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title: "165 Sponges Quotes by 143 authors"
description: "Browse 165 Sponges quotes by 143 authors. Discover the best Sponges sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04c/lawrence-tierney-44213_sponges_a-sponge-sees-everything-a-sponge-sees-n_1455900.jpg"
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> [A sponge sees everything? A sponge sees nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-tierney/a-sponge-sees-everything-a-sponge-sees-nothing/)

[Lawrence Tierney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-tierney/)

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> [I do not drink more than a sponge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-rabelais/i-do-not-drink-more-than-a-sponge/)

[Francois Rabelais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-rabelais/)

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> [Try to be a filter, not a sponge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-chbosky/try-to-be-a-filter-not-a-sponge/)

[Stephen Chbosky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-chbosky/)

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> [“Because sponges never have a bad day.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/because-sponges-never-have-a-bad-day/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [I don't like tofu. I'd sooner eat a sponge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-browne/i-don-t-like-tofu-i-d-sooner-eat-a-sponge/)

[Sylvia Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-browne/)

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> [Come on, is your heart a sponge or a fist?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-a-obreht/come-on-is-your-heart-a-sponge-or-a-fist/)

[Tea Obreht](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-a-obreht/)

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> [Are you a philosopher? Where's your sponge?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/are-you-a-philosopher-where-s-your-sponge/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

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> [Take you me for a sponge?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/take-you-me-for-a-sponge/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Children are like sponges; they start to smell after a little while.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-p-cleary/children-are-like-sponges-they-start-to-smell-after-a-little-while/)

[Brian P. Cleary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-p-cleary/)

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> [I’ve always been a sponge, just absorbing whatever I see, whether it’s in daily life or in art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tomi-ungerer/i-ve-always-been-a-sponge-just-absorbing-whatever-i-see-whether-it-s/)

[Tomi Ungerer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tomi-ungerer/)

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> [I'm not a sponge exactly, but I find that something I look at is a great opportunity for ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-stewart/i-m-not-a-sponge-exactly-but-i-find-that-something-i-look-at-is-a/)

[Martha Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-stewart/)

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> [I will do anything ... ere I'll be married to a sponge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-will-do-anything-ere-i-ll-be-married-to-a-sponge/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [American English is essentially English after having been wiped off with a dirty sponge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/american-english-is-essentially-english-after-having-been-wiped-off/)

[J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/)

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> [I told my doctor I got water on my knee, he gave me a sponge and raised his fee!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-dangerfield/i-told-my-doctor-i-got-water-on-my-knee-he-gave-me-a-sponge-and/)

[Rodney Dangerfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-dangerfield/)

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> [He felt like an old sponge steeped in paraffin and left in the sun to dry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/he-felt-like-an-old-sponge-steeped-in-paraffin-and-left-in-the-sun-to/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

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> [Do you ever wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/do-you-ever-wonder-how-much-deeper-the-ocean-would-be-without-sponges/)

[Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/)

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> [He could feel the pores of his body open like a million mouths and slurp the water in like a sponge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/he-could-feel-the-pores-of-his-body-open-like-a-million-mouths-and/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [When you listen, you learn. You absorb like a sponge and your life becomes so much better than when you are just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-spielberg/when-you-listen-you-learn-you-absorb-like-a-sponge-and-your-life/)

[Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-spielberg/)

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> [It's a sponge and I'm a sponge and for a second there all our sponge parts are one and I don't just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/it-s-a-sponge-and-i-m-a-sponge-and-for-a-second-there-all-our-sponge/)

[Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/)

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> [When working on and writing a film, I'm often more of a sponge than other times, aware of what's going on around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-sachs/when-working-on-and-writing-a-film-i-m-often-more-of-a-sponge-than/)

[Ira Sachs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-sachs/)

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> [Children, in a way, are constant learners. Certainly sponge-like. Absorbing everything without careful analysis, even though, at the same time, they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yo-yo-ma/children-in-a-way-are-constant-learners-certainly-sponge-like/)

[Yo-Yo Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yo-yo-ma/)

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> [... I looked through the car's rear window for a final wave, and it felt like someone had invaded my chest and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-tayleur/i-looked-through-the-car-s-rear-window-for-a-final-wave-and-it-felt/)

[Karen Tayleur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-tayleur/)

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> [An author never has a vacation. He's a walking sponge, sopping up impressions till he's saturated, then going to his desk and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-ames-williams/an-author-never-has-a-vacation-he-s-a-walking-sponge-sopping-up/)

Ben Ames Williams

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> [Your mind is like a sponge, in the sense that it would come in handy when cleaning off a countertop or something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/demetri-martin/your-mind-is-like-a-sponge-in-the-sense-that-it-would-come-in-handy/)

[Demetri Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/demetri-martin/)

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> [I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/i-am-not-overly-impressed-by-the-great-names-and-reputations-of-those/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

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> [A mind devoid of prepossessions is likely to be devoid of all mental furniture. And the historian who thinks that he can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-johnson/a-mind-devoid-of-prepossessions-is-likely-to-be-devoid-of-all-mental/)

[Allen Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-johnson/)

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> [I think it's absolutely essential to encourage creativity. I think we come in as these wide-eyed sponges, ready to create and absorb…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audra-mcdonald/i-think-it-s-absolutely-essential-to-encourage-creativity-i-think-we/)

[Audra McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audra-mcdonald/)

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> [I love to surround myself with people who are the best at what they do. My idea is I want to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kreesha-turner/i-love-to-surround-myself-with-people-who-are-the-best-at-what-they/)

[Kreesha Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kreesha-turner/)

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> [Most sponges in the ocean are sedentary: They attach themselves to a rock and sit and filter-feed the rest of their lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hillenburg/most-sponges-in-the-ocean-are-sedentary-they-attach-themselves-to-a/)

[Stephen Hillenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hillenburg/)

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> [It's my job to look at other people's humanity and it's my job to, 24/7, look at my life and listen to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/it-s-my-job-to-look-at-other-people-s-humanity-and-it-s-my-job-to-24/)

[Quentin Tarantino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-tarantino/)

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> [Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings what need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/who-reads-incessantly-and-to-his-reading-brings-not-a-spirit-and-3/)

[John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/)

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> [And when that bad news washes over you and that pain sponges in, I just hope you feel like you've always got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-pasricha/and-when-that-bad-news-washes-over-you-and-that-pain-sponges-in-i/)

[Neil Pasricha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-pasricha/)

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> [Do you take me for a sponge, my lord? hamlet: Ay, sir; that soaks up the king's countenance, his rewards, his authorities.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/do-you-take-me-for-a-sponge-my-lord-hamlet-ay-sir-that-soaks-up-the/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [“A multitude of harlequin lifeforms bobbed and twirled and played in the depths of the Atlantic. Pink cucumbers with thorny backs. Algae.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-vander-ark/a-multitude-of-harlequin-lifeforms-bobbed-and-twirled-and-played-in/)

[Jake Vander Ark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-vander-ark/)

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> [I devoured hot-dogs in Baltimore 'way back in 1886, and they were then very far from newfangled...They contained precisely the same rubber,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/i-devoured-hot-dogs-in-baltimore-way-back-in-1886-and-they-were-then/)

[H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/)

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> [Wander a whole summer if you can. Thousands of God's blessings will search you and soak you as if you were a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/wander-a-whole-summer-if-you-can-thousands-of-god-s-blessings-will/)

[John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/)

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> [Frazier soaked it all up like a sponge. When they arrived in Manila it was the same story. Ali poured scorn on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/frazier-soaked-it-all-up-like-a-sponge-when-they-arrived-in-manila-it/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [It reminds me of a string of wet sponges; it reminds me of tattered washing on the line; it reminds me of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/it-reminds-me-of-a-string-of-wet-sponges-it-reminds-me-of-tattered/)

[H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/)

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> [For every grand and finely worded statement by the CEO, the brand is also defined by derisory consumer comments overheard in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-bedbury/for-every-grand-and-finely-worded-statement-by-the-ceo-the-brand-is/)

[Scott Bedbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-bedbury/)

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> [I am willing to believe that my unobtainable sixty seconds within a sponge or a flatworm might not reveal any mental acuity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-jay-gould/i-am-willing-to-believe-that-my-unobtainable-sixty-seconds-within-a/)

[Stephen Jay Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-jay-gould/)

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