Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
Aesop
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Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp - or what's a heaven for?
Robert Browning
We're trying to get there. Everything is new to me, the terminology, the offense. I'm grasping it pretty fast.
Cedrick Wilson
We have the personnel to run the new offense well. This definitely will be an asset for our team. We're learning it slowly, but were getting a grasp of it. It can only get better.
Nate Longshore
We attempt to grasp the 'look and feel' of the buildings with the seating, lighting ambience and floral pieces.
Jon Gerych
Contemporary American children, if they are old enough to grasp the concept of Santa Claus by Thanksgiving, are able to see through it by December 15th.
Roy Blount Jr.
Your reach must exceed your grasp, otherwise what is heaven for?
Dean Devlin
I'm very much amazed with her work. We won't be able to grasp the impact her life has had for years to come.
Corann Okorodudu
I think by now I have a pretty good grasp of how county government flows.
David Daniel
The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.
Doug Larson
Only be concerned with the fundamental you are working on. They can only grasp so much.
Lee Driggers
Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
Cato the Elder
A very poor grasp of the issues.
John Hancock
I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind.
Bernard, St.
The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.
John Berry
Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
I still feel he's coming home, it's so hard to grasp.
Karla Comfort
Definitely, it's very inspiring. He was within grasp of a medal. It should motivate us for tomorrow.
Lanny Barnes
My tactic was never defensive. But against Sweden we shouldn't hide and have to grasp every opportunity to attack.
Lothar Matthaeus
The willingness to take risks is our grasp of faith.
George E. Woodberry
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.
James Dean
They are complaining of restlessness and breathlessness, and finding it difficult to grasp what has happened and this can prove serious.
Arshad Hussain
They (the Chinese) clearly grasp that education, creativity and innovation is where their future lies.
Tom Watkins
All villages are grasping for better ways of doing this.
Jack Ardaugh
Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.
George Bancroft
The composure we showed and ball control was fantastic, every chance we created we seemed to grasp.
Phil Mooney
I believe Georgia should aspire to nothing less than greatness. And I believe greatness is within our grasp.
Georgia Govsonny Perdue
I didn't hesitate. She was basically fighting me back. I couldn't really get a good grasp on her, so I threw her toward the bank.
Brian Blanford
I'm grasping and pulling. ... It's coming out very easily. ... Beautiful.
Steve Robinson
It's not how you begin but how you finish. We're playing a good, competitive schedule. There are really no cupcakes on our schedule, and all of those games were within our grasp.
Tracey Galloway
The kids are starting to grasp it.
Dave Greenberg
It's good to see that you have a rudimentary grasp of the design inference. I was not making a design inference when I employed the building analogy.
Dave Freer
Radical simply means "grasping things at the root."
Angela Davis
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