--- title: "19 Like Clay Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 19 Like Clay quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Like Clay sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/071/louisa-may-alcott-318_jo-s-boys_having-learned-that-people-cannot-be-mou_2248554.png" --- > [“…having learned that people cannot be moulded like clay…”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/having-learned-that-people-cannot-be-moulded-like-clay/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/071/louisa-may-alcott-318_jo-s-boys_having-learned-that-people-cannot-be-mou_2248554.png) > [“I’m putty in her hands. Out of her hands, I’m more like clay. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/i-m-putty-in-her-hands-out-of-her-hands-i-m-more-like-clay/) [Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee4/jarod-kintz-2_clay_i-m-putty-in-her-hands-out-of-her-hands_2994494.jpg) > [People cannot be molded like clay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/people-cannot-be-molded-like-clay/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/884/louisa-may-alcott-318_clay_people-cannot-be-molded-like-clay-189112_1891127.png) > [I like the clay courts more, everyone knows that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiki-bertens/i-like-the-clay-courts-more-everyone-knows-that/) [Kiki Bertens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiki-bertens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a40/kiki-bertens-15019_clay_i-like-the-clay-courts-more-everyone-kno_1358616.jpg) > [I feel like I can move well on the clay. So if I need to get into a longer rally, I can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-sock/i-feel-like-i-can-move-well-on-the-clay-so-if-i-need-to-get-into-a/) [Jack Sock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-sock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2f/jack-sock-5909_clay_i-feel-like-i-can-move-well-on-the-clay_1469298.jpg) > [ \[The internet\] ought to be like clay, rather than a sculpture that you observe from a distance. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-berners-lee/the-internet-ought-to-be-like-clay-rather-than-a-sculpture-that-you/) [Tim Berners-Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-berners-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/644/tim-berners-lee-3302_artist_the-internet-ought-to-be-like-clay-rathe_1227885.png) > [As an actor, I do not come with preconceived notions. I am like clay that can be moulded or like a sponge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamannaah/as-an-actor-i-do-not-come-with-preconceived-notions-i-am-like-clay/) [Tamannaah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamannaah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/tamannaah-6373_actor_as-an-actor-i-do-not-come-with-preconcei_3231822.jpg) > [“Water doesn’t shape like clay when you move it with your hands. I've spent a lot of time swimming, and none of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/water-doesn-t-shape-like-clay-when-you-move-it-with-your-hands-i-ve/) [Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a66/jarod-kintz-2_art_water-doesn-t-shape-like-clay-when-you-m_1003647.jpg) > [The original lists were probably carved in stone and represented longer periods of time. They contained things like 'Get More Clay. Make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-viscott/the-original-lists-were-probably-carved-in-stone-and-represented/) [David Viscott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-viscott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/david-viscott-17389_clay_the-original-lists-were-probably-carved_1515749.png) > [“Words are like clay. You can have them however you want and mould them whichever way you like, but let your words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gift-gugu-mona/words-are-like-clay-you-can-have-them-however-you-want-and-mould-them/) [Gift Gugu Mona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gift-gugu-mona/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/857/gift-gugu-mona-338_gift-gugu-mona-book_words-are-like-clay-you-can-have-them-ho_865800.jpg) > [One has to be able to twist and change and distort characters, play with them like clay, so everything fits together. Real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-carey/one-has-to-be-able-to-twist-and-change-and-distort-characters-play/) [Peter Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7b/peter-carey-4293_able_one-has-to-be-able-to-twist-and-change-a_458099.jpg) > [“Truth was like clay. Whoever had their hands on the clay could shape it however he wanted. My hands were nowhere near…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chad-zunker/truth-was-like-clay-whoever-had-their-hands-on-the-clay-could-shape/) [Chad Zunker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chad-zunker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf7/chad-zunker-70881_truth_truth-was-like-clay-whoever-had-their-ha_1355465.jpg) > [Creative work is more accurately a machine that digs down and finds stuff, emotional stuff that will someday be raw material that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/creative-work-is-more-accurately-a-machine-that-digs-down-and-finds/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/david-byrne-1206_clay_creative-work-is-more-accurately-a-machi_2155494.jpg) > [“Who should we be trying to make the most proud? Our family? Our friends? Our teachers or bosses? What about the one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-maxon/who-should-we-be-trying-to-make-the-most-proud-our-family-our-friends/) [James D. Maxon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-maxon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ea/james-d-maxon-46980_christian-living_who-should-we-be-trying-to-make-the-most_2044280.jpg) > [“Everything that happens, including humiliations, embarrassments, misfortunes, all has been given like clay, like material for one’s art. One must accept it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/everything-that-happens-including-humiliations-embarrassments/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fb/jorge-luis-borges-275_poetry_everything-that-happens-including-humili_1538826.jpg) > [“There's a unique substance in each one of us. A raw matter known as the child, pure and impressionable, flexible enough to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zohreh-ghahremani/there-s-a-unique-substance-in-each-one-of-us-a-raw-matter-known-as/) [Zohreh Ghahremani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zohreh-ghahremani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/zohreh-ghahremani-38098_children_there-s-a-unique-substance-in-each-one-o_157344.jpg) > [A writer, or any man, must believe that whatever happens to him is an instrument; everything has been given for an end.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/a-writer-or-any-man-must-believe-that-whatever-happens-to-him-is-an/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/jorge-luis-borges-275_accepting_a-writer-or-any-man-must-believe-that-wh_299890.jpg) > [Films and life are like clay, waiting for us to mold it. And when you trust your own insides and that becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-maclaine/films-and-life-are-like-clay-waiting-for-us-to-mold-it-and-when-you/) [Shirley MacLaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-maclaine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b01/shirley-maclaine-1977_achievement_films-and-life-are-like-clay-waiting-for_3193920.jpg) > [“A writer, or any man, must believe that whatever happens to him is an instrument; everything has been given for an end.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/a-writer-or-any-man-must-believe-that-whatever-happens-to-him-is-an-2/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/jorge-luis-borges-275_art_a-writer-or-any-man-must-believe-that-wh_3024186.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-clay/#itemlist", "name": "Like Clay Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“…having learned that people cannot be moulded like clay…”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Louisa May Alcott" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/having-learned-that-people-cannot-be-moulded-like-clay/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/071/louisa-may-alcott-318_jo-s-boys_having-learned-that-people-cannot-be-mou_2248554.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/071/louisa-may-alcott-318_jo-s-boys_having-learned-that-people-cannot-be-mou_2248554.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/071/louisa-may-alcott-318_jo-s-boys_having-learned-that-people-cannot-be-mou_2248554.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“…having learned that people cannot be moulded like clay…” — Louisa May Alcott", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I’m putty in her hands. 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