Cricket Quotes

363 Cricket quotes by 207 unique authors

By the time I was a young man, I lived with two deep struggles: I longed to become a cricketer, and I performed miserably in… — Ravi Zacharias
At the international level, one has to keep working hard and develop new skills. International cricket is all about improving yourself. — Suresh Raina
My job is to perform, enjoy cricket and thank God for whatever he has given me. — Suresh Raina
A heap of broken images, where the sun beats, And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief, And the dry stone no… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Around us the night creatures have their say. We are surrounded by a symphony of crickets and frogs. Neither of us feels the need to… — Libba Bray
It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavors look interesting and lively; that was merely… — Bill Bryson
And I will find some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,/ Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings... — William Butler Yeats
The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity. — George Bernard Shaw
Once I spoke the language of the flowers, Once I understood each word the caterpillar said, Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of… — Shel Silverstein
Silence And a deeper silence When the crickets Hesitate — Leonard Cohen
I thought that the world was a vast system of signs, a conversation between giant beings. My actions, the cricket's saw, the star's blink, were… — Octavio Paz
There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees… — Louisa May Alcott
Theophilus Crowe's mobile phone played eight bars of "Tangled Up in Blue" in an irritating electronic voice that sounded like a choir of suffering houseflies,… — Christopher Moore
Sometimes, Soraya Sleeping next to me, I lay in bed and listened to the screen door swinging open and shut with the breeze, to the… — Khaled Hosseini
Then I could not help wondering what the watching gods thought of us, with our clever masks and our jokes. What we think of crickets,… — Gene Wolfe
The Little Mute Boy The little boy was looking for his voice. (The king of the crickets had it.) In a drop of water the… — Federico Garcia Lorca
Her eyes were distant, and she seemed to be listening to that voice that first told her the story, a mother, sister, or aunt. Then… — Shannon Hale
Dad, you played rounders with me, even though you hated it and wished I'd take up cricket. You learned how to keep a stamp collecion… — Jenny Downham
It occurs to me that cricket is not the true sport in London - gossip is. — Libba Bray
Hour of Stars (1920) The round silence of night, one note on the stave of the infinite. Ripe with lost poems, I step naked into… — Federico Garcia Lorca
The sound universe is also spectacular around here. In the evenings there's a cricket orchestra with frogs providing the bass line. In the dead of… — Elizabeth Gilbert
My sister had taught me to look at the world that way, as a place that glitters, as a place where the calls of the… — Cynthia Kadohata
What gives a wriggle And makes you giggle When you eat'em? Whose weensy little feet Make my heart really beat? Why, it's those little creepy… — Kathryn Lasky
It's Thursday afternoon, and we have sports. These are the choices for the girls: watching an invitational cricket game; studying in one of the classrooms;… — Melina Marchetta
Having a sister or a friend is like sitting at night in a lighted house. Those outside can watch you if they want, but you… — Marilynne Robinson

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