Cocked Quotes
43 quotes by 43 authors
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A cat has a reputation to protect. If it had a halo, it would be worn cocked to one side.
— Will Durant
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My bazooka is locked, cocked, and ready to unload.
— Triple H
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I'll always be grateful for the dream season of 1986. In a corner of my mind I will stand forever with my bat cocked, waiting…
— Gary Carter
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If you want to get a sensual thunderbolt then you have got to be cocked, locked and ready to rock, doc. I find that whole…
— Ted Nugent
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It slid away from his left boot which was poised with the trigger cocked
— Barry Davies
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It's better to go into the world half-cocked than not to go into the world at all.
— James Hillman
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The sun is shining, mynah birds are chattering, palm trees are swaying, so what. I'm in the hospital and I'm healthy. My heart is beating…
— Kaui Hart Hemmings
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...dreadful birds, dressed in red with breasts of silver buttons, and cocked heads and sharp mouths, looking for guilt like berries on a bush.
— Hannah Kent
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To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.
— George Santayana
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A birdie with a yellow bill Hoped upon the window sill, Cocked his shining eye and said: 'Ain't you 'shamed, you sleepy-'ead?
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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Roarke's brow cocked as he noted Casto take in the black satin that slithered over Eve's body. In the manner of men or unfriendly male…
— Nora Roberts
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The things that brought me the most comfort now were too small to list. Raspberries in cream. Sparrows with cocked heads. Shadows of bare limbs…
— Elizabeth Berg
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Da, hes waiting for me to tell the two of you our news first, then he'll join me." He cocked a dark brow at her.…
— P. C. Cast
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I smashed his hand as hard as I could with the Wiffle bat. "Ow!" he screamed. Carson was rubbing his red palm, inspecting it for…
— Rachel Vail
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Dachshunds have their own agenda and can be stubborn about seeing their plans through to completion. What Rosie lacked in consistency, she made up for…
— Mary Doria Russell
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Look, Chief, you can't go off half-cocked looking for vengeance against a fish. That shark isn't evil. It's not a murderer. It's just obeying its…
— Peter Benchley
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He lay on his back in his blankets and looked our where the quartermoon lay cocked over the heel of the mountains. In the false…
— Cormac McCarthy
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Why, sir," said he, looking about him, "what splendour I see: gold lace, breeches, cocked hats. Allow me to recommend a sandwich. And would you…
— Patrick O'Brian
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He cocked his head to the side. "Did he die well?" "He died screaming." Charlotte's bluntness startled Tessa. "What a beautiful thing to hear.
— Cassandra Clare
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Ah? A small aversion to menial labor?" The doctor cocked an eyebrow. "Understandable, but misplaced. One should treasure those hum-drum tasks that keep the body…
— Tad Williams
Who Wrote These Cocked Quotes
43 authors contributed a total of 43 Cocked Quotes, led by these top contributors: