General Henry Knox Quotes

They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend to retard the general government. ~ Henry Knox

The frame of mind in the local legislatures seems to be exerted to prevent the federal constitution from having any good effect. ~ Henry Knox

The eyes of all America are upon us, as we play our part posterity will bless or curse us. ~ Henry Knox

Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events. ~ Henry Knox

For God's sake, take care of your men. If they fire, they die! ~ Henry Knox

We have arrived at that point of time in which we are forced to see our own humiliation, as a nation, and that a progression in this line cannot be a productive of happiness, private or public. ~ Henry Knox

The joyful news that He is risen does not change the contemporary world. Still before us lie work, discipline, sacrifice. But the fact of Easter gives us the spiritual power to do the work, accept the discipline, and make the sacrifice. ~ Henry Knox Sherrill

Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say that taxes have been assessed too high and collected too rigidly. ~ Henry Knox

When the writing is good, a book becomes a mirror. The reader will see an uncanny familiarity and respond accordingly. ~ Jen Knox

Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God. ~ John Knox

You're supposed to show up for your own life ~ Ruthie Knox

You could have heard a rat tinkle it was so quiet. ~ Annie Knox

I'm a thoroughly respectable woman."
"You don't kiss like one. ~ Ruthie Knox

He was a terrible white knight, but she didn't seem to care. ~ Ruthie Knox

I want him to have everything, but all he has is me. ~ Ruthie Knox

Was that some kind of romantic declaration, disguised as a filthy pirate sex offer? ~ Ruthie Knox

The man who stands with God is always in the majority. ~ John Knox

The greatest power we have in life is not external, but internal. ~ Steve Knox

Sometimes I can't think of anything but every wrong thing I've ever done. ~ Ruthie Knox

Like it when she spouted off. I believe that's precisely what he's blamed for. ~ Ruthie Knox

Maybe being different isn't such a bad thing. Maybe it's something to be revered. ~ Graceley Knox

There are no maps for the unexpected detours and unmarked paths we face in life. ~ Steve Knox

Together a home any more than he had. She'd been familiar, though, and he missed that. At ~ Ruthie Knox

Ridiculed as "Knox the knave" and "a runagate Scot," he was outlawed and forbidden to preach by the archbishop of St. Andrews, and orders were issued that he be shot on sight if he failed to comply.
Knox did not comply. Years later, a would-be assassin fired a shot through a window of Knox's house in Edinburgh, narrowly missing his mark.? Still Knox preached. ~ Douglas Bond

Xas reappeared and showed every sign of winding himself around Sobran permanently, like -Sobran complained - some parasitic vine. ~ Elizabeth Knox

Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God. ~ John Knox

There should be a word for it. That phantom limb, reaching out from your chest, towards things you'll never have. ~ Joseph Knox

It's different for you," she said. "You're a man."
"I was beginning to fear you hadn't noticed. ~ Ruthie Knox

Today is a season for tomorrow's harvest ~ Andrew-Knox B Kaniki

Life is real, and you canot live a lie. ~ Andrew-Knox B Kaniki

Order is the cipher by which Mind speaks to mind in the midst of chaos. ~ Ronald Knox

She was in awe of him, impressed by his lack of fear, smitten with his bee-geekery. ~ Ruthie Knox

Here lies one who neither flattered nor feared any flesh. ~ John Knox

Conservative coaches have one thing in common; they are unemployed. ~ Chuck Knox

Species kill other species. Our species killing all species... Including the forest, and we just call it industry, not murder. ~ Mickey Knox

We want great men who, when fortune frowns, will not be discouraged. ~Colonel Henry Knox ~ David McCullough

Practice without improvement is meaningless. ~ Chuck Knox

The Monstrous Regiment of Women. ~ John Knox

No man is so regenerate, but that continually he has need of the means which Christ Jesus has appointed to be used in his kirk. ~ John Knox

He who travels in the Barque of Peter had better not look too closely into the engine room. ~ Ronald Knox

She wished he weren't so damned fit. Running away was a lot harder when the guy you were fleeing kept in such an excellent shape. -Cath Talarico ~ Ruthie Knox

How early the American cause turned to the sea. ~ Dudley W. Knox

We can only ever know ourselves, and by doing so honestly, we come to know the world. ~ Jen Knox

He said, 'Don't mind what happened to me. Don't be angry. I'm a frail creature with certain crude reflexes. ~ Elizabeth Knox

All she'd had to do was remember about Limbo: neither Heaven nor Hell, Limbo was the timeless, colorless eternity spent in between. ~ Ruthie Knox

whereas Allie still had to wear a retainer at night to keep her bottom teeth from collecting like dice in a Yahztee cup. ~ Ruthie Knox

Somewhere in the infinity of his personal universe. ~ Bethany Knox

She said to him, 'You might melt.' And he said, "If I melt, you can make me again. ~ Elizabeth Knox

A bit like religion, lots of rumor but no real proof that it existed. ~ Bethany Knox

Un homme avec Dieu est toujours dans la majorite . One man with God is always a majority. ~ John Knox

It is simply unthinkable that we will ever again send overseas a great expeditionary force of armed men. ~ Frank Knox

When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'. ~ Ronald Knox

People helping people, builds stronger communities ~ Andrew-Knox B Kaniki

Most of my cliches aren't original. ~ Chuck Knox

Mistakes are lessons, and lessons are gifts. Examine them. ~ Jen Knox

Always have a plan, and believe in it. Nothing happens by accident. ~ Chuck Knox

She could tell the difference between fantasy and reality. If life ever gave her another opportunity to make the choice, she knew which one she would choose. ~ Ruthie Knox

