Dragged Quotations

When I was 7, an old lady was driving too fast in my neighborhood and hit me with her car. I was running out of the house, and when I got halfway into the street, my mom saw the car and yelled for me to run back. As I turned around the car hit me, dragged me five houses down the road, and I fractured my collarbone.

A handful of men, inured to war, proceed to certain victory, while on the contrary, numerous armies of raw and undisciplined troops are but multitudes of men dragged to the slaughter.

Introspection, or 'sitting in the silence,' is an unscientific way of trying to force apart the mind and senses, tied together by the life force. The contemplative mind, attempting its return to divinity, is constantly dragged back toward the senses by the life currents.

Science gave me a cosmic religious feeling, and I would get the same feeling when I was dragged to the Met and the Museum of Modern Art.

I was knocked down and dragged by a police Land Rover in a hit-and-run.

The other inmates stand in a long straight line, flanked by guards, and I am dragged past them. I do not respect them, because they will not run - will not try to escape.

Once a conflict has dragged on for a decade, most people are tired of war - and the troubles that flow from it.

The only reason it's taken so long, ... is that from day one, Iraq dragged its feet, sought to conceal and obfuscate and keep us away from the things we have the legal right to find.

Veal, by definition, is the product of a sick, anemic, deliberately malnourished calf, a newborn dragged away from his mother in the first hours of life. Veal calves are dealt the harshest of punishments for the least essential of meats.

The process got under way today. How long it will take, who knows? I don't think it will be dragged out too long. There are no guarantees what will happen. It's not a completely predictable process, but both sides know approximately where the other is.

Liberated from suffering and searchI have tied myself to the skirt of God.If I fly, I look at the summits I ascend.If I go around in circleI observe the axis on which I revolve.If I am dragged by a burden,I know where I go.For I am the moon, and the sun is my guide.

So I began doing confrontational, iconoclastic performances, bringing my artwork into the public arena, like the Easter Sunday Crucifixion in 1966, which started when I dragged a 200-pound ten-foot-tall sculpture depicting a decayed figure on a cross into Tompkins Square Park on the Lower East Side.

May his soul be forever tormented by fire - And his bones be dug up by dogs - And dragged through the streets of Minneapolis

Natural gas is taking its cue from crude and is being dragged along for the ride.

I don't do sports, and my idea of hell is being dragged around ruins/museums/famous buildings, so I guess I'm a beach bum.

I am satisfied, ... We have dragged our feet a bit. But the main thing is we have decided to approve the budget in its first reading.

I have an old picture of Sonny Til and the second tenor from the Orioles outside the Earle Theatre. It was such an atmospheric picture, I dragged my girlfriend around town on a bit of a pilgrimage until I finally found it. That was one of my coolest moments so far.

I hate being dragged into genres. I like movies that are full of a lot of conflicting and interesting things,

Growing up, when we would get dragged to these events, I didn't want to be there. Over time, as we got older, I developed a real appreciation of the importance of being involved in the democratic process.

I don't try to use them that much but when you enter a corner too fast they can be a help. The problem is that a driver can't rely on them. If temperatures aren't cold enough to freeze the snow properly, instead of bouncing off the banks, cars can be dragged into the snow or plough through them and off the road.

If the DOJ were to appeal, this would have dragged the case on even longer regardless of what the companies wanted to do. We're not in legal limbo anymore. The dominos are falling.

He dragged me into the bedroom and said he'd been outside digging my grave. And he raped me.

Goldman Sachs' name got dragged through the mud in this. Goldman Sachs was written about in almost every major news publication in a negative light because of their involvement with Robert Maxwell.

His name should not be dragged in advertisements where he has been made ambassador to sell the eggs as if he was a promoter for the non-vegetarian foods,

He just dragged me all the way up there in traffic, nearly stuffed me in the wall coming off Turn Two,

Kids at a certain age don't necessarily want to be dragged to the other side of the world.

It appears the van was unable to stop due to the icy roads, tried an avoidance to the left ditch and that's when it made contact with the train and was dragged down the tracks." ()

It could have gotten dragged out. But there were other issues. It got to the point where there were too many things going on.

I was always very shy but my older brother, Darryl, was working and my mother couldn't leave me home alone so I was dragged along to the studio.

It is possible that the hurricanes that hit in August and September had a bigger impact on measured GDP growth in the fourth quarter than in the third. ... The hurricanes probably dragged on investment, too.

Like most guys, I don't come to beauty regimes naturally. I'm dragged kicking and screaming by the best in the world.

I think there is a certain amount of frustration that's set in because it's dragged on into today. I think it's fair to say there is a frustration level that's setting in. The issues still on the board are the thorniest ones.

President Bush has dug in his heels by refusing to release relevant documents from Roberts' time as a top political appointee and dragged his feet on releasing thousands of other records. This is no time to hide the ball. Given that the next chief justice will affect the lives of all Americans, the Bush administration has a clear obligation to the public to provide the Senate with everything it needs to fully review Roberts' record.

