#stretch

It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#generally #heavens #hide #like #privilege

By this time it was past six, and the enemy's van and ours were at too great a distance to engage, I perceived some of their ships stretching to the northward; and I imagined they were going to form a new line. ↗

— John Byng

#enemy #engage #form #going #great

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#always #broken #cannot #does #falsehood

Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height. ↗

— George Chapman

#greatness #height #spirits #stretch #worthy

The best part of learning any profession, when you're really going through those huge stretching escalated times of learning and energy, is when you want to do it so much. ↗

— Diane Cilento

#best #best part #energy #going #huge

I don't happen to subscribe to the notion that everybody who criticizes Tom Daschle is criticizing Tim Johnson. I think that's a bit of a stretch. ↗

— John Thune

#criticizes #criticizing #daschle #everybody #happen

I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money. ↗

— S. E. Hinton

#express #feelings #i #i write #idea

A certificate of live birth is not the same thing by any stretch of the imagination as a birth certificate. ↗

— Donald Trump

#birth #birth certificate #certificate #imagination #live

When the whistle blew and the call stretched thin across the night, one had to believe that any journey could be sweet to the soul. ↗

— Charles Tennyson Turner

#any #believe #blew #call #could

That fateful stretch of road has since been dubbed the Highway of Death. ↗

— John Whitehead

#death #dubbed #highway #road #since