A Quote by Benjamin Franklin

It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.

Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin
American - Politician
January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790

Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.

Benjamin Franklin

Standing upright is not a talent because a brainless wooden beam can stand upright too! The important thing is to be flexible!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

We are past the stage in our relations that you come to Washington with an empty goody bag and then you go back with a bag filled with stuff.

Kersti Kaljulaid

I listen to people talking sometimes, that great river that is language, with all its undercurrents of grammar and nuance, and I wonder how we all learn so quickly to speak it, given that we begin when we are barely old enough to stand upright. I have no memory of finding it hard. Indeed, I have no memory of it at all.

Sarah Dunant

I stand here empty, waiting to b filled. I stand here weary of days bombarded with sorrows & ill. Yet, I STAND. For I know it is not of my strength; I know it is not my will. So with my eyes fixed on the prize and a rejoicing soul, I stand with a prayerful heart, waiting for my blessing. I stand, knowing my blessing will com.

Shane Smith

No decision should be made on an empty shopping bag.

Donita K. Paul

Courage cannot be left like bones in a bag. It must be brought out and shown the light again and again, growing stronger each time. If you think it will keep for the times you need it, you are wrong. It is like any other part of your strength. If you ignore it, the bag will be empty when you need it most.

Conn Iggulden

If you cannot stand a spoon upright in the cup, then the coffee is too weak.

Lawrence Block

The tombstone is about the only thing that can stand upright and lie on its face at the same time.

Mary Wilson Little

Here's who it's okay to share a bed with: . . . A heating pad. An empty bag of pita chips. The love of your life.

Lena Dunham

It is impossible to stand upright when one plants his roots in the shifting sands of popular opinion and approval.

Thomas S. Monson

Like tired dogs they stand there, because they use up all their strength in remaining upright in one's memory.

Franz Kafka

Humans will never be hampered as smooth bag. They just dragged and dropped upon his head and empty heart

Norman Vincent Peale

The champagne tastes the same if you're sitting bolt upright or sunk back into a sofa, so you might as well be upright, because you look better.

Anouska Hempel

Think about what happens on Earth when you throw up. You throw up and you have a bag of something horrible and then you throw it away, but if I have this bag, what am I going to do with it? This bag is going to stay with me in space for months, so we want a really good barf bag.

Chris Hadfield

A man should be upright, not kept upright.

Marcus Aurelius

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