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Pale Death with impartial tread beats at the poor man's cottage door and at the palaces of kings.

Horace Mann

Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.

Confucius

Yet another survey of the economy is suggesting sustainable strength. Rates backed up a little because of this report, but you're treading water a bit because of payrolls data lurking on Friday.

Cary Leahey

It's almost as if laws aren't necessary if people start instinctively behaving in ways that don't tread inordinately on each other's turf.

Mark Caldwell

I think most people understand that tread separation is a very, very rare event.

Helen Petrauskas

This border crossing is a symbol of the dynamic development of Greek-Bulgarian relations and shows that we are prepared to go through mountains to tread the paths of friendship.

Georgi Parvanov

Australia's trying to tread a tightrope between our various trading interests and our strategic alliances.

Dennis Woodward

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Alexander Pope

Let us keep the dance of rain our fathers kept and tread our dreams beneath the jungle sky.

Arna Bontemps

I don't think there's a lawyer alive and working who's ever appeared in any part of a treason case and I think we should tread in that historic territory very carefully.

Lord Carlile

I think the market is saying that the Dow has been flat for a year. If you look at the Nasdaq, it's up 40 percent year to year. And so the Nasdaq is going to correct probably quicker than the Dow, or the Dow will tread water, while the Nasdaq continues to come in.

David Beard

The sheriff is treading uncharted territory. He's going to need a little assistance from some-one with knowledge in that background. We're not out to make Sheriff Beck an enemy. If you really think about it, we have Sheriff Beck to thank for all of this.

Paul Martinez

Where'er you walk, cool glades shall fan the glade / Trees, where you sit, shall crowd into a shade: / Where'er you tread, the blusing flow'rs shall rise, / And all things flourish where you turn your eyes.

Alexander Pope

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.

Gaylord Nelson

The Reserve Bank is very firmly on hold. The housing market is treading water. Investors no longer have the opportunity to get big capital gains, so they have left the market.

Brian Redican

But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly, because you tread on my dreams.

William Butler Yeats

Our initial reaction is that the shares are likely to tread water during what is likely to be a difficult transition in its attempt to outsource 100 percent of its handset production and as its networks operator's division goes through temporary growing pains, which are likely to weigh on margins.

Adnaan Ahmad

I guess everybody is just catching their breath, trying to catch up and nothing seems to want to lead us here today. I'm not sure what the next impetus will be to take the market higher, but today we are just going to tread water.

Peter Byrne

We're treading a really fine line on this, and there is a debate among people in Washington about what we should do.

Derek Mitchell

I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men... in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor.

Martin Van Buren

We're treading water at least.

Gary Chatelain

It's a stock which is not treading much volume these days, but it does move in quite large swings.

Grant Williamson

That was nearly 10 years ago. He's got 10 years worth of mileage on him. He doesn't have as much tread left, but the ability is still there.

Bill Musgrave

Those who expelled me from the party, they themselves don't belong to it. They don't believe in its ideology, they don't believe in Lord Ram. They want to tread the same path that we detested. They think that they would not get anything by devoting themselves to Lord Ram, but they'll definitely succeed by praising Jinnah.

Uma Bharti

Perform your long and heavy task with energy, treading the path to which Fate has been pleased to call you.

Alfred Victor Vigny

The markets will obviously tread water, but we could see some buying on weakness.

Charles Payne

For all of us, as storytellers, this feels like the year the show should end. Of course, it could have gone on longer, but to a degree, it would have been treading water. This feels like the proper end to what the show was when it started out.

Jeff Pinkner

The data clearly indicates the tires with the higher-than-normal tread separation rate were recalled, and that it's absolutely unnecessary to recall any of the other tires. There are some attorneys out to cash in on the recall.

Susan Krusel

I like everything so far. I can't right now find a weakness. When I walked in here this year, I was just hoping to tread water and go for that county championship. Even that, I thought, was going to be a struggle. Now, I wouldn't be surprised if this is the first year we sneak one by one of our region opponents.

Bill Dillon

The path that leads to a loaf of bread, Winds through the swamps of toil; And the path that leads to a suit of clothes, Goes through a flowerless soil, And the paths that lead to the loaf of bread, And the suit of clothes are hard to tread.

Sam Walter Foss

They're all in the same boat, and if the boat sinks, they may not go under, but they're going to have to be treading water for awhile in the minority.

Alan Rosenthal

This is a real dilemma for the leadership. There is the possibility for this to get mixed up with broader social grievances, so they have to tread carefully.

Wenran Jiang

It definitely was a blowout. The vehicle did not skid. The tread separated from the tire.

Jose Martinez

They are going to be future voters, and politicians must tread lightly. They have preferences, and political parties have to cater to them.

Tom Scotto

The performance of the major stock averages didn't make anyone happy in 2005. But when you consider what the markets had to contend with, treading water is not so bad.

Al Goldman

The market is treading water now with the long weekend coming up...people don't want to be exposed over a long weekend at the moment.

John Cooney

Basically the top ten industries were those that are economically sensitive and are bouncing back from their deeply oversold condition last year as a result of lower interest rates. We do believe the Fed will remain aggressive with its easing interest rate policy but we feel the earnings are going to be pretty bad for the first quarter, so the market is likely to tread water for awhile.

Sam Stovall

Now he is treading that dark road to the place from which they say no one has ever returned.

Catullus

I think if the Interior gets involved in undermining the decision-making right of a sovereign nation, they are treading on very shaky ground.

Keith Harper

When she walked...she stretched out long and thin like a little tiger, and held her head high to look over the grass as if she were treading the jungle.

Saskya Pandita

This is a significant attack on science. They really are advancing a sectarian religious view. They're treading on constitutional grounds.

Jack Krebs

The market, I think, is treading water and needs more than Oracle.

Larry Lawler

The patter of their feet as they walk through Jim Crow barriers to attend school is the thunder of the marching men of Joshua, and the world rocks beneath their tread. [on the children of Little Rock].

Paul Robeson

I haven't come to tread on anyone's toes and I want this to be made quite clear.

Diego Maradona

If rates keep backing up we'll definitely have the stock market treading water for awhile.

Patricia Chadwick

Therefore the future path is of sharp curves and involves many dangers...I urge the government to tread cautiously, and not get caught in difficult conditions without bargaining to the maximum possible position.

Yashwant Sinha

We're treading water today. With most of Wall Street on vacation, I think that's all we'll be doing until after Labor Day.

Paul Mcmanus

Hatred and anger leads to unhappiness, pain and misery. So, one should always be soft-spoken and all 'karma-yogis' should tread on the path of righteousness.

Yajur Veda

People in the middle are sort of treading water. People at the lower end are still falling behind.

Frank Mauro

They (state school board members) are allowing the intelligent-design minority to bypass the scientific community. While not specifically mentioning religious concepts, it's advancing a sectarian religious view. They're treading on some constitutional grounds here.

Jack Krebs

The power is yours, but not the sight; / You see not upon what you tread; / You have the ages for your guide, / But not the wisdom to be led.

Edwin A. Robinson

We've already remade 15 of our 40 original TREAD-1 lessons for the Internet version.

E. Bruce Weiss