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«It is because the public are a mass -- inert, obtuse, and passive -- that they need to be shaken up from time to time so that we can tell from their bear-like grunts where they are -- and also where they stand. They are pretty harmless, in spite of their numbers, because they are fighting against intelligence.»
Author: Alfred Jarry | Keywords: from time to time, grunt, grunted, grunting, grunts, harmless, inert, obtuse, passive, shaken
«(William Inge) handles symbolism rather like an Olympic weight lifter, raising it with agonizing care, brandishing it with a tiny grunt of triumph, then dropping it with a terrible clang»
Author: Benedict Nightingale | Keywords: agonized, agonizing, brandish, brandished, brandishing, clang, clanging, dropping, grunt, grunted, grunting, grunts, Inge, lifter, symbolism, William Inge
«They were called grunts, and many of them, however grudgingly, were proud of the name. They were the infantrymen, the foot soldiers of the war.»
Author: Bernard Edelman | Keywords: foot soldier, foot soldiers, grudgingly, grunt, grunted, grunting, grunts, infantryman, infantrymen, proud of, Soldiers of the
«Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries , and you will have a fine pig and a bad child»
Author: Danish Proverb | About: Animals, Children | Keywords: grunt, grunted, grunting, grunts
«I have a lot of respect for her. She was my favorite player growing up. That's why I started grunting; I wanted to be like Monica.»
Author: Venus Williams (Tennis Player) | Keywords: grunt, grunting
«Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.»
Author: William Osler (Physician) | Keywords: conceal, grunt, grunted, grunting, grunts
«SLANG, n. The grunt of the human hog (_Pignoramus intolerabilis_) with an audible memory. The speech of one who utters with his tongue what he thinks with his ear, and feels the pride of a creator in accomplishing the feat of a parrot. A means (under Providence) of setting up as a wit without a capital of sense.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer) | Keywords: accomplishing, audible, feat, grunt, grunts, hog, human ear, slang, utters
«A civil denial is better than a rude grunt»
Author: Proverb | Keywords: grunt
«Snakes hiss; pigs grunt; and bills moo! They are asserting their ego, intent on keeping others away. Of the traits of ego, pride is the most poisonous. But, the pride of the scholar and the vanity of Pundits are so thick, that it is impossible for them to get rid of these.»
Author: Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Spiritual leader) | Keywords: grunt, intent on, moo, poisonous, snakes
«One chops the wood, the other does the grunting.»
Author: Yiddish Proverb | Keywords: chopping, chops, grunt, grunted, grunting, grunts, wood
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