Kicks Quotes · Page 20

coming to the end of spring / my grandmother kicks off her shoes / steps out of her faltering body.

— Betsy Sholl

There are two ways of getting into the Cabinet - you can crawl in or kick your way in.

— Aneurin Bevan

Kick is seeing things from a special angle. Kick is momentary freedom from the claims of the aging, cautious, nagging, fightened flesh.

— William S. Burroughs

I wanted other people who have curiosity to understand they can kick it up a notch and it's a superpower.

— Brian Grazer

This land was an enigma. It was like a horse that no one knows how to break to harness, that runs wild…

— Willa Cather

If you lie down and let somebody kick you, you're never going to get nowhere. You have to stand up.

— Sonny Barger

I was very good at kickball ... I was wonderful at ah doing that kick and your leg goes up and your…

— Dane Cook

Reading a good poem can give me a far bigger kick than a novel. But it's not something I can keep doing.…

— Stephen Dobyns

If on a friend’s bookshelf You cannot find Joyce or Sterne Cervantes, Rabelais, or Burton, You are in danger, face the fact,…

— Alexander Theroux

You know, once you've had that guitar up so loud on the stage, where you can lean back and volume will stop…

— David Gilmour

I have a life that I enjoy; I try and value the things that I think are worth valuing and everything else…

— Jewel

It's his word against the Commander's, unless he wants to head a posse. Kick in the door, and what did I tell…

— Margaret Atwood

I'd like to think that when I sing a song, I can let you know all about the heartbreak, struggle, lies and…

— Ray Charles

The big rules of knife fighting are (a) do not try it at home, and (b) the whole point is never, ever…

— Keith Richards

MBA students come out with: 'My staff is my most important asset.' Bullshit. Staff is usually your biggest cost. We all employ…

— Michael O'Leary

You can't kick me down, I'm already on the ground. No, you can't, but you couldn't catch me anyhow.Blue skies, but the…

— Avril Lavigne

What you do in a fight gym is learn how to be brave. You're learning how to punch and kick in a…

— Jonathan Gottschall

There's a huge amount of work on Adam and Eve, from the ancient world to the present. Saint Augustine was obsessed with…

— Stephen Greenblatt

Maybe the first time you saw her you were ten. She was standing in the sun scratching her legs. Or tracing letters…

— Nicole Krauss

Tom’s aunt Georgie spoke to me first, and Tom found me through her. At the time, I didn’t actually think Tom was…

— Melina Marchetta

There's something that just happens to you when you have a baby, and you look at their little eyes for the first…

— Hilary Duff

I think that we ill-prepare athletes from the very beginning. From the moment they pick up a ball or kick or whatever…

— John Amaechi

Be easy on yourself. Have fun. Only hang around people that are positive and make you feel good. Anybody who doesn't make…

— Amy Poehler

Learn to spot and avoid "writer groupies." The writer's self-sufficiency and our love for our work tend to attract insecure people who…

— Florence King

Presidents cannot always kick evil-minded persons out of the front door. Such persons are often selected by the electors to represent them.

— Herbert Hoover

Well all of Chuck's children are out there playing his licks, get into your kicks. Come back baby, rock and roll never…

— Bob Seger

What I have is a bunch of really hungry, amazingly talented guys that can kick anybody's rear end.

— Neal Schon

I am gagged and imprisoned. I can't even speak. I want to kick a football in a park with my son. Ordinary,…

— Salman Rushdie

Oppressive bastards, think they own the place. I told them that karma's going to kick their asses…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

Marketing and press kicks up dust. It gets in your eye, and then you’re not focusing on the product.

— Jan Koum

I know a lot of artists say, 'If you want your song on my record, I get 50 per cent' I'd like…

— Kelly Clarkson

Always remember this: There are only eighteen inches between a pat on the back and a kick in the rump.

— Hattie McDaniel

I can kick your head off, but I can't, like, play a stupid little video game.

— Kelly Hu

Isn’t fantasizing about killing people as a way to get your kicks really the filthiest form of pornography?

— Wayne LaPierre

I hate England and its hopelessness. I hate [Arnold] Bennett's resignation. Tragedy ought really to be a great big kick at misery.

— D. H. Lawrence

When you walk up to opportunities door, don't knock it... Kick that B*tch in, smile and introduce yourself

— Dwayne Johnson

Keeping love buried was a lot like jeeping anger pent up, I'd learned. It just ate you up insides until you wanted…

— Richelle Mead

I would love to compose something for dance before I kick the bucket, and I'm not closed-minded about the dance, or the…

— Tori Amos

Oh yes, you can kick me And you can punch me And you can break my face But you won't change the…

— Anonymous

An [officer] is still a human being. When that fear kicks in, you never know what can happen.

— Method Man