Top 956 Pulling Quotes & Sayings

If you don't have a hernia yet then you're not pulling your own weight!

I think I know I've been working very hard for the family business, sometimes those days are long days and I think if I know I'm working hard and pulling my weight, both working and playing hard at the same time, I think everyone who I work with can see I am there pulling my weight.

One of the things you learn in government is there's a long tail to American decision-making when it comes to foreign policy. Moving the embassy to Jerusalem, pulling out of the Iran deal, pulling out of Paris, not speaking up for democratic values - the world doesn't end the next day.

There are lots of things that I'm always pulling inspiration from.

There's something intrinsically Australian about a bunch of brothers and school friends getting together as a band at a very young age and all pulling together as a band at a very young age and all pulling together as mates to make something happen.

I don't have a gardener, because I enjoy pulling weeds. It's hard to explain, but there is something fulfilling about pulling out a weed and knowing that you got all the roots.

It doesn't matter if the world is pulling you down. With Christ, you have everything.

When the pastor's up there, they do this thing called looping. They are literally riffing and spitting in the key of the organ. When looping, you're in key, you're in a rhythm, you're in a pocket, and that's where James Brown was pulling from, and so that's where I'm pulling from. The only difference is I'm coming at it under hip-hop.

Yoga is living as awareness itself - with nothing pulling or pushing you.

Half of the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping.

I do some of my best thinking while pulling weeds.

Giving advice is like playing pinball: only by pushing and pulling can you encourage the ball to go in a new direction and increase your score. But too much pushing and pulling can cause a tilt and stop the game.

It doesn't matter if the world is pulling you down. With Christ you have everything.

I am spiritual. I believe God loves and is pulling for all of us.

Self-delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.

I do a lot of urban fantasy, which is modern-day cities, but you've got magic, you've got fairies running around, or cryptozoological creatures running around, and I'm pulling very heavily on my background as a folklore major and having done some animation work and all of that, and I'm pulling from the modern fairy tale narrative.

I am not going to be the guy who's not pulling his weight.

Why is it that everything is collapsing if gravity is pulling us together?

I told CBS, 'My career is going down the toilet, and you're pulling the chain.'

I remember being in church. We would do the live nativity in my little town and I remember pulling the sheep. I was the shepherd, so I was pulling the sheep around town, down Main Street. I thought that was the most awesome, coolest thing ever.

Sometimes you tell the truth like you're pulling taffy.

You know why I'm pulling your leg? Because I can't touch it from where I am.

The real reason why people are going with digital is that it's extraordinarily mobile, and it's cheaper, and it has a great image, and you just can't beat it at night. It's pulling in variations of colors; it's pulling in lights from 40 miles away - a candle would be seen.

I believe in pulling together to make the country better right rather than pulling, tearing it apart for partisan reasons. I think the country comes first.

He's pulling him off! The Spanish manager is pulling his captain off

The rewriting is always crucial to what I do; whenever I do a scene, I always tell myself that this isn't final and that I can do it again, better. The pacing is probably from experience. I've always liked gradual disclosure. I keep thinking of my rubber-band theory. You have a rubber band that you keep pulling and pulling and pulling, and just at the moment of snapping you release it and start another chapter and start pulling again.

As long as the team is pulling together, I’m happy to be a part of it.

It feels like we have two threads running through our lives: one pulling us into the world to achieve, the other pulling us back to replenish us. These threads can seem at odds, but really, they enforce each other. It's not a trade-off between success and sleep.

Semiotics is really interested in the questions like, what keeps you watching something, what keeps you - you know, what keeps you listening to a story on the radio? Like, what keeps you turning the pages in a book? What's the pleasure of it that's moving you forward, that's pulling you in and grabbing you and pulling you forward?

When you are pulling people out of the water and off of rooftops, there are no Republicans and no Democrats.

I didn't come to Nashville to put on a cowboy hat and pretend to be a country singer. My attraction to Nashville as Music City is the variety and flexibility: the fact that there's so many musicians at your disposal, so many amazing studios and talented people that you can draw from. ... I try to be myself, but at the same time I'm learning a lot, and I'm pulling from not only from the well of inspiration that I'm getting from Nashville, but I'm pulling from my roots.

Strangely, what pierced his heart and mind most sharply was not the memory of her lips under his at the ball, but the way she had leaned into his neck, as if she trusted him utterly. He would have given everything he had in the world and everything he would ever have, just to lie beside her in the narrow infirmary bed and hold her while she slept. Pulling away from her had been like pulling his own skin off, but he'd had to do it.

My heart's dark, but it's rising. I'm pulling all the faith I can see.

He's pulling the load of an ox and walking on eggshells.

Dames are always pulling a switch on you.

If you're writing for yourself as an artist, you are always pulling on your own experiences.

You're your kid's partner, not the person who's pulling all the strings.

Georgina," He murmured, pulling me closer. "You are the world.

Everybody has a sinful nature pulling them at every turn.

It's a town full of losers And I'm pulling out of here to win.

They'd better be physically tough when they start pulling on their football pants.

I think [the spotlight] is a lonely place to be. Everybodys wanting something from you, pulling at you.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

I don't have a gardener because I enjoy pulling weeds. It's hard to explain but there is something fulfilling about pulling out a weed and knowing that you got all the roots.

I played on teams with 24 guys pulling the rope one way and one guy pulling the other. I've seen how destructive it can be. I tell them, 'If 13 of you are insanely successful and one fails, we all lose.'

I think pulling off, pulling off a kind of fake documentary of me being a, you know, actual dictator would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible.

If you haven't got a hernia yet, you ain't pulling your share.

Batistuta is very good at pulling off defenders

Pulling punches because someone happens to be a woman is disgusting.

Pulling off the fat diamond engagement ring, pulling off the elopement wedding ring, and holding them, clicking them in thumb and forefinger, the indent of twenty-five years, like a tiny rip leaving its mark.

My lowest points was getting injured and pulling out of fights.

When it's all about the work, it's clear who in the company is pulling their weight and who isn't.

I excel at pulling strings!” said Arachne. “I’m a spider!

I don't think I have the pulling power of Jim Carrey.

Until the day I die, I will be pulling for Ned Colletti.

To pull at a rope at which others happen to be pulling is not a shared or conjoint activity, unless the pulling is done with knowledge that others are pulling and for the sake of either helping or hindering what they are doing.

Hope is a horrible thing, you know. I don't know who decided to package hope as a virtue because it's not. It's a plague. Hope is like walking around with a fishhook in your mouth and somebody just keeps pulling it and pulling it.

Pulling off a zebra-print dress can be challenging for some.

I want to thank my momma for pulling up. I want to thank my boys who was with me since day one; thank you for pulling up on me.

I'm a football fan in general. I'm always pulling for a good game.