Ox Blood Quotes

No nation has the right to bring about a revolution, even though such a change may be most urgently needed, if the price is the blood of one single innocent individual.

The ties of virtue ought to be closer than the ties of blood, since the good man is closer to another good man by their similarity of morals than the son is to his father by their similarity of face.

Those who foolishly pride themselves on their nobility mistake that which makes them noble, for it is only the virtue of their ancestors that gives them noble blood.

I have an irregular heartbeat, so that means a fair amount of medication - and I have blood pressure pills, too, but no vitamins or supplements.

But by blood, no wolf am I

When you were born, the rivers dried up and the cattle in Rockingham County wept blood.

The Koran says that there can be no heaven for one who sheds the blood of an innocent neighbour.

Those who have their hands dyed deep in blood cannot build a nonviolent order for the world.

The Muslim is as much an Indian as I am and of the same blood.

Everyone who pays taxes has blood on their hands.

I felt white, drained of blood, cared for, purified. Peaceful.

I did what any good rat would do. I bit down on the guard's hand until I tasted blood.

Blood trickles from my throat, on to Kate's white nightgown. She screams at the sight. 'Jarrod, you're bleeding!' 'I'm all right, don't struggle I won't let it get to you.

The passport changes but the blood doesn't

Singing really oxygenates your blood. You stretch your lungs and take in much more air into them than before. It's really good for your health.

Revolutions just spread blood. Evolution - this is something that changes in the long term.

We have two families in life. One were born with that shares our blood. Another we meet along the way that's willing to give it's life for us.

The Democrats smell blood and don't want to be told that it's their own.

When he moves, a streetlight stabs him, and the words flow out like blood.

To me, the most interesting part of 'True Blood' is that the entire crux of the show is based on identity and finding your true identity.

I used to write letters to the wounded in the Palace Hotel, and I used to drive a station wagon with blood in bottles to a battalion aid station.

No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.

And Christ says of that which is blessed, which is offered, received, eaten and drunk: This is My body; this is My blood.

Our Gospel is a Gospel of blood; blood is the foundation; without it there is nothing.

Life set itself to new processions of seed-time and harvest, the skin newly turned to seasonal variations, the very blood humming to new altitudes.

It's not just songs and glamour. It's sweat, blood, broken toes, and mistakes... It's life.

If you will comply with my conditions, I will leave them and you at peace; but if you refuse, I will glut the maw of death, until it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends.

I feel like movies, if there's any kind of budget whatsoever, there's so much sitting, and I really like to work. Otherwise my blood sugar just drops, you know, six hours sitting in a camper.

Ah! two desires toss about The poet's feverish blood; One drives him to the world without, And one to solitude.

Air goes in and out of my nose, throat, lungs, blood, heart brain - and so I am

[My father] had spent his own short time like a priest in charge of a relic, forever expecting the blessed blood to liquefy.

So this was fame at last! Nothing but a vast debt to be paid to the world in energy, blood, and time.

It's in my blood. My great-grandfather made wine and it's a tradition I want to pass on to my son.

Sophos turned red, and I wondered about the circulation of his blood; maybe his body kept an extra supply of it in his head, ready for blushing.

As long as a man has a golden heart, it does not matter whether he has green blood or blue skin!

I really want to do a True Blood-Six Feet Under comic book crossover.

I'm sort of killing two birds with one stone here, getting to write for "True Blood" and being able to put myself in a comic at the same time.

The magic word for me is pumpernickel. I love pumpernickel. I must have some Russian blood in me because I could just eat pumpernickel and raw onions.

I think the writer is always the creator, because he's starting with nothing, but the actor comes in and gives flesh and blood.

This [health care reform] cannot pass. What we have to do today is make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers on this thing. This will not pass.

I try to keep things as varied as possible in my career, and after playing something as fun and over the top as Maryann on 'True Blood,' I wanted to find something antithetical to that.

I've always suggested if you can't stand the sight of your own blood, don't run for office.

I have no sentiments for nationality or for soil. But I grew up in Israel, so those things are in my blood, and I want to be part of Israeli culture.

My blood is no different from that of other martyrs.

Being a King sort of sucks," I said. Quentin wrinkled his nose, "So does your outfit." "Blood is in this season.

Blood is one thing, but that’s not all that goes into family. The family you choose is the family that really matters. They’re the ones who’ll keep you standing.

...although I had to admit a certain affection for the Mattel booth advertising Urban Survival Barbie, now with her own Machete and blood testing unit.

I am a great football player. I had my own club when I was 14 years old. Football is in my blood, and I have been a fan of Fulham for the last 30 years.

As far as our culture of humiliation goes, what we need is a revolution. Public shaming as a blood sport has to stop.

Public shaming is a blood sport that has to stop.