Buttons Quotes

425 Buttons quotes by 359 unique authors

it occurred to me what a simple thing reality is, how easy it is to make it work. It's just reality. Just housework. Just a… — Haruki Murakami
Every human being on the face of the earth has a steel plate in his head, but if you lie down now and then and… — Sue Monk Kidd
You may turn into an archangel, a fool, or a criminal—no one will see it. But when a button is missing—everyone sees that. — Erich Maria Remarque
Arthur Dent: What happens if I press this button? Ford Prefect: I wouldn't- Arthur Dent: Oh. Ford Prefect: What happened? Arthur Dent: A sign lit… — Douglas Adams
Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it.… — Khaled Hosseini
i remember we all cried like the Missouri when my Uncle Sol's coffin lurched because somebody pressed a button (and down went my uncle Sol… — E E Cummings
we can learn to trust our maternal selves and to have faith in the innate goodness and purity of our children - even when we… — Katrina Kenison
It's supposed to be automatic, but actually you have to push this button. — John Brunner
When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do… — James Dean
Mother, whose heart hung humble as a button the bright splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep. War is kind. — Stephen Crane
It's so quiet this high up, the feeling you get is that you're one of those space monkeys. You do the little job you're trained… — Chuck Palahniuk
What is technology?" Cian pulled his brother inside, pushed the button for the next floor. "It's another god. — Nora Roberts
We lose weeks like buttons, like pencils. — Dave Eggers
The moth settled onto the curtain and sat still. It was an astonishing creature, with black and white wings patterned in geometric shapes, scarlet underwings,… — Barbara Kingsolver
Okay, okay, okay. I understood that pushing the elevator button over and over again would not make the elevator appear sooner. But I couldn't help… — James Patterson
Ain't all buttons and charts, little albatross. Know what the first rule of flying is? Well I s'pose you do, since you already know what… — Joss Whedon
(to Foaly) Captain Short's life is in danger, so push the button before I climb that tower and push it with your face! — Eoin Colfer
He'd changed since the last summer. Instead of Bermuda shorts and a T-shirt, he wore a button-down shirt, khaki pants, and leather loafers. His sandy… — Rick Riordan
Heart may still be the fire in hearth but I'm suddenly too cold to continue, and besides, there's no hearth here anyway and it's the… — Mark Z. Danielewski
When people can do something simple to avoid conflict--say, hit a button or unlock a latch--they'll generally do it. — Keith Ablow
Well, at least I’m not a stubborn, button-pushing, Prius-driving, chip-on-your-shoulder-holding, ‘stay-at-home-mom’-is-the-eighth-dirty-word-thinking feminazi! — Julie James
J.D. cleared his throat and pushed the button on the intercom. “Uh, Payton, hi. It’s J.D.” Dead silence. Then another crackle. “Sorry. Not interested.” Cute.… — Julie James
I see you're looking at my cuff buttons." I hadn't been looking at them, but I did now. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Now Coraline," said Miss Spink, "what's your name?" "Coraline," said Coraline. "And we don't know each other, do we?" Coraline looked at the thin young… — Neil Gaiman
He had tried to explain the way he felt to Danny once, about compulsive behavior and time rushing too fast and the Internet and drugs.… — Joe Hill

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