Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife.
The lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did.
They jumped on us. They were the aggressor. They had us on our heels from the beginning.
To be diagnosed was the hardest thing because I didn't know what they were talking about. . . And the doctor said, Don't worry, in three months you'll know. So I went about my business and then, one day, it jumped me. I couldn't get up. . . Your muscles trick you; they did me.
In the end everything will be okay. But hurdles have to be jumped through first.
Breaking the silence Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water - A deep resonance.
The history of the white man in India really jumped up and bit me in the neck.
There's a house across the river, but alas, I cannot swim I'll live my life regretting that I never jumped in
Actually, scientists don't know exactly how lice jumped from gorillas to our human ancestors. They speculate that we may have eaten them or perhaps slept in their nests.
The real giants have always been poets, men who jumped from facts into the realm of imagination and ideas.
Pray tell us, what's your favorite number?". . . "Shiva jumped up to the board, uninvited, and wrote 10,213,223". . . "And pray, why would this number interest us?" "It is the only number that describes itself when you read it, 'One zero, two ones, three twos, two threes'.
Instagram was the first one I jumped on to, and I realized it's more about checking in with your friends and seeing what they're doing. It's weird how it's turned into something that's so prominent in our everyday lives. We're all hooked to our phone because of social media, and it's great that we can stay connected, but at the same time, I like frolicking outside and not looking at my phone. So it's hard to find that balance.
My father was a very successful businessman, but he was ruined in the stock market crash. A big stockbroker jumped out the window and fell on his pushcart.
The sparrows jumped before they knew how to fly, and they learned to fly only because they had jumped
It was only for two years, and I jumped from family to family. It's very scary.
I jumped 18 cars on a motorcycle, so I did almost everything.
He told me once to be brave, and though I have stood still while knives spun toward my face and jumped off a roof, I never thought I would need bravery in the small moments of my life. I do.
Basically what we have here is a dreamer. Somebody out of touch with reality. When she jumped, she probably thought she'd fly
Hell, if I'd jumped on all the dames I'm supposed to have jumped on, I'd have had no time to go fishing.
Giese was an unemotional man, but then in the study of Solaris emotion is a hindrance to the explorer. Imagination and premature theorizing are positive disadvantages in approaching a planet where-as has become clear-anything is possible. . . The fact is that in spite of his cautious nature the scrupulous Giese more than once jumped to premature conclusions. Even when on their guard, human beings inevitably theorize.