Flung Quotes

144 Flung quotes by 118 unique authors

I could never fear a God who kept a hell prison-house. No, not though he flung me there because I refused. There is a power… — James Anthony Froude
I think Nature, if she interests herself much about her children, must often feel that, like the miserable Frankenstein, with her experimenting among the elements… — James Anthony Froude
Grover Cleveland declined to participate in character attacks on Blaine . When presented with papers which purported to be extremely damaging to Blaine, he grabbed… — Grover Cleveland
There may be many Big Bangs that happened at various and far-flung locations, each creating its own swelling, spatial expanse, each creating a universe -… — Brian Greene
People in the CIA, they marry each other. They're like actors! We have to travel without much warning to far-flung places, and it's very hard… — Claire Danes
I have been 130 lbs. as well as 215 lbs. I have had blond, strawberry blond, green, pink and purple hair, and none of that… — Beth Ditto
At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities. — Jean Houston
He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions. — Stephen Leacock
Her laughter was a shiny thing, like pewter flung high in the air. — Pat Conroy
Mankind flung its advance agents ever outward, ever outward. Eventually it flung them out into space, into the colorless, tasteless, weightless sea of outwardness without… — Kurt Vonnegut
But there was not a moment when she did not see Carol in her mind, and all she saw, she seemed to see through Carol.… — Patricia Highsmith
Sometimes there aren't words. The silence between us is flung wide as an ocean. But I manage to reach across it, to wrap my arms… — Jodi Picoult
The fortune my spirit is not to be blown into coins of brass and flung to the winds as alms for the poor of the… — Ayn Rand
Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one’s life with pomp and blare, like a gay knight riding down; perhaps it crept to one’s… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
There was something about being in the vicinity of Grahame Coats that always made Fat Charlie (a) speak in cliches and (b) begin to daydream… — Neil Gaiman
To be loved, feelings must be rationed. To love, the doors of hysteria, fantasy, and madness may be flung open. — Anton Szandor LaVey
I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me. People feel with their hearts, Ellen,… — Emily Bronte
I flung open the door. I got a momentary flash of about a hundred and fifteen cats of all sizes and colours scrapping in the… — P.G. Wodehouse
If in some smothering dreams you too could pace Behind the wagon that we flung him in, And watch the white eyes writhing in his… — Wilfred Owen
Let eloquence be flung to the dogs rather than souls be lost. What we want is to win souls. They are not won by flowery… — Charles Spurgeon
Sometimes a crumb falls From the tables of joy, Sometimes a bone Is flung. To some people Love is given, To others Only heaven. — Langston Hughes
Heaven did not seem to be my home; and I broke my heart with weeping to come back to earth; and the angels were so… — Emily Bronte
The secret of fortune is joy in our hands. Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man. For him all doors are flung… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I stood looking down out of the window. The street seemed miles down. Suddenly I felt as if I'd flung myself out of the window.… — Doris Lessing
He flung his arms around her neck, but only once he saw Silvertoungue's back was turned. He never knew with fathers. "I'll save him, Meggie!"… — Cornelia Funke

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