I Picked Quotes

177 I Picked quotes by 154 unique authors

One time I snuck a ball on with me and when I went to winding up, I threw one of them balls to first and… — Satchel Paige
When I found the beautiful white bones in the desert I picked them up and took them home too...I have used these things to say… — Georgia O'Keeffe
Every child growing up will look to their parents, my mother and my father. My grandmother lived with us. I picked up quite a bit… — John Hume
My Sims family is called the Cholly family. I don't know why I picked that name, it's kinda of random. — Gerard Way
When I pick up the ball and it feels nice and light and small I know I'm going to have a good day. But if… — Bob Feller
Weekly $25,000 shopping binges at Barney's and "high end" boutiques for clothes I barely wore were the norm. So were lavish meals with friends where… — Andy Behrman
I regret the times I've been mean to people... It's fine to pick on people who can defend themselves and deserve it. Some people don't… — Don Imus
I never entertained the dreadful thought that my face was anything other than good and fair until, in an act of revelation, I picked up… — Unknown Author
I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty. I could… — Gordon Parks
You know, it comes from my mother's side of the family. She had seven sisters and one brother, and all of them could play instruments.… — Mel Tillis
I picked up the Joss Stone album, Josh Groban, and the new Norah Jones. I love, love, love Norah. — Deborah Cox
While sitting on the bank of a river one day, I picked up a solid round stone from the water and broke it open. It… — Sadhu Sundar Singh
In so many ways, it feels the same now when I play as the very first time I picked up the instrument. There's always this… — Bill Frisell
So I asked him to play "Trav'lin' All Alone." That came closer than anything to the way I felt. And some part of it must… — Billie Holiday
Last year I picked up the New York Times and there was a story about a kid from Dartmouth who was bragging that he never… — Studs Terkel
I was in Paris at an English-language bookstore. I picked up a volume of Dickinson's poetry. I came back to my hotel, read 2,000 of… — Gordon Getty
I picked up the writing on the very day he died. It was the only consolation I could find. — Wilfrid Sheed
When I found the skull in the woods, the first thing I did was call the police. But then I got curious about it. I… — Jack Handey
Danger has been a part of my life ever since I picked up a pen and wrote. Nothing is more perilous than truth in a… — Nawal El Saadawi
I picked up a hitch hiker. You've got to when you hit them. — Emo Philips
I picked up a man from the street, and he was eaten up alive from worms. Nobody could stand him, and he was smelling so… — Mother Teresa
I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty. — Gordon Parