Deck Quotes

198 quotes by 176 authors

Every spirit passing through the world fingers the tangible and mars the mutable and finally has come to look and not to buy. So shoes… — Marilynne Robinson
One of the world's most tiresome questions is what object one would bring to a desert island,because people always answer "a deck of cards" or… — Daniel Handler
Like fanning through a deck of cards, my mind flashes on the thousand chances, trivial to profound, that converged to re-create this place. Any arbitrary… — Frances Mayes
One day we'll sit and you'll lay it out on the table, neat like a solitaire deck, but now - why, you can't find all… — John Steinbeck
I am ready to disclaim my opinion, even of yesterday, even of 10 minutes ago, because all opinions are relative. One lives in a field… — Peter Brook
All afternoon in the deck chair, I try to describe to my notebook the colors of the water and sky. How to translate sunlight into… — Frances Mayes
Why did people run around in random directions when shooting started instead of literally hitting the deck to stay out of the line of fire?… — Cheyenne McCray
That sucks, though," Wes said finally, his voice low. "You're just setting yourself up to fail, because you'll never get everything perfect." "Says who?" He… — Sarah Dessen
If I take a tumble, I'll mae quite a splash, but at least I won't smash against the deck and make a mess. Still be… — L.A. Meyer
Not crazy in a 'let's paint the kitchen bright red!' sort of way. But crazy in a 'gas oven, toothpaste sandwich, I am God' sort… — Augusten Burroughs
Do you know the only value life has is what life puts upon itself? And it is of course overestimated, for it is of necessity… — Jack London
If the cards are stacked against you, reshuffle the deck. — John D. MacDonald
You never know beforehand what people are capable of, you have to wait, give it time, it's time that rules, time is our gambling partner… — Jose Saramago
Maybe I can put it another way... Life, Charlie Brown, is like a deck chair." "Like a what?" "Have you ever been on a cruise… — Charles M. Schulz
You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense. — Napoleon Bonaparte
I'll walk you back,"he said with such apparently boundless amiability that Diana wanted to deck him. "That isn't necessary," she began as her hand was… — Nora Roberts
Once, she'd been a pro at decompressing, loved to sit on the back deck of the beach house in one of our splintery Adirondack chairs… — Sarah Dessen
When every card in the deck is stacked against you, the only way to win a hand is to break the rules. You beg, borrow,… — Paul Auster
Curran and I mixed about as well as glycerin and nitric acid: put us together, shake a bit, and hit the deck as we exploded. — Ilona Andrews
We're standing on the deck that's all wooden like the deck of a ship. There's fuzz on it, little bundles. Grandma says it's some kind… — Emma Donoghue

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