Back When Quotes

334 quotes by 290 authors

We [The Replacements] never made any money on tour. None of us came out of the school of economics. We took it for granted that… — Paul Westerberg
A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain. — Robert Frost
I've actually had a melody on my guitar since the day I learned how to play it, back when I was 7. And for some… — Miley Cyrus
So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work in Full Metal… — Vincent D'Onofrio
A few years back, when my style was 'punk grandma,' I picked up an amazing pair of sandals - orthopaedic ones, with really thick soles.… — Beth Ditto
Back when I lived in Brooklyn, I'd sometimes take the Q train all the way out to Coney Island and back, and work on my… — Joshua Foer
I had to say no to 'Fantasy Island' back when I was doing 'Bosom Buddies.' — Tom Hanks
As a black man, you run from the cops. It's different now, but back when I was coming up, you run. — Rodney King
What the heck is true love? I remember feeling, back when I was 12 and 'going' with this girl, 'Is this true love?' — Matthew McConaughey
No matter how much you think you love somebody, you'll step back when the pool of their blood edges up too close. — Chuck Palahniuk
In fact you've got your hands tied behind your back when somebody chooses to take a low road in to you, there is nothing you… — Robert Redford
Back when I taught middle school and wrote adult mysteries, my students often asked me why I wasn't writing for kids. I never had a… — Rick Riordan
A very beautiful young woman once asked me to sign her breasts. That was back when I was a hip young thing - it's been… — Will Self
That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is out walking one wants not to go back the way… — Gertrude Stein
I had a very insightful friend who warned me back when I stopped reading scripts, 'It's easier to change directions while you're still moving.' If… — Debra Winger
...prodigal summer, the season of extravagant procreation. It could wear out everything in its path with its passionate excesses, but nothing alive with wings or… — Barbara Kingsolver
Guilt is a good friend, isn't it? It will stand at your back when every other friend has abandoned you, and in the face of… — Holly Lisle
When I say something like "back when I was in high school," I usually mean: "back when I was supposed to be in high school. — Carlton Mellick III
Why would we ever want to go back when your world is so accommodating with your telephones and your guns and what's that sticky stuff… — Cornelia Funke
The end of a gun looks very big and very back when it's staring you in the face. — Lilith Saintcrow

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