Swaying

Famous quotes containing the word swaying:

    The novel is, or may be, among the mightiest instruments for swaying the heart and guiding the lives of men.
    P., U.S. women’s magazine contributor. American Ladies Magazine, pp. 357-9 (August 1828)

    Infinite hungers leap no more
    In the chance swaying of your dress;
    And love has changed to kindliness.
    Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)

    They had their fortunes to make, everything to gain and nothing to lose. They were schooled in and anxious for debates; forcible in argument; reckless and brilliant. For them it was but a short and natural step from swaying juries in courtroom battles over the ownership of land to swaying constituents in contests for office. For the lawyer, oratory was the escalator that could lift a political candidate to higher ground.
    —Federal Writers’ Project Of The Wor, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)