“Counterpart to the knee-jerk liberal is the new knee-pad conservative, always groveling before the rich and powerful.”

— Edward Abbey

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)

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American author and essayist 1927–1989

Edward Abbey (1927–1989) American author and essayist

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)

“… facts never prevent the ignorant from jerking their knees into the groin of science.”

Neal Shusterman (1962) American novelist

Source: UnDivided

“Down on his knees he sinks, the stiff-necked King,
Stoops and kneels and grovels, chin to the mud.”

Robert Graves (1895–1985) English poet and novelist

"Nebuchadnezzar's Fall"
Country Sentiment (1920)
Context: Down on his knees he sinks, the stiff-necked King,
Stoops and kneels and grovels, chin to the mud.
Out from his changed heart flutter on startled wing
The fancy birds of his Pride, Honour, Kinglihood.
He crawls, he grunts, he is beast-like, frogs and snails
His diet, and grass, and water with hand for cup.
He herds with brutes that have hooves and horns and tails,
He roars in his anger, he scratches, he looks not up.

“Love is powerful. It can bring the gods to their knees.”

Rick Riordan (1964) American writer

“When people are afraid, people become narcissistic. It is not that people are ‘bad’ for doing this. It is simply that the focus naturally shifts to self-preservation. It is a knee jerk reaction… One that is biologically wired into us.”

Teal Swan (1984) American spiritual teacher

“I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.”

Victor Borge (1909–2000) Danish and US-American comedian and musician

From the obit in the Boston Globe.
Quotations from Borge's performances
Source: Richard Dyer, "Laughter Was at the Heart of Victor Borge's Many Talents", Boston Globe, 29 December 2000