Feet

A foot equals 30.48 centimeters. Here are some proverbs and quotes about feet.

Feet on the beach
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About her feet in wide vessels of green and brown earthenware, white water-lilies were floating, so that she seemed to be enthroned in the midst of a pool.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Source: The Fellowship of the Ring
About Goldberry

Always put your best foot forward.
Always try as hard as you can. Always give your best.

An ant is over six feet tall when measured by its own foot-rule.

Atheism is a religion, like "barefoot" is a shoe.
(unknown author)

Bare feet on the grass comfort the spirit and connect the body to the earth all at once!
Maximillian Degenerez

Cornstarch is used in the manufacture of soda pop, chewing gum, ice cream, peanut butter, library paste, ketchup, automobile paint, embalming fluid, gunpowder, insecticides, deodorants, soap, potato chips, surgical dressings, nail polish, foot powder, salad dressing, and several hundred things more.
Bill Bryson
Source: At Home

Even the highest tree has an axe waiting at its foot.

Hiking and happiness go hand in hand or foot in boot.
Diane Spicer

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.
Mahatma Gandhi

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
Desmond Tutu

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
Keith Richards

In the olive grove, a wise man at the feet and a wild man at the head.

It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door. You step into the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Source: The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring
Quoted: Bilbo

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
Theodore Roosevelt

Let the grass grow under one's feet.
Wait before doing something or do something slowly.

Once I dreamt of a form of poetry created by the sound of feet walking in the grass.
Cecilia Vicuna

One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.
Stephen Hawking

Progress always involves risks. You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first.
Frederick B. Wilcox

Take only memories, leave only footprints.
Chief Seattle

The cat loves fish, but she's loth to wet her feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The evening's the best part of the day. You've done your day's work. Now you can put your feet up and enjoy it.
Kazuo Ishiguro

The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot.
Werner Herzog




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