game, or the like. Definition: The spin or twist imparted to a ball, or the like, by a drawing stroke. Definition: That which is drawn or is subject to drawing. |
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