--- title: "15 Hairballs Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 15 Hairballs quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Hairballs sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/christina-rossetti-3202_birth_hope-is-like-a-hairball-trembling-from-i_2591445.jpg" --- > [Hope is like a hairball trembling from its birth...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/hope-is-like-a-hairball-trembling-from-its-birth/) [Christina Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-rossetti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/christina-rossetti-3202_birth_hope-is-like-a-hairball-trembling-from-i_2591445.jpg) > [“Those who lack a sense of humor are destined to be life's hacked up hairballs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-a-garcia/those-who-lack-a-sense-of-humor-are-destined-to-be-life-s-hacked-up/) [S.A. Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-a-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/s-a-garcia-86358_humor_those-who-lack-a-sense-of-humor-are-dest_1533460.jpg) > [I auditioned for 'Cats' - I didn't sing but I was able to cough up a hairball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-miller/i-auditioned-for-cats-i-didn-t-sing-but-i-was-able-to-cough-up-a/) [Stephanie Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb7/stephanie-miller-27396_able_i-auditioned-for-cats-i-didn-t-sing-but_1028678.jpg) > [Slipknot sounds like Tre choking on a hairball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-joe-armstrong/slipknot-sounds-like-tre-choking-on-a-hairball/) [Billie Joe Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-joe-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb7/billie-joe-armstrong-1888_choke_slipknot-sounds-like-tre-choking-on-a-ha_1316516.png) > [Kissing Mother Superior, incompetent, hairball, poppy seeds, on the can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/kissing-mother-superior-incompetent-hairball-poppy-seeds-on-the-can/) [Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e66/jennifer-egan-825_hairballs_kissing-mother-superior-incompetent-hair_2404309.jpg) > [I'm afraid I have to expel a rather ferocious hairball. You're on your own, girl.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheshire-cat/i-m-afraid-i-have-to-expel-a-rather-ferocious-hairball-you-re-on-your/) [Cheshire Cat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheshire-cat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e3/cheshire-cat-25209_afraid_i-m-afraid-i-have-to-expel-a-rather-fero_187197.jpg) > [It's the way you look whenever she mentions her fiance. My cat looks like that before he hacks up a hairball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-oppel/it-s-the-way-you-look-whenever-she-mentions-her-fiance-my-cat-looks/) [Kenneth Oppel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-oppel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e3/kenneth-oppel-9227_cat_it-s-the-way-you-look-whenever-she-menti_2470125.png) > [But why diminish your soul being run-of-the-mill at something? Mediocrity: now there is ugliness for you. Mediocrity's a hairball coughed up on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/but-why-diminish-your-soul-being-run-of-the-mill-at-something/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/tom-robbins-169_carpet_but-why-diminish-your-soul-being-run-of_2023964.jpg) > [The lady across the hall tried to rob a department store . . . with a pricing gun. She said, "Give me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-wright/the-lady-across-the-hall-tried-to-rob-a-department-store-with-a/) [Steven Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6e/steven-wright-432_department_the-lady-across-the-hall-tried-to-rob-a_1537473.jpg) > [All of the people in my building are insane. The guy above me designs synthetic hairballs for ceramic cats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-wright/all-of-the-people-in-my-building-are-insane-the-guy-above-me-designs/) [Steven Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/steven-wright-432_building_all-of-the-people-in-my-building-are-ins_745623.jpg) > [At the last minute, I couldn't wear the Hitler mustache because Tiger Stripe ate it; and then I didn't want to take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/at-the-last-minute-i-couldn-t-wear-the-hitler-mustache-because-tiger/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cd/chuck-palahniuk-37_bigs_at-the-last-minute-i-couldn-t-wear-the-h_2847102.jpg) > [A part of her wanted to tell him she still loved him, and that even though this love was hopeless and long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-brashares/a-part-of-her-wanted-to-tell-him-she-still-loved-him-and-that-even/) [Ann Brashares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-brashares/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/ann-brashares-572_consumed_a-part-of-her-wanted-to-tell-him-she-sti_1822893.jpg) > [This Windows 95 hairball has become so big, so unmanageable, so hard to use, so hard to configure, so hard to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mcnealy/this-windows-95-hairball-has-become-so-big-so-unmanageable-so-hard-to/) [Scott McNealy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mcnealy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/239/scott-mcnealy-20917_bigs_this-windows-95-hairball-has-become-so-b_546086.png) > [My family suffered. My hair turned up in every corner, every drawer, every meal. Even in the rice puddings Tessie made, covering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/my-family-suffered-my-hair-turned-up-in-every-corner-every-drawer/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/jeffrey-eugenides-462_bars_my-family-suffered-my-hair-turned-up-in_2339247.png) > [Through neglect, ignorance, or inability, the new intellectual Borgias cram hairballs down our throats and refuse us the convulsion that could make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/through-neglect-ignorance-or-inability-the-new-intellectual-borgias/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01c/ray-bradbury-75_ancient_through-neglect-ignorance-or-inability-t_2986389.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hairballs/#itemlist", "name": "Hairballs Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Hope is like a hairball trembling from its birth...", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Christina Rossetti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/hope-is-like-a-hairball-trembling-from-its-birth/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/christina-rossetti-3202_birth_hope-is-like-a-hairball-trembling-from-i_2591445.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/christina-rossetti-3202_birth_hope-is-like-a-hairball-trembling-from-i_2591445.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/christina-rossetti-3202_birth_hope-is-like-a-hairball-trembling-from-i_2591445.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Hope is like a hairball trembling from its birth...” — Christina Rossetti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Those who lack a sense of humor are destined to be life's hacked up hairballs.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "S.A. 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