Floor Quotes
1364 Floor quotes by 1023 unique authors
-
At first, the new owner pretends he never looked at the living room floor.
— Chuck Palahniuk
-
And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word.
— Dorothy Parker
-
I shook so that it was some time before I realized that he was shaking too, and for the same reason. I don't know how…
— Diana Gabaldon
-
But before he went loopy he was the life and soul of the party," said Fred. "He used to down an entire bottle of firewhiskey,…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
-
If you have to dry the dishes (Such an awful boring chore) If you have to dry the dishes ('Stead of going to the store)…
— Shel Silverstein
-
With blue vinyl-tile floor, pale-green wainscoating, pink walls, a yellow ceiling, and orange-and-white stork-patterned drapes, the expectant fathers' lounge churned with the negative energy of…
— Dean Koontz
-
It was pleasant to wake up in Florence, to open the eyes upon a bright bare room, with a floor of red tiles which look…
— E. M. Forster
-
There weren't any curtains in the windows, and the books that didn't fit into the bookshelf lay piled on the floor like a bunch of…
— Haruki Murakami
-
Lost love is still love. It takes a different form, that's all. You can't see their smile or bring them food or tousle their hair…
— Mitch Albom
-
Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by Seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy…
— Edgar Allan Poe
-
But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure, then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness…
— Khalil Gibran
-
He snorted and hit me in the solar plexus. I bent over and took hold of the room with both hands and spun it. When…
— Raymond Chandler
-
Hugh and I have been together for so long that in order to arouse extraordinary passion, we need to engage in physical combat. Once, he…
— David Sedaris
-
I’ve got a magic charm That I keep up my sleeve, I can walk the ocean floor And never have to breathe.
— Maya Angelou
-
Surely everyone is aware of the divine pleasures which attend a wintry fireside; candles at four o'clock, warm hearthrugs, tea, a fair tea-maker, shutters closed,…
— Thomas de Quincey
-
And I despise your books, I despise wisdom and the blessings of this world. It is all worthless, fleeting, illusory, and deceptive, like a mirage.…
— Anton Chekhov
-
The men on the trading floor may not have been to school, but they have Ph.D.’s in man’s ignorance.
— Michael Lewis
-
Perhaps you are thinking: 'But a tank costs several million dollars, not including floor mats. I don't have that kind of money.' Don't be silly.…
— Dave Barry
-
And would it have been worth it, after all, Would it have been worth while, After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets,…
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
-
I'm doing one of three things: I'm writing. I'm staring out the window. Or I'm writhing on the floor.
— Thomas Harris
-
Eric moved the broom experimentally and made an attempt to sweep the glass into the pan while it lay in the middle of the floor.…
— Charlaine Harris
-
Above us our palace waits, the only one I've ever needed. Its walls are space, its floor is sky, its center everywhere. We rise; the…
— Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
-
Look...at...me..." he whispered. The green eyes found the black, but after a second, something in the depths of the dark pair seemed to vanish, leaving…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
-
I really think I write about everyday life. I don't think I'm quite as odd as others say I am. Life is intrinsically, well, boring…
— Edward Gorey
-
But deep down she said to herself, Franz maybe strong, but his strength is directed outward; when it comes to the people he lives with,…
— Milan Kundera
Who Wrote These Floor Quotes
1,023 authors contributed a total of 1,364 Floor Quotes, led by these top contributors: