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Bow Down Quotes

She appreciated the fact that the wolf did not caper, bow down, yelp, or slaver on her, in the slavish and inconsiderate way of dogs. The wolf was no whore for man's approval. He fed himself.
- Patrick Califia Rice

Passion and strife bow down the mind.
- Virgil

Had you accepted that third counsel of the mighty spirit, you would have furnished all that man seeks on earth, that is: someone to bow down to, someone to take over his conscience, and a means for uniting everyone at last into a common, concordant, and incontestable anthill - for the need for universal union is the third and last torment of men.
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

in many strong people there seems to be a sort of natural need--to find someone or something to bow down to
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Don't bow down to critics who have not themselves written great masterpieces.
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
- Bill Gates

Let him submit to me! Only the god of death is so relentless, Death submits to no oneso mortals hate him most of all the gods. Let him bow down to me! I am the greater king, I am the elder-born, I claimthe greater man.
- Homer

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance.
- Bell Hooks

When you say gorgeous," Jen started, "are we talking Brad Pitt boyish good looks, or Johnny Depp make ya want to slap somebody?" "No, we're talking Brad and Johnny need to bow down and recognize" Jacque answered.
Loftis, Quinn (2011-06-29). Prince of Wolves (The Grey Wolves Series) (Kindle Locations 111-113). Unknown. Kindle Edition.
- Quinn Loftis

No, we're talking Brad and Johnny need to bow down and recognize, Jacque answered. (about fane)
- Quinn Loftis

A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people bow down to them. To me, that's frightful behaviour.
- Shirley Manson

When the stakes are high, bow down low.
- Beth Moore

Bow down before the one you serve, you're going to get what you deserve.
- Trent Reznor

Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by.
- Christina G Rossetti

We emphasize that we believe in change because we were born of it, we have lived by it, we prospered and grew great by it. So the status quo has never been our god, and we ask no one else to bow down before it.
- Carl T Rowan

At the end of time I want my art to stand up and my soul to bow down.
- Rob Ryser

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.
- Tupac Shakur

Bow down, I am the emperor of dreams.
- Clark Ashton Smith

I would love to continue in music, with writing... but I am not the kind of person who will hang around if I start to become irrelevant. If that happens, I will bow down gracefully, raise my kids, and have a garden. And I am going to let my hair go gray when I am older. I don't need to be blonde when I'm 60!
- Taylor Swift

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