Threshing Machine Quotes & Sayings

To me, the noise of a threshing machine is better music than a lot of music I hear nowadays. I took a man's place in the threshing crew when I was only 14 years old. — Clyde Tombaugh

If you fight you won't always win. But if you don't fight you will always lose — Bob Crow

An attack on the scale of Sept. 11 would rock the markets and the economy. — Alex Berenson

The narrative for girls is that you just hang around and wait to be "chosen" and then you belong to somebody and you live happily ever after. There isn't room for more nuanced concerns about the creepy proprietary nature of that relationship model, or the breadth of what fulfillment really means for women. — Lindy West

I. Fucking. Want. You," I say, my voice a deep rumble in my throat. "If I'd found you first instead of Ronin, you'd be mine right now. And I'd never let you go. — J.A. Huss

Dear Evy, it's not a question of surviving. It's a question of dying slowly, so things have time to change. — Tina Lindegaard

The fight against bad English is not frivolous. — George Orwell

Thinking too much about what happened and what is about to happen will wear you down. Live in the moment and take it one step at a time. — Howard E. Wasdin

I never laugh at a beautiful woman. I'd much rather laugh and dance with her. — Maria V. Snyder

I couldn't find any straw to step upon, so I stepped upon more men. The resentment increased, so did my forward movement. I lost my footing and sat down with sharp abruptness. Unfortunately, it was on a man's head. The next moment he had risen on his hands and knees in wrath, and I was flying through the air. What goes up must come down, and I came down on another man's head.
What happened after that is very vague in my memory. It was like going through a threshing-machine. I was bandied about from one end of the car to the other. Those eighty-four hoboes winnowed me out till what little was lift of me, by some miracle, found a bit of straw to rest upon — Jack London

Studies of volunteers have shown there is a benefit to performing acts of love for other people. The irony is that it is actually in your best interest to be selfless. The things you do for the benefit of others not only make you feel fulfilled, they increase your chances of living a long and happy life. Remember that an act of love always benefits at least two people. — Bernie Siegel

Being edited is like falling face down into a threshing machine. — Margaret Atwood

I just feel really fortunate to build a career as a writer. — Pippa Middleton