Push

Famous quotes containing the word push:

“Our enemies have beat us to the pit.
It is more worthy to leap in ourselves
Than tarry till they push us.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“He made for the door, automatically resuming his glasses and leaving in front of her, on the floor, his right slipper in token of his speedy return. Then, his desire exposed and his eyes wicked behind their strong lenses, he attempted to push her toward the bed.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“To be admitted to Nature’s hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You have only to push aside the curtain.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)