Encumbers Quotes & Sayings

Tenderness relieves strength that encumbers. — Toba Beta

Is not a patron my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? — Samuel Johnson

Politically correct speech will not defeat the enemy. — Kevin McCarthy

Memories which someday will become all beautiful when the last annoyance that encumbers them shall have faded out of our minds. — Mark Twain

True, I talk of dreams; which are children of the idle brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy; which is as thin of substance as air and more inconstant than the wind. — William Shakespeare

The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition, when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security, is so powerful a principle, that it is alone, and without any assistance, not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity, but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations — Adam Smith

Be very careful what you try with that. I'm not as strong as I should be." His breath was ragged, and irregular. "And you are stronger than you know. — Tyra Lynn

The one fundamental requirement to increase the flow of fatty acids out of adipose tissue - to increase lipolysis - and so decrease the amount of fat in our fat tissue, is to lower the concentration of insulin in the bloodstream. — Gary Taubes

More than one philosopher has claimed that we ever remain children, far beneath the indurated layers that make up the armour of adulthood. Armour encumbers, restricts the body and soul within it. But it also protects. Blows are blunted. Feelings lose their edge, leaving us to suffer naught but a plague of bruises, and, after a time, bruises fade. — Steven Erikson

You'd better be careful. You might be mistaken for someone who's worried about me. — Susan Ee

Noise does not waken a drunkard; silence wakens him. — Victor Hugo

Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest:
Love, hopeless love, my ardent soul encumbers:
Love, nightmare-like, lies heavy on my chest,
And weaves itself into my midnight slumbers! — W.S. Gilbert

When you are 4-0 up you should never lose 7-1. — Lawrie McMenemy

He is a Patron who looks down, / With careless eyes on men who drown; / But if they chance to reach the land, / Encumbers them with helping hand — Henry Austin Dobson

Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul, Is the best gift of Heaven: a happiness That even above the smiles and frowns of fate Exalts great Nature's favourites: a wealth That ne'er encumbers, nor can be transferr'd. — John Armstrong

There is a whole generation of romance readers and writers who suffer from what I like to think of as 'Thorn Birds' Fever. — Sarah MacLean

As our bodies mesh as one, I know that this is the heaven I want to fight for: the one in my arms. — Amy A. Bartol