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Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on...

Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.

Quote by Norman Vincent Peale about idea, world

And even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

Quote by Aeschylus about wisdom, grace, despair, sleep, pain, heart, god

I think if a third of all novelists and maybe two thirds...

I think if a third of all novelists and maybe two thirds of all the poets now writing dropped dead suddenly, the loss to literature wold not be great.

Quote by Charles Osburne about art, poets, literature, writing

I can tell you, having been in court today in New York, ...

I can tell you, having been in court today in New York, that the requests for the video outtakes have been dropped.

Quote by Floyd Abrams

I was always the guy they called when somebody else...

I was always the guy they called when somebody else dropped out.

Quote by Armand Assante about irony

From a drop of water a logician could infer the...

From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about water

I'll do Bridget Jones 2 if it's a good script. I won't be...

I'll do Bridget Jones 2 if it's a good script. I won't be doing the Colin Firth bit though - they'll probably drop that.

Quote by Colin Firth about good, good luck

I thought LSD was an abused drug in that it was never...

I thought LSD was an abused drug in that it was never meant for a person to drop and then go walking down the street.

Quote by Peter Fonda about man, people, thinking

Atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he wished, to drop the Earth and creep away; but this opinion was all that he was permitted.

Quote by Franz Kafka about opinion, liberty, earth

If a dish is dropped while removing it from the cupboard, ...

If a dish is dropped while removing it from the cupboard, it will hit the sink, breaking the dish and chipping or denting the sink in the process.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy

A valuable dropped item will always fall into an inaccessible place (a diamond ring down the drain, for example) - or into the garbage disposal while it is running.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about example, fall

Any instrument when dropped will roll into the least...

Any instrument when dropped will roll into the least accessible corner.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology

When working on a motor vehicle engine, any tool dropped...

When working on a motor vehicle engine, any tool dropped will land directly under the center of the engine.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, tools

No matter how good of a deal you get on computer...

No matter how good of a deal you get on computer components, the price will always drop immediately after the purchase.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, good, good luck

A part dropped from the workbench will roll to a degree...

A part dropped from the workbench will roll to a degree of un-reachability proportional to its importance.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers

You are always doing something marginal when the boss...

You are always doing something marginal when the boss drops by your desk.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce, heads

Whenever you drop your equipment in a fire-fight, your...

Whenever you drop your equipment in a fire-fight, your ammo and grenades always fall the farthest away, and your canteen always lands at your feet.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, fight, fall, fire, fire brigade

If you drop a soldier in the middle of a desert with a rock, a hammer, and an anvil, tell him not to touch any of it, and come back two hours later, the anvil will be broken.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, rocks

When you drop a lens cap, the inside part always lands...

When you drop a lens cap, the inside part always lands face down in the mud.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about photography, face

Any instrument, when dropped, will always come to rest in...

Any instrument, when dropped, will always come to rest in the least accessible place possible.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine

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