The dark shadow we seem to see in the distance is not really a mountain ahead, but the shadow of the mountain behind - a shadow from the past thrown forward into our future. It is a dark sludge of historical sectarianism. We can leave it behind us if we wish.
David Trimble

The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.
Leon Trotsky

The generality have considered that disease is but a confused and disordered effort in Nature, thrown down from her proper state, and defending herself in vain.
Thomas Sydenham

The Iliad is the private lives of people thrown into disorder by history.
Raymond Queneau

The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won't hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game.
Earl Weaver

The last act is bloody, however pleasant all the rest of the play is: a little earth is thrown at last upon our head, and that is the end forever.
Blaise Pascal

The repressed memory is like a noisy intruder being thrown out of the concert hall. You can throw him out, but he will bang on the door and continue to disturb the concert. The analyst opens the door and says, If you promise to behave yourself, you can come back in.
Theodor Reik

The return of democracy in our land has indeed thrown the problems of development into bolder relief.
Ibrahim Babangida

The war on terrorism has made national security a legitimate concern, and a rising deficit, changes brought on by globalization and even the price of oil have thrown the nation's economic health into question.
Roger Mahony

To establish yourself as a leading man, you're shooting for the smallest point on the target, and you get a lot of judgment thrown at you. It takes a lot for them to get past everything and just watch your art and what you're doing.
Josh Holloway

To have an opportunity to make a movie like Cabin Fever, you have to get stuff thrown on you or you have to fall into a pit of water. It brings you that much closer to your mindset as a character.
Rider Strong

To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine, sensuality, and the narrow self.
Charles Horton Cooley

Tony Blair will probably get thrown out by his party.
John Hewson

Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it.
Wanda Sykes

Washington has thrown their soldiers on the fire.
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

We now have contestants who will not let anything get in their way of victory. Some contestants have thrown each other under the bus this season.
Ryan Seacrest

We were all thrown together on this show very rapidly, there was casting then a few days later a meeting where we all got to read the scripts and meet each other. Literally days after that we were on our way to Dallas.
Steve Kanaly

We were never thrown into the situation in the middle of our lives, but grew up doing it. This is all we know, and some people who were thrown into it don't really know what to do or how to react and this is just kind of natural for us.
Mary-Kate Olsen

We've thrown out Saddam and Saddam, dead or alive, is finished in Iraq.
Paul Bremer

When I got the phrase media whore thrown in my face last year, I thought, Oh my God, if you only knew.
Tracey Emin