Comfort is bondage; it promises faux relief. Discomfort and unfamiliarity are gifts that provide a type of freedom that bouys, broadens, and always benefits me in the long term. ~ Knox McCoy

The impact and influence you have publicly is a direct result of who you are privately. Everything eventually comes out into the light of day. ~ Steve Knox

In youth, in middle age, and now after many battles, I find nothing in me but corruption. ~ John Knox

He kissed her like they were too young to know how to kiss yet, all the while sinking into her body and withdrawing, a dirty secret happening below their waists. ~ Ruthie Knox

And those noises - " He rolled her nipple between his thumb and forefinger, and she gasped. "K-keep doing that, sweetheart, and I'm going to make this so worth your while. ~ Ruthie Knox

The diversity of our connections outside our particular tribe is directly proportionate to our ability to listen, learn and love. ~ Steve Knox

Oh, he was perfect. An orgasm - just for her - and a compliment. She would bottle him and sell him and make her fortune. ~ Ruthie Knox

A rush age cannot be a reflective age. ~ Ronald Knox

She wasn't quiet. Neither was he. While it lasted, they were as close as two people could be. But afterward, she didn't stay the night. ~ Ruthie Knox

Where in the self-help section of Barnes and Noble does one find a guide on dealing with a supernatural stalker? ~ Cosmo Knox

He wouldn't hurt her. Never on purpose. Nev was going to hurt her accidentally, and when he did it would be her own fault. ~ Ruthie Knox

General Motors, General Mills, General Foods, general ignorance, general apathy, and general cussedness elect presidents and Congressmen and maintain them in power. ~ Herbert M. Shelton

They weren't lies but promises, however silently made. He wanted to keep her. She wanted to let him. They both wanted for the wrong reasons. ~ Ruthie Knox

God did not intend the human family to be wafted to heaven on flowery beds of ease. ~ Frank Knox

I promise you, whatever we are together, it's not a mistake. It's too good to be a mistake. ~ Ruthie Knox

The geologist, six years ago now, hadn't defied anything to climb the hill. He'd had his own powerful magic
the ordinary magic that extraordinarily interested people always have. ~ Elizabeth Knox

You can fight a porcupine and win, but if other folks get a look at you they may think it's a bad idea to mess with porcupines. ~ Neal Knox

Mom had considered Cath a bit of a hoochie, but the truth was that Cath always opened her heart when she opened her legs. ~ Ruthie Knox

Cath didn't feel like a mistake to him. She felt like a beginning. A clean canvas, ready to be painted. A gorgeous new idea. ~ Ruthie Knox

I'm pretty sure you just kissed me."
"Yes, I did. Shall I apologize?"
"What for?"
"It was terribly impolite. I didn't ask your permission. ~ Ruthie Knox

If future generations ask us what we are fighting for [in World War Two], we shall tell them the story of Lidice. ~ Frank Knox

Knox was engaged in a theological discussion with scientist John Scott Haldane. 'In a universe containing millions of planets,' reasoned Haldane, 'is it not inevitable that life should appear on at least one of them?' 'Sir,' replied Knox, 'if Scotland Yard found a body in your cabin trunk, would you tell them: 'There are millions of trunks in the world; surely one of them must contain a body? I think the would still want to know who put it there.' ~ Ronald Knox

It often happens that the quotations constitute the most valuable part of a book. ~ Vicesimus Knox

I cannot praise the common superfluity which women now use in their apparel. ~ John Knox

You're not Adam, asshole. You're the snake. ~ Ruthie Knox

The study of comparative religions is the best way to become comparatively religious. ~ Ronald Knox

Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose. ~ Frank Knox

Golf is played with a number of striking implements more intricate in shape than those used in any form of recreation except dentistry. ~ E. V. Knox

All of it felt like stolen time, an end rather than a beginning. But he didn't know why, and he didn't know what to do differently. ~ Ruthie Knox

Give me your phone number?" She smiled, looking down at her lap.
"Sorry. No. It would be a mistake."
"Would it help if I promised not to be? ~ Ruthie Knox

Love is easy early on...its when the busyness of life creeps in and felling ebb and flow that real love shines through in small choices. ~ Steve Knox

A chainsaw's God's way of evening out the playing field between you and everything, even the invisible stuff. ~ Jennifer L. Knox

Our friend was slightly nervous; that went with his character as a student of fine prose, went with the artist's general disposition to vibrate ~ Henry James

The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy. ~ Ronald Knox

We need to be willing to mess up, to look silly, to be imperfect. The uber wealthy or network-driven can find short term successes by hiding flaws or hiring a team of image makers, but it's all temporary. True art, true connectivity, true love is about being authentic and vulnerable. These are the messages that carry weight and survive time. ~ Jen Knox

Laying complements next to each other makes them scintillating, but mixing them produces a 'muddy' rendering of each color. The mud is good stuff ... ~ Simmie Knox

Modern warfare is an intricate business about which no one knows everything and few know very much. ~ Frank Knox

When I think of those who have influenced my life the most, I think not of the great but of the good. ~ John Knox

Books can be the people we never get to meet, ancestors or far neighbors. ~ Elizabeth Knox

Is he actually good?" Judith asked. "He's incredible." "Sorry, are we talking about the painting or the shagging?" Nev asked. "The painting!" He grinned. "Right. ~ Ruthie Knox

I was imprisoned as an innocent person, it's common sense not to go back ~ Amanda Knox

Maybe if we saw love more in each other, it might be easier to look up and accept it from God." -Susan May Warren, Knox ~ Susan May Warren

How many times did you come last night?" he asked in a low voice. Three.
"I'm not answering that question."
"You don't have to. I remember every one. You like me fine. ~ Ruthie Knox