Suddenly this huge wave came, rushing down the beach, destroying everything in its wake. People that were snorkeling were dragged along the coral and washed up on the beach, and people that were sunbathing got washed into the sea.

That ever since I've been a child I've been interested in art and been dragged through all the museums of Europe and had the sense to buy art books.

many crusaders of different nationalities, among them an American who was dragged on the streets of the city. Another one is a high official in a British oil company, and another is an Italian who was slaughtered and given as a gift to the Italian government.

I'm sick of the drunks and I'm sick of our game being dragged through every media outlet in the country every time some guy behaves badly.

I wasn't even the ham in the sandwich. I was just dragged out of the sandwich, abandoned by left and right!

Merrill was the big poster child and it dragged everyone down.

We dragged him to a lecture by Al Gore, kicking and screaming,

Well, I quite like animals, but they're unpredictable. I mean, look at old what's-his-name in Vegas. Tiger dragged him off the stage, you know? The guy brought up tigers. They're quite unpredictable.

We got dragged through a system and got burned by crooked lawyers, and the list goes on and on.

We had a lot of cases that had dragged on for years and years and years. It was time to do something about them.

We could have kept Michael completely out of the children's lives, but it would have kept it in court for another year and a half and would have dragged the kids through another trial.

We're not weak. But I don't want to be dragged into a civil war.

The overall trade performance was dragged down by a fifth successive deficit in oil trade and a reduced surplus in services.

Yakima Canutt was famously John Wayne's stunt double, and in the Western movie 'Stagecoach,' there is a fantastic scene where there are some horses thundering along, pulling a carriage. He climbs out onto the horses and drops down underneath them, so he's being dragged along, and then he lets go.

We believe all of the males were armed. An argument ensued between the victim and the suspect. He was dragged over to a grassy area on the side of the parking lot, where witnesses said they heard one gunshot.

We are moving along in a good timely fashion. I don't think it has been protracted or dragged out the negotiations.

The department has to be held accountable, ... Everybody dragged their feet, including the industry.

The fact that he fled this jurisdiction showed absolutely that he showed no remorse. Justice delayed is justice denied ... This man escaped for eight years ... They have all along dragged their feet and have dragged this on as long as they could.

We have been playing Russian roulette with our food supply for years by allowing these downer animals into the food chain, ... This much-needed legislation will codify a temporary administrative ban on the processing of downer cattle and it will expand the ban on the processing of other downer livestock. Animals too sick or injured to walk are a higher risk for mad cow disease, E. coli and salmonella, and they suffer terribly when they're dragged to slaughter.

We have been dragged into this on the basis that the player wants to come to us.

We have been dragged into a war with misinformation with great loss of lives.

The Philippines will only be dragged into the issue the moment warrants there are issued and they would ask for the extradition of the three officials,

We must be wary of accepting any proposal merely because the case has dragged on for so long or because of the current economic condition of the state treasury and revenue projections.

Two hundred seventy dollars was the total cost. Most lawyers charge that for an hour. At the time, we just wanted to get this over with, move on with our lives, and not get everything dragged out with lawyers.

Two guys came up behind me, grabbed me, and pulled me out, ... I was in a lot of pain. It was really humiliating to be dragged out of an event in a president's office.

First half we dominated the game. We had a couple chances (and) the first goal we knew was going to be important. We dragged ourselves back twice from behind; we showed a lot of character. ... We played 120 hard minutes on Wednesday night and I think it took its toll on us toward the end. We couldn't get close enough to them at times and we gave up a few chances.

Today, you see kids 5, 6, 8 throwing tantrums ... having to be dragged out of the store by their parents. Even worse, not being dragged out of the store by their parents. You folks think this is normal.

We were dragged for at least a couple of miles and probably bounced 50 times before the balloon settled down enough so we could get outside the capsule and jump into the water,

We've got 135,000 kids over there that need leadership, and their leadership can't be dragged back to Washington every couple of days to focus on seven people. And that's what's happened.

The Oregonian (newspaper) picked up on that negative slant and that was very, very unfortunate. I also think a legitimate company that has a good track record was dragged through the mud for wanting to come to this community and provide jobs.

This society believed that it was looking towards a new future, and we consistently find ourselves being dragged backwards.

This thing started at Waco. Tim was (at Waco) and we were the first people he visited after he visited Waco. Isn't it quite a coincidence that we are dragged into the same thing?

Was he dragged into criminal activity to which he was not predisposed, by a government overbearing his will?

As the special election has dragged on, one of the side effects have been greater voter cynicism about the reasons the governor called the election, ... The governor has never been able to sell them on the idea and have questioned his motives.

At 18, I got a publishing deal, so I was like, 'I can do this for real and not go to college.' When I was a teenager, my parents dragged me to a lot of songwriting conventions.

Commodity stocks were dragged down by profit-taking after sharp gains last week.

Even after 9/11, when their life-saving role became clear, employers have dragged their feet on raising wages to a mostly African-American workforce. Four years after 9/11, the real estate industry has short-changed security officers, undermined the safety of their own buildings and jeopardized the well-being of the entire city.

First period, I was kind of tentative, I was trying to feel him out, and once I got an idea of what he was going to do, I just had to stay aggressive. I stayed on his head heavy, I didn't let him work anything he tried to work. At one time, he left his arm and I just dragged him through and took him down.

There's nothing specific, but the bank index is down, financials are down and AXP is being dragged down with it.

The total cost was $270. Most lawyers charge that for an hour. At the time, we just wanted to get this over with, move on with our lives, and not get everything dragged out with lawyers.

Things are brewing. We will, in all likelihood, be seeing you soon. We may even see the inside of a studio soon. Things are stirring. It may even be possible to get me out of my house. Kicking and screaming and being dragged ... but out.

The river dragged both of them out and the current took them down the stream,

I've trained really hard all year, and to be dragged down by one person really hurts. I've worked hard. I just have not had the opportunity to have four really strong guys all at the same time. It's not on my shoulders. I can only do what I can do, and hopefully that is jumping far and skiing fast.

I've observed the seal hunt at close range for seven years. I've routinely witnessed conscious seals dragged across the ice with boat hooks, wounded seals left to choke on their own blood, and seals being skinned alive. The commercial seal hunt is inherently cruel, it is a national disgrace.

I've observed the seal hunt at close range for seven years. I routinely witness conscious seals dragged across the ice with boathooks, wounded seals left to choke on their own blood and seals being skinned alive.

These stocks which usually benefit from a weak yen couldn't react to it yesterday because the overall market was dragged down by the falling banking sector.

The security forces arrived, and it was all downhill from there. They came from both sides. They brought in people who were supposed to go around with eviction notices. People here got very upset, and there was a lot of chaos. There were kids being dragged away, and adults and women. It was very nasty.

The situation in Florida is so volatile that we don't want to be dragged into it.

The talks are very important for the market because the economic development of the country depends on the outcome. If the country is dragged into a war it's going to be a real problem for us.

(Pride Petroleum) is not a household name. A lot of energy stocks have had pretty good moves of late, ... up around 15-to-20 percent. Pride is kind of a smaller player in the area, just kind of a stock that has a good technical pattern, a good chart, and is being dragged up by the rest of the group, and with higher energy prices we think that one can do better.

Profit-taking dragged the index lower. But funds are still in Hong Kong and are helping support the index despite the pressure on stocks to trade lower after the weak showing of overseas markets.

People either walked up to us or someone dragged them. If you didn't come to us we never knew about you.

Nortel is going to be dragged down in sympathy.

After the big losses in the U.S., Japanese stocks look likely to fall ... High-techs in particular have a good chance of being dragged down.

One gets the impression there are some people back in Pyongyang who still have not dragged themselves over the line to be ready to give this up,

An unknown male approached her from one of the stalls in the girls' bathroom, dragged her into the stall and sexually assaulted her.

At some point in my life I hope my mother and I will get together...unfortunately that got dragged out into the public eye. This is a wound that needs to heal slowly and time does that. And we love each other.

This is not like the situation of Jewish settlers who had to be dragged out of their homes,

The weakness of large-capitalized blue chips dragged down major indexes, but it's still too early to say whether this round of gains has come to an end.

They were eyeing each other at the bar and started talking. Mick didn't want to go, but his friends dragged him out of the house.

They're used to it, ... It isn't the first time I've written about my family history or dragged everyone into a book.

There's a whole range of stories. Now and then we'll get some kid who's 14 dragged in by his mother. Occasionally it will be 'Bill' and then they're married to 'Bob,'

It was bothering me a lot, and I became addicted to pain medication, which is like what dragged me down. When we first started talking about this thing, I was like pretty much out of it, but I wanted to do it. So I needed to get myself overhauled, cleaned up and everything else to do this, because I wanted to do it, you know?

It was something different today. I've never heard the anthem sung that loud. The noise coming from the crowd at the end was fantastic and dragged us to the end really.

It's only in the 'fair' range probably because of real estate appreciation and stock market gains. It's definitely being dragged down by poor savings behavior.

It's ridiculous how big this has gotten. It was never an excuse of how things went on the ice. I feel bad for Mike because his name is being dragged through the mud, and he doesn't deserve that.

It's unfortunate that the EPA has dragged their feet in responding to my request. Prices at the pump are at near record levels and the federal government has simply not responded. Their lack of a response is hurting Wisconsin, and states across the country, ... A waiver would have helped Wisconsin citizens over the Labor Day weekend when it was clear there was a shortage of supply.