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Feet were made, not given for dancing, but to walk modestly, not to leap impudently like camels.

Some stances are just conducive to swinging. If I stand up straight for too long it's harder to swing. Plus my feet hurt.

I don't like big feet. It reminds me of gammon.

Got my fungal foot powder? Ah, it's a lifesaver, you know. I'd effectively be disabled if it weren't for these.

Nature does not capriciously scatter her secrets as golden gifts to lazy pets and luxurious darlings, but imposes tasks when she presents opportunities, and uplifts him whom she would inform. The apple that she drops at the feet of Newton is but a coy invitation to follow her to the stars.

I long for wildness, a nature which I cannot put my foot through, woods where the wood thrush forever sings, where the hours are early morning ones, and there is dew on the grass, and the day is forever unproved, where I might have a fertile unknown for a soil about me.

And I say that Your Highnesses ought not to consent that any foreigner does business or sets foot here, except Christian Catholics, since this was the end and the beginning of the enterprise, that it should be for the enhancement and glory of the Christian religion, nor should anyone who is not a good Christian come to these parts.

Government barriers on Business For example, the Endangered Species Act prevents 'disturbing the habitat' of the spotted owl. That has restricted 4.2 million acres of forest from development, leading to the loss of 30,000 lumber-related jobs and the annual loss of 1.1 billion board feet of lumber. This has driven up the cost of houses by at least $4,000 each. In addition, regulators ordered a Kansas City bank to install a Braille keypad on its drive-through automatic teller machine, presumably to aid any blind drivers. The list goes on and on.

Why was Christ so compassionate towards sexual sinners, especially women? Think of the woman caught in adultery. Think of the prostitute who wept at his feet. Could it be because Christ knew that these women, who had been deceived by counterfeit loves, were actually looking for him, the true Bridegroom?

Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.

The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless.

I never expected to get the Tom Jones treatment and it amazes me that I do. Strangely it's women who throw their underwear at me when I'm performing live. My male fans tend to be quite shy. My female fans are wild. I never know what to do with all the lingerie that lands at my feet. Maybe I should open a shop.

I would say that IQ is the strongest predictor of which field you can get into and hold a job in, whether you can be an accountant, lawyer or nurse, for example.

A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.

People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.

When I became a mature woman, I put both feet firmly on the side of maturity.

Poetry being an attempt to express, not the common sense, - as the avoirdupois of the hero, or his structure in feet and inches, - but the beauty and soul in his aspect . . . runs into fable, personifies every fact. . . .

The Silk Worm_x000D__x000D__x000D_I stood before a silk worm one day. _x000D__x000D_And that night my heart said to me, _x000D__x000D__x000D_"I can do things like that, I can spin skies,_x000D__x000D_I can be woven into love that can bring warmth to people;_x000D__x000D_I can be soft against a crying face,_x000D__x000D_I can be wings that lift, and I can travel on my thousand feet_x000D__x000D_throughout the earth, my sacs filled with the sacred."_x000D__x000D__x000D_And I replied to my heart,_x000D__x000D_"Dear, can you really do all those things?"_x000D__x000D__x000D_And it just nodded "Yes" in silence. _x000D__x000D__x000D_So we began and will never cease.

If somebody invented cigarettes today, the government would not legalize them.

Walk and touch peace every moment._x000D__x000D_Walk and touch happiness every moment._x000D__x000D_Each step brings a fresh breeze._x000D__x000D_Each step makes a flower bloom._x000D__x000D_Kiss the Earth with your feet._x000D__x000D_Bring the Earth your love and happiness._x000D__x000D_The Earth will be safe_x000D__x000D_when we feel safe in ourselves.

For if you change from inhumanity to alms giving, you have stretched fourth the hand that was withered. If you withdraw from theaters and go to church, you have cured the lame foot. If you draw back your eyes from a harlot ... you have opened them when they were blind ... These are the greatest miracles.