Quotes by Straws Our reasonings grasp at straws for premises and float on gossamers for deductions. Alfred North Whitehead straws reasoning premises The trouble with straw men is it only takes a single match to set them ablaze. Andrew Klavan straws trouble men It is enough for me to pick up but a straw from the ground for the love of God. Brother Lawrence straws god-love enough Oft stumbles at a straw. Edmund Spenser straws A master of straw eates a servant of steele. George Herbert straws servant masters He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle. George Herbert straws feet In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne. George Herbert straws hay ill You can't make Howard Dean a straw man. He is what he appears to be. And that's the beauty of Howard Dean. Howard Dean straws dean men Straw purchasing is illegal. Jason Chaffetz straws illegal purchasing Happiness is a Slurpee and a hot pink straw. Jenny Han hot-pink straws hot He who would search for pearls must dive below. John Dryden straws pearls errors There will grow from straws a mighty heap. Ovid straws accumulation grows Wits and swords are as straws against the wisdom of the Darkness. Robert E. Howard straws wit darkness Even the straws under my knees shout to distract me from prayer Saint Augustine straws knees prayer Shortest straw pulls the skunk's tail. Samuel Hopkins Adams straws tails Every generation of converts threshes over the same old straw. Susan B. Anthony straws generations I cannot go on.... All that I have written seems to me like so much straw compared to what I have seen and what has been revealed to me. Thomas Aquinas straws has-beens goes-on He suddenly announced that he could not write any more since "All that I have written seems like straw to me." Thomas Aquinas straws written writing