Floor Quotes
1364 Floor quotes by 1023 unique authors
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Architecture has its own realm. It has a special physical relationship with life. I do not think of it primarily as either a message or…
— Peter Zumthor
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I must fling myself down and writhe; I must strive with every piece of force I possess; I bruise and batter myself against the floor,…
— Harry Houdini
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All writers - all people - have their stores of private and family legends which lie like a collection of half-forgotten, often violent toys on…
— V. S. Pritchett
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My alma mater is the Chicago Public Library. I got what little educational foundation I got in the third-floor reading room, under the tutelage of…
— David Mamet
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The minute you begin to have doubts, the floor under your feet starts to shake.
— Kobo Abe
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He doesn't make it so complicated but just really allows the lyric to come through even though there's a lot of production going on. I…
— Deborah Cox
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I can't wait to be back on the dance floor. I feel really good about it.
— Paula Abdul
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When mothers talk about the depression of the empty nest, they're not mourning the passing of all those wet towels on the floor, or the…
— Erma Bombeck
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News reports can overwhelm us. We can be appalled, we can sympathise. But what is hard to grasp is the sense that, at this moment,…
— Ralph Fiennes
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When you are dealing with a child, keep all your wits about you, and sit on the floor.
— Austin O'Malley
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In the realm of culture in America, white European culture has held the floor for centuries; just as with any one-sided conversation, a balance can…
— David Mura
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Certainly something had happened to me during the night. Or after months of tension I had arrived at the edge of some precipice and now…
— Elena Ferrante
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Our labor unions are not narrow, self-seeking groups. They have raised wages, shortened hours, and provided supplemental benefits. Through collective bargaining and grievance procedures, they…
— John F. Kennedy
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You can't fall off the floor.
— Paul the Apostle
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The rule of thumb for the old backpacking was that the weight of your pack should equal the weight of yourself and the kitchen range…
— Patrick F. McManus
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On the floor, and hanging on to the bar, squatted an old man, immobile as an object. His years had reduced and polished him as…
— Jorge Luis Borges
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I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ. Slit me at my belly and it might slide out, meaty and dark, drop on…
— Gillian Flynn
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The best part of basketball, for those people on the inside, is the bus going to the airport after you've won a game on an…
— Phil Jackson
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As far as I was concerned, the Panthers were 'baaaaaad.' The Party was more than bad; it was bodacious. The sheer audacity of walking onto…
— Assata Shakur
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Tied one on last night. Not feeling great this morning. I was trying to sleep it off, unfortunately, it was on the casino floor.
— George Lopez
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My favorite optimist was an American who jumped off the Empire State Building, and as he passed the 42nd floor, the window washers heard him…
— John McGahern
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I mopped the floor with my hairThe reason I’m so interested in taking my body to those extreme places is that that’s a place where…
— Janine Antoni
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On the floor I am more at ease,
— Jackson Pollock
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On the hob was a little brass kettle, hissing and boiling; spread upon the floor was a warm, thick rug; before the fire was a…
— Frances Hodgson Burnett
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The mountains paralleled the valley and the snowy peaks were extending with fall to the valley floor.
— Thomas McGuane
Who Wrote These Floor Quotes
1,023 authors contributed a total of 1,364 Floor Quotes, led by these top contributors: