Home /
Quotes /
Crouch Quotes

Crouch Quotes

Small, physical postures that reveal bigger fears.

One crouch quote traces back to a father's childhood fear and the advice it produced, while another describes crouching alone in a room, thinking of everyone the speaker wishes were present instead.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

More
|
Nov 07, 2020

My dad said, 'The thing that I was told that was really helpful was that I mustn't be afraid of the things I was afraid of when I was five years old'. The shock of his childhood had put him in this defensive crouch against the world, and he needed to know that he had a nice wife and kids and it wasn't the same any more.

Quotes by Tom Hooper

Politics
|
Nov 07, 2020

When it comes to politics, I sit down on a sofa and grab some popcorn - or sometimes I crouch down in order not to get shot.

Quotes by Sergey Galitsky

Man
|
Nov 07, 2020

Why comes temptation but for man to meet And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph?

Quotes by Robert Browning

Life
|
Nov 07, 2020

The great thing about having money is that you can actually just get on with your life and not have to think about paying the bills or crouch over 'The Wall Street Journal' or the 'Financial Times' and look at the stock figures and things like that. That bores me rigid.

Quotes by Peter Mayle

Me
|
Nov 07, 2020

I'm a silly little needy person sometimes, and I crouch in a room all alone and think of all the people that I wish were with me.

Quotes by Miriam Margolyes

A blunter quote describes crouching down while watching political events specifically to avoid getting shot, and an older, more poetic line imagines temptation crouching beneath someone's foot. See Alone and Down quotes.

Famous Topics

Top 10 quotes