The idealist withdrew himself, because he could not suffer the jostling of the human crowd; he had not the strength to fight and so called the battle vulgar; he was vain, and since his fellows would not take him at his own estimate, consoled himself with despising his fellows.
Quotes about jostling (11 Quotes)
You can't map a sense of humor. Anyway, what is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Dragons? On the Discworld we know that There Be Dragons Everywhere. They might not all have scales and forked tongues, but they Be Here all right, grinning and jostling and trying to sell you souvenirs.
It won't come down to the last tournament this time. I want to be there and I'd love to have it sorted by the end of year. The tournaments are big enough now where if you do play well enough you can make a massive dent in it. There were three or four of us last year jostling for spots in the Ryder Cup, and that's not a nice position to be in.
No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.
The 1,600-meter race was fun to watch. On a 200-meter track there was a lot of jostling for position. Devin has learned to start better so he was setting the pace.
... and there I suddenly found my articulate self in a dazzling land of smiling, jostling people wearing and not wearing all sorts of costumes and doing all sorts of clever things. And that's when I knew What other life could there be but that of an actor.
Bush's statements were part of a new cycle of political and legal jostling that began moments after Florida's presidential vote was certified Sunday night by Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris. Appearing almost immediately after the certification was announced, Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman called it an incomplete and inaccurate count, ... There must be closure.
It was competitive but a reflection of where the competition is. We are just jostling for places right now. I am not unhappy with the quality of play because we just introduced a lot of young players and to score three goals on the road is good.
Ovum analyst John Delaney told the E-Commerce Times the move seemed to amount to Microsoft saying to Google Anything you can do, I can do better. ... The rivalry between the big Internet portals is becoming increasingly intense ... And there's definitely more of this jostling to come.
It's going to be difficult to (make a major trade) because so many teams are jostling for playoff position and they're not going to be willing to part with anything without you giving up a lot.
a lot of jostling and abuse.