The mind has exactly the same power as the hands: not merely to grasp the world, but to change it. From LearnThat.org. [Colin Wilson.]
A terrible power had her in its grasp. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He has a good grasp of accounting practices. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Within our grasp is the possibility of making Canada a living lab for the future. From Wordnik.com. [The Need for Competitive Equity in the Canadian Telecommunications Industry] Reference
What so very few seem to grasp is this very basic concept. From Wordnik.com. [Wonk Room » Why Counting Undocumented Immigrants In The 2010 Census Counts For A Lot] Reference
Mr. Carlisle transferred his grasp from the mane to Eleanor's hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Helmet] Reference
What you†™ re failing to grasp is a simple communication skill. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Pentagon Approves $11 Billion Contract For Useless Weapons System] Reference
However, with gel and fountain pens such a tight grasp is rarely necessary. From Wordnik.com. [Loosen Up Your Writing Grip To Banish Pain | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
A: The best idea for parents to grasp is running is a total learning experience. From Wordnik.com. [Q&A: New momentum for 'Young Runners'] Reference
Their grasp is not mature enough for speed nor are they strong enough to do damage. From Wordnik.com. [52 entries from July 2006] Reference
Its a shame your brain cant grasp things, then you would understand without dismissing. From Wordnik.com. [Heroin: The Golden Sword of Jihad] Reference
Any writer whose reach does not exceed his grasp is loafing or on the skids — or both. From Wordnik.com. [Breakthrough « Official Harry Harrison News Blog] Reference
What most of us might not grasp is just how many activities can now be logged and stored. From Wordnik.com. [Tinfoil Underwear] Reference
What the powers that be completely fail to grasp is that they manage an EMERGENCY service. From Wordnik.com. [Chocolate Fireguards (Cars and Email) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
What the Republicans seem unable to grasp is that you can't preach optimism and sell fear. From Wordnik.com. [Oh so pure...] Reference
Now take another length of line from the same spool and again grasp it firmly between your hands. From Wordnik.com. [Becoming a Better Fisherman] Reference
What you all fail to grasp is that Ann is entertaining the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy at your expense. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Ann Coulter may have plagiarized] Reference
What you and others fail to grasp is the cost of recording the song should be included in the marginal cost. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Futile Struggle Against Free Content] Reference
Why does the fulfillment of our promise as a people always seem to be just within grasp yet forever out of reach?. From Wordnik.com. [August 2004] Reference
A vital question here, as you clearly grasp, is the question of intentionality, or 'aboutness', or representation. From Wordnik.com. [Bits and Pieces of an RNA World] Reference
I believe that the harder concept to grasp is really how it is different from existing online media, such as audioblogs …. From Wordnik.com. [Questions for Startup Founders] Reference
What I can't grasp is who is the right-wing/teabagger who might credibly challenge McKenna for whatever higher office he seeks?. From Wordnik.com. [I’ll Tell You Exactly What Rob McKenna was Thinking « PubliCola] Reference
But Peter, what you need to grasp is that the Left in the Western world is no longer driven by concern for the poor and oppressed. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-09-12] Reference
She had been trying to read in English a certain devotional book, but said she couldn't seem to grasp the meaning of the English words. From Wordnik.com. [Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation] Reference
In his grasp was a huge sledge-hammer -- the army of the. From Wordnik.com. [Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee] Reference
But the grasp is the clasp of Death, heartbreaking and stiff. From Wordnik.com. [Poems of To-Day: an Anthology] Reference
What you’re failing to grasp is a simple communication skill. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Pentagon Approves $11 Billion Contract For Useless Weapons System] Reference
Nor hardly less beyond our grasp is the commencement of organic existences. From Wordnik.com. [An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges] Reference
I stretched forth my hand to detain it, and in my grasp was a shadowy sceptre. From Wordnik.com. [Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete] Reference
Even further from our grasp is the notion that all he would have to do is to ask. From Wordnik.com. [Cathleen Falsani: Tony Soprano: 61 Minutes Left to Find Redemption] Reference
The face that was turning livid in his grasp was the face of his boyhood's friend. From Wordnik.com. [Children of the Tenements] Reference
What was within my grasp was the chance to win a place at the local grammar school. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
It was well that the grasp was a firm one, for the strain on their two arms was awful. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Eric] Reference
The English language in his grasp was a weapon to slay and a talisman to raise to life. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Father Hecker] Reference
But among the tapers in his grasp was a silver candle that wasn't actually a candle at all. From Wordnik.com. [In the Presence of the Enemy]
But these thoughts are somehow also wrong, straying from what he is trying to grasp, which is what?. From Wordnik.com. [The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely] Reference
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