Cringing Quotes

18 quotes by 18 authors

Let's get up off our knees, stop cringing before bogeymen and virtual fathers, face reality, and help science to do something constructive about human suffering. — Richard Dawkins
I did come up with the term "sack" to describe the devastation I was bringing on the poor, cringing quarterbacks in the NFL. "Sack the… — Deacon Jones
The idea that it is funny to see wild animals coerced into acting like clumsy humans, or thrilling to see powerful beasts reduced to cringing… — Desmond Morris
I do not want to see any of the people cringing supplicants for the favor of the Government, when they should all be independent masters… — Calvin Coolidge
It seems strange that the Mother of the race should be made the Slave of the Fruits of her Womb. It appears peculiar that she… — Hilton Hotema
My existence from day to day has become a matter of averting my eyes, of cringing. Death is the only truth left. Death is what… — J M Coetzee
It's really good to be able to think about past loves without having a pit in my stomach, or cringing or feeling heart-broken, or like… — Winona Ryder
It is a truism to say that the dog is largely what his master makes of him: he can be savage and dangerous, untrustworthy, cringing… — Ranulph Fiennes
The Saga of Dharmapuri is one of the great works of modern Indian literature. (...) Set against Vijayan's heroic and scatological Candide -- originally written… — David Selbourne
The referee jumped in too late in my opinion. He's the champion and he's got to be given every chance, but a lot of people… — Carl Froch
History teaches us no race, no people, no nation has ever been freed through cowardice, through cringing, through bowing and scraping, but all that has… — Marcus Garvey
If I was talking to someone face-to-face I would always be clear, but with something like Snapchat, you need to keep the flirty banter going;otherwise… — Holly Carpenter
I donâ€™t go back and look at my early work, because the last time I did, many years ago, it left me cringing. If one… — Lorrie Moore
Desi, Desi, Desi what am I going to do with you? (Kyrian) Don't you dare take that flippant tone with me! (Desiderius) Why ever not?… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Sing!" Grandpa Smedry yelled, his voice echoing down a hallway to the right."Sing!" If he breaks into song I think I might have to strangle… — Brandon Sanderson
Don't look back until you've written an entire draft, just begin each day from the last sentence you wrote the preceding day. This prevents those… — Will Self
He knew how to handle pain. You had to lie down with pain, not draw back away from it. You let yourself sort of move… — James Jones
Rhoda comes now, having slipped in while we were not looking. She must have made a tortuous course, taking cover now behind a waiter, now… — Virginia Woolf

Who Wrote These Cringing Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 18 Cringing Quotes as follows: