Isaac Newton
Mathematician, Physicist, Astronomer
"I can see so far because I stood on the shoulders of giants."
Shoulders quotes
Shoulders
145 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
August Wilson
Playwright, Screenwriter
"Freedom is heavy. You got to put your shoulder to freedom. Put your shoulder to it and hope your back holds up."
Michael Scott
Business Executive
"Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them."
Elizabeth I
Queen
"One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without."
Desmond Tutu
Theologian, Activist
"You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders."
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"Got some, dirt on my shoulder, could you brush it off for me?"
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"I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else's talent."
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"The good news is at this point as I get older, the load has gotten heavier but my shoulders have gotten wider because I've gotten happier so it's a damn good thing."
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"Quick believers need broad shoulders."
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"Britney Spears has shoulders like a man."
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"Why am I so determined to put the shoulder where it belongs? Women have very round shoulders that push forward slightly; this touches me and I say: 'One must not hide that!' Then someone tells you: 'The shoulder is on the back'. I have never seen women with shoulders on their backs."
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"With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose."
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"From the evening breeze to this hand on my shoulder, everything has its truth."
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"Hand that on parting squeezes your shoulder, salutes the small of your back."
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"Manchester United have, since 1991, conquered Europe about as successfully as Head and Shoulders has conquered dandruff"
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"I do not expect old heads on young shoulders."
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"If you walk up to some random person on the street, grab them by the shoulder, and say 'Did you just see what I saw?!', you'll find that no-one wants to talk to you."
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"If you're good, you're always looking over your shoulder."
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"I'm always afraid someone's going to tap me on the shoulder one day and say, 'Back to North London'."
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"I have seen better faces in my time Than stands on any shoulder that I see Before me at this instant."
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"The cutting of heads is become so much a la mode, that one is apt to feel of a morning whether their own is on their shoulders."
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"Though February lay about her shoulders like a cloak of lead."
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"…he glanced over his shoulder at her, regarding her, as he often did before they made love, as if she were a lost continent about to be rediscovered."
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"When you are young, you often think that the world spins around you. You think you can do anything, can take the world on your shoulders."
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"Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders."
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