Booby Quotes
22 quotes by 20 authors
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As for the pyramids, there is nothing to wonder at in them so much as the fact that so many men could be found degraded…
— Henry David Thoreau
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The authority of the civil defense ... issued a warning to the civilian population not to pick up any of those pencils because they are…
— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
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I am not talking about the American people and the British people, I am talking about those mercenaries. ... They have started throwing those pencils,…
— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
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Scooby snack. Jurassic. Plastic. Gas. Booby Trap
— Ghostface Killah
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God help the teacher, if a man of sensibility and genius, when a booby father presents him with his booby son, and insists on lighting…
— Robert Burns
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Religion is not the hero of the day, but the zero. In any exposition of the products of brains, the Sunday-School takes the booby prize.…
— Marilla Ricker
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There are two distinct sorts of what we call bashfulness; this, the awkwardness of a booby, which a few steps into the world will convert…
— Henry Mackenzie
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It would be beautiful to photograph the winners of everything from Nobel to booby prize, clutching trophy, or money or certificate, solemn or smiling or…
— Diane Arbus
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The experience of oppressed people is that the living of one’s life is confined and shaped by forces and barriers which are not accidental or…
— Marilyn Frye
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In life, understanding is the booby prize.
— Werner Erhard
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Everybody nose dive, hold your breath, count to five. Back slap, booby trap, cover it up in bubble wrap. Room shake, earth quake, find a…
— Peter Gabriel
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Vietnam helped me to look at the horror and terror in the hearts of people and realize how we can't aim guns and set booby…
— Yusef Komunyakaa
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One of the booby traps of freedom - which is bordered on all sides by isolation - is that we think so well of ourselves.…
— Saul Bellow
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The science of booby-trapping has taken a good deal of the fun out of following hot on the enemy's heels.
— A J Liebling
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In any war story, but especially a true one, it's difficult to separate what happened from what seemed to happen. What seems to happen becomes…
— Tim O'Brien
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She poked him in the center of his chest with two fingers to punctuate her words. “You are an unfeelingâ€â€”poke —“traitorousâ€â€”poke—“mistrustingâ€â€”poke—“rudeâ€â€”poke —“booby!†Every poke turned…
— Gail Carriger
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Excuse me, Abigail, but whose shift did she get away during?' Townsend asked with a glare. 'Excuse me, Townsend, but who was supposed to booby-trap…
— Ally Carter
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In one afternoon, my entire life shattered and then all of a sudden this great guy comes along like some mythical knight in shining armor.…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put together. We are so proud of our autonomy that we…
— Saul Bellow
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I'm disappointed in women who feel the need to post a booby picture in order get attention! I would rather be last in the popularity…
— Stella
Who Wrote These Booby Quotes
20 authors contributed a total of 22 Booby Quotes as follows: