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draw up

«Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.»
«Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense.»
«English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based on Latin -- a language with which it has precious little in common. In Latin, to take one example, it is not possible to split an infinitive. So in English, the early authorities decided, it should not be possible to split an infinitive either. But there is no reason why we shouldn't, any more than we should forsake instant coffee and air travel because they weren't available to the Romans. Making English grammar conform to Latin rules is like asking people to play baseball using the rules of football. It is a patent absurdity. But once this insane notion became established, grammarians found themselves having to draw up ever more complicated and circular arguments to accommodate the inconsistencies.»
«The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.»
«A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself.»
«I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.»
«I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination»
«Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: draw up
«Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future.»
«He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues it possesses»

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