Famous quotes containing the word pushed:
“I say to myself that I mustnt let myself be cut off in there, and yet the moment I enter my bag is taken out of my hand, Im pushed in, shepherded, nursed and above all cut off, alone. Whitehall envelops me.”
—Richard Crossman (19071974)
“Have you noticed when reading War and Peace the difficulties Tolstoy experienced in forcing morally wounded Bolkonsky to come into geographical and chronological contact with Natasha? It is very painful to watch the way the poor fellow is dragged and pushed and shoved in order to achieve this happy reunion.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (18991977)
“Both of us felt more anxiety about the Southabout the colored people especiallythan about anything else sinister in the result. My hope of a sound currency will somehow be realized; civil service reform will be delayed; but the great injury is in the South. There the Amendments will be nullified, disorder will continue, prosperity to both whites and colored people will be pushed off for years.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (18221893)