. . . those experiments be not only esteemed which have an immediate and present use, but those principally which are of most universal consequence for invention of other experiments, and those which give more light to the invention of causes; for the invention of the mariner's needle, which giveth the direction, is of no less benefit for navigation than the invention of the sails, which give the motion.
Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantel-piece, and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case. With his long, white, nervous fingers he adjusted the delicate needle, and rolled back his left shirt-cuff. For some little time his eyes rested thoughtfully upon the sinewy forearm and wrist, all dotted and scarred with innumerable puncture-marks. Finally, he thrust the sharp point home, pressed down the tiny piston, and sank back into the velvet-lined armchair with a long sigh of satisfaction.
We are going through the eye of the needle; make sure you leave what you don't need behind
Being diabetic was not what I thought of as being normal, and I feared the stigma of having to take medicine and having people stick me with a needle.
I am obnoxious to each carping tongue who says my hand a needle better fits.
The pattern's laid out on the bed With dozens of colors of thread But you've got the needle I guess that's the point in the end
Why is my needle stuck in childhood? I don't know why. I guess it's because that's where my heart is.
No amount of preaching, exhortation, sympathy, benevolence, will render the condition of our working women what it should be, so long as the kitchen and needle are substantially their only resources.
Hearing him talk about his mother, about his intact family, makes my chest hurt for a second, like someone pierced it with a needle.
I love books and going to bookstores. My favorite sound is the sound of the needle hitting the record.
I don't think couture will die. But it should have no pretension that it will conquer the world. It's not something that will disappear because all you need is a thread and a needle to start making something couture.
Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there.
. . . it’d be like looking for a needle in a burning haystack. ' 'Oh, I’ve done that,' Mark said airily. 'It’s a game we used to play, after we got rid of all our livestock and didn’t need our hay no more. You throw a match into the haystack, give the fire a three-second head start, and begin looking. You can find the needle every time if you work quick
The way the Beloved can fit in my heart, two thousand lives could fit in this body of mine. One kernel could contain a thousand bushels, and a hundred worlds pass through the eye of the needle.
I'm kinda like a needle in a haystack right now cause I haven't blown up yet.
Fierce was her needle, and she wore it like a sword.
Fearless people,Careless needle. Harsh words spoken,And lives are broken.
Ozil could find the needle in a haystack with his sense of smell.
Every day I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle in the haystack of light.
Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that - one stitch at a time taken patiently and the pattern will come out all right like the embroidery.
