The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
Albert Schweitzer
Mr. Snowden did not start out as a spy, and calling him one bends the term past recognition. Spies don't give their secrets to journalists for free.
Alex Berenson
It isn't obvious and it took us a while to demonstrate that we could actually design a machine that bends.
Barry Barish
I had to think about ankle torsion, where the screws are on the ski, how that affects the forces going into the ski and how the ski bends, your leverage points. It was a challenge. I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
Bode Miller
I think the arc of history is long, and it bends toward justice. And I think that's what the 'Star Wars' message is. You know, the dark side is in the human heart. And chaos is very troubling for an individual or for a culture, which can lead you to authoritarian leaders. But the arc of history is on the right side. I believe that.
Cass Sunstein
It's obvious nonsense, but it makes nice people feel good about themselves to do their bit for the planet. It's vanity of a grotesque kind to believe that mankind, and our 'carbon footprint', has more impact on the future of Earth than Nature, which bends our planet to its will, as it sees fit.
Charles Saatchi
Using string bends instead of just playing regular, unbent notes can definitely help give certain riffs a cooler, heavier edge.
Dimebag Darrell
Whenever I leave Manhattan, I get the bends!
Ed Koch
Since the '86 amnesty, the number of illegal immigrants has quadrupled. That should teach Congress a very important lesson: Amnesty 'bends' the rule of law. And bending the rule of law to reach a 'comprehensive' deal winds up provoking wholesale breaking of the law.
Edwin Meese
Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind.
Elizabeth I
If my ship sails from sight, it doesn't mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.
Enoch Powell
Where the road bends abruptly, take short steps.
Ernest Bramah
When a politician bends the truth or a CEO breaks a promise, trust takes a beating.
Gary Hamel
I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, 'Ow, ow, put it back!'
Geena Davis
I'm never going to be one of these players who dribbles past three and bends it into the top corner from 25 yards. That's not me.
Glenn Murray
The cocoa-nut palm grows best near salt water, no matter how loose and sandy the soil is, and in these congenial circumstances needs neither manure nor care of any kind. It bends lovingly toward the sea and drops its ripe fruit into it.
Isabella Bird
There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.
James Russell Lowell
The arc of the American story is long, it is bumpy and uncertain, but it always bends toward a more perfect union.
Jeh Johnson
A guitar is so tactile, and when you're playing bends - and bending notes is a big part of my style - there are so many notes within the note you're bending from and the note you're bending up to.
Joe Bonamassa
I must have women - there is nothing unbends the mind like them.
John Gay
If it bends, it's funny; if it breaks, it's not funny.
All the things I do in my videos - the jumps, twirls and back bends - will also be onstage.
Cate Blanchett is somebody who I could watch do anything. I love what an extraordinary chameleon she can be. There's something about the way she bends and transforms that feels otherworldly to me.
The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.
At the beginning of this album I discovered the computer and had great fun playing with the thing. And I realized that, not being a good keyboard player, I could write things in very small sections, give them a certain feel and mess about with bends on the keyboard.
It's always fun to play a character that bends the rules.
I am trying to build the biggest callus possible on my first finger so I can do one-finger bends and vibrato like B.B. King.
My knee bends only to a 60 degree angle. Normally, like on my right leg, my heel can touch my glute if I just pull my leg back. On my left side, there's still a big percentage missing. That has made me change my style in the ring.
Jay-Z, for a lot of reasons, will always be my favorite. But actually, in terms of what I listen to, it bends towards hip-hop, but I like everything. The only thing I don't really love is country, but everything else I'm a huge fan of.
The Radiohead record, The Bends is my all-time favorite record on the planet.
