#clutch

The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness. ↗

— Elias Canetti

#being #burglars #clutch #darkness #fear

By providing students in our Nation with such an education, we help save our children from the clutches of poverty, crime, drugs, and hopelessness, and we help safeguard our Nation's prosperity for generations yet unborn. ↗

— Elijah Cummings

#clutches #crime #education #generations #help

In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud: Under the bludgeoning of chance my head is bloody, but unbowed. ↗

— William Ernest Henley

#bloody #bludgeoning #chance #circumstance #clutch

People attach too much importance to intangibles like heart, desire and clutch hitting. ↗

— Nate Silver

#clutch #desire #heart #hitting #importance

Why don't you wear those tiny shorts when you run, like they do in the movies?" His voice was low and sexy, and he knew it. "Because I'm not in a movie. I know it's confusing, since you obviously live 'The Saxon Show' day and night, but some of us want to live a boring, old, normal high school life, you know? ↗

— Liz Reinhardt

#bad-boy #double-clutch #funny #love #movies

If you are a rich person straining every sinew to keep every last pound in your pocket, there comes a point when you realize you are not just escaping the clutches of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. You are passing a greater burden on to people poorer than yourself, and depriving even poorer people of your support. ↗

— Clive Anderson

#chancellor #clutches #comes #depriving #escaping

That was' one time when my technique absolutely deserted me, I must admit. There was a wax face that he had created himself to cover his own ugliness. I was in his clutches and I had to hit him in the face. ↗

— Fay Wray

#admit #clutches #cover #created #deserted