--- title: "9 Matchsticks Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Matchsticks quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Matchsticks sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/494/alain-de-botton-221_building_let-death-find-us-as-we-are-building-up_2271396.jpg" --- > [Let death find us as we are building up our matchstick protests against its waves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-de-botton/let-death-find-us-as-we-are-building-up-our-matchstick-protests/) [Alain de Botton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-de-botton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/494/alain-de-botton-221_building_let-death-find-us-as-we-are-building-up_2271396.jpg) > [“A minimum of two matchsticks must be added.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-grabarchuk-family/a-minimum-of-two-matchsticks-must-be-added/) [The Grabarchuk Family](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-grabarchuk-family/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/the-grabarchuk-family-282382_added_a-minimum-of-two-matchsticks-must-be-add_500359.jpg) > [For God's sake, Marks, do you think anyone really wants a glance at those dried-up matchsticks you call legs?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/for-god-s-sake-marks-do-you-think-anyone-really-wants-a-glance-at/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/lisa-kleypas-111_glances_for-god-s-sake-marks-do-you-think-anyone_2551527.png) > [I have no intention of watching undersized Englishmen perched on horses with matchstick legs race along courses planned to amuse Nell Gwynn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-harding/i-have-no-intention-of-watching-undersized-englishmen-perched-on/) [Gilbert Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-harding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb9/gilbert-harding-72106_courses_i-have-no-intention-of-watching-undersiz_2041452.png) > [If any good comes out of the current famine in the Horn of Africa - amidst the pictures of mothers carrying dying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josette-sheeran/if-any-good-comes-out-of-the-current-famine-in-the-horn-of-africa/) [Josette Sheeran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josette-sheeran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/614/josette-sheeran-39378_access_if-any-good-comes-out-of-the-current-fam_2441586.jpg) > [You don’t get it, do you?" I said. “It’s not a question of ‘what then’. Some people get a kick out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-don-t-get-it-do-you-i-said-it-s-not-a-question-of-what-then-some/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d3/haruki-murakami-21_boat_you-don-t-get-it-do-you-i-said-it-s-not_64134.jpg) > [Atheists blame religion when priests do wrong. Anything can be misused, whether it is nuclear power or a matchstick. So, how can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/asghar-ali-engineer/atheists-blame-religion-when-priests-do-wrong-anything-can-be-misused/) [Asghar Ali Engineer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/asghar-ali-engineer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/413/asghar-ali-engineer-24322_atheist_atheists-blame-religion-when-priests-do_2319431.jpg) > [I don't smoke but I keep a match box in my pocket, when my heart slips towards sin, I burn the matchstick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-don-t-smoke-but-i-keep-a-match-box-in-my-pocket-when-my-heart-slips/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efa/muhammad-ali-386_bears_i-don-t-smoke-but-i-keep-a-match-box-in_1541693.jpg) > [In the camp, this meant committing my verse-many thousands of lines-to memory. To help me with this I improvised decimal counting beads…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandr-solzhenitsyn/in-the-camp-this-meant-committing-my-verse-many-thousands-of-lines-to/) [Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandr-solzhenitsyn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/aleksandr-solzhenitsyn-671_beads_in-the-camp-this-meant-committing-my-ver_2430421.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/matchsticks/#itemlist", "name": "Matchsticks Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let death find us as we are building up our matchstick protests against its waves.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alain de Botton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-de-botton/let-death-find-us-as-we-are-building-up-our-matchstick-protests/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/494/alain-de-botton-221_building_let-death-find-us-as-we-are-building-up_2271396.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/494/alain-de-botton-221_building_let-death-find-us-as-we-are-building-up_2271396.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/494/alain-de-botton-221_building_let-death-find-us-as-we-are-building-up_2271396.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Let death find us as we are building up our matchstick protests against its waves.” — Alain de Botton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A minimum of two matchsticks must be added.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Grabarchuk Family" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-grabarchuk-family/a-minimum-of-two-matchsticks-must-be-added/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/the-grabarchuk-family-282382_added_a-minimum-of-two-matchsticks-must-be-add_500359.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/the-grabarchuk-family-282382_added_a-minimum-of-two-matchsticks-must-be-add_500359.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/the-grabarchuk-family-282382_added_a-minimum-of-two-matchsticks-must-be-add_500359.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A minimum of two matchsticks must be added.” — The Grabarchuk Family", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For God's sake, Marks, do you think anyone really wants a glance at those dried-up matchsticks you call legs?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lisa Kleypas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/for-god-s-sake-marks-do-you-think-anyone-really-wants-a-glance-at/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/lisa-kleypas-111_glances_for-god-s-sake-marks-do-you-think-anyone_2551527.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/lisa-kleypas-111_glances_for-god-s-sake-marks-do-you-think-anyone_2551527.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/lisa-kleypas-111_glances_for-god-s-sake-marks-do-you-think-anyone_2551527.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For God's sake, Marks, do you think anyone really wants a glance at those dried-up matchsticks you call legs?” — Lisa Kleypas", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have no intention of watching undersized Englishmen perched on horses with matchstick legs race along courses planned to amuse Nell Gwynn.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gilbert Harding" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-harding/i-have-no-intention-of-watching-undersized-englishmen-perched-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb9/gilbert-harding-72106_courses_i-have-no-intention-of-watching-undersiz_2041452.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb9/gilbert-harding-72106_courses_i-have-no-intention-of-watching-undersiz_2041452.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb9/gilbert-harding-72106_courses_i-have-no-intention-of-watching-undersiz_2041452.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have no intention of watching undersized Englishmen perched on horses with matchstick legs race along…” — Gilbert Harding", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If any good comes out of the current famine in the Horn of Africa - 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To help me with this I improvised decimal counting beads and, in transit prisons, broke up matchsticks and used the fragments as tallies. As I approached the end of my sentences I grew more confident of my powers of memory, and began writing down and memorizing prose-dialogue at first, but then, bit by bit, whole densely written passages. My memory found room for them! It worked. 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