Writing this book I am like a man playing the piano with lead balls attached to his knuckles. — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
You get hit over the knuckles enough, you don't stick them out anymore. — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
Scotland: That garret of the earth - that knuckle-end of England - that land of Calvin, oatcakes, and sulfur. — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
As a kid, I wasn't listening to The Who; I was listening to Frankie Knuckles. — Nick Frost Copy Share Image
Knuckle deep inside the borderline. This may hurt a little but it's something you'll get used to. Relax. Slip away. — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In literature as in life, to conform to anything is to knuckle under to your inferiors. — Kenneth Patchen Copy Share Image
“His knuckles are thick with calluses that come from repeatedly beating on things.” — Zoraida Córdova Copy Share Image
I love rings, but I can't wear them. I mean, look at my knuckles. My fingers and joints are so swollen from… — Justin Tuck Copy Share Image
Trace cursed. He actually wanted to hit something, but a tree would break his knuckles, he didn't want to put another dent… — Lori Foster Copy Share Image
A collapse in U.S. stock prices certainly would cause a lot of white knuckles on Wall Street. But what effect would it… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
“It is my belief that any indentations that my knuckles may have left on the door of heaven found their origins from… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Who made the world I cannot tell; 'Tis made, and here am I in hell. My hand, though now my knuckles bleed,… — A. E. Housman Copy Share Image
One could not live without delicacy, but when / I think of love I think of the big, clumsy-looking / hands of… — Mona Van Duyn Copy Share Image
I've got a fastball, change-up, forkball, curve, slider, knuckle-slider, knuckle-curve, I had about seven pitches I could have used at any time. — Chili Davis Copy Share Image
Akri won't let me eat any of them nasty gods. What's the world coming to when a demon gots to beg for… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Supposing Catherine Lim was writing about me and not the prime minister...She would not dare, right? Because my posture, my response has… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
The honest truth is that it was just traumatizing with the piano, with the authority of the piano teacher, getting rapped across… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
In practice, without appropriate government intervention, Smith's "invisible hand" dons brass knuckles and conducts gang warfare, creating fierce battles between competitors who… — Denise Caruso Copy Share Image
Patch reached for my hand and pushed my dad's ring off the tip of his finger and into my palm, curling my… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
Our culture has few taboos that can't be violated, and our establishment has largely given up on setting standards in the first… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
No, that nurse ain't some kinda monster chicken, buddy, what she is is a ball-cutter. I've seen a thousand of 'em, old… — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
There was this one time in Vegas when I took four Victoria's Secret models and did one gram off each of their… — Charlie Sheen Copy Share Image
Be patient and gentle with yourself as you continue to learn new ways of eating and living. There is no need for… — Kathy Freston Copy Share Image
He likes a day in the studio to end, he says, "when my knees are all skinned up and my pants are… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
She lay on her back and walked her fingers down her ribs, skipped them over her abdomen, and landed on her pelvic… — Steven Levenkron Copy Share Image
Welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
You are such a chick." I widened my eyes in mock surprise. "No way. Are you sure?" Sighing again, he rubbed at… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
That America is in the calamity is a result of a certain amount of elitism in the Democratic Party where they're tied… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
The most effective way to close down the human mind and to manipulate its sense of self is to program into it… — David Icke Copy Share Image
You said we've got a new page. I figure I've got some say in what gets written on it. So I'm going… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
Data are pointing to very strong growth in the fourth quarter. The pessimistic viewpoint, which has seen its grip on reality slip… — Brian Wesbury Copy Share Image
She smashes her knuckles into winter As autumn's wind fades into black She is the saint of all the sinners, the one… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
There are no pure styles of karate. Purity comes only when pure knuckles meet pure flesh, no matter who delivers or receives. — Ed Parker Copy Share Image
Some people read palms to tell your future, but I read hands to tell your past. Each scar makes a story worth… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
I'm not one of your knockabout, knuckle-scarred, Internet-controversy-courting book critics. Occasionally I stumble into controversy accidentally, but not because I enjoy it.… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“Some guys are the type of people who bring brass knuckles to a fight. I've always thought it prudent to bring some… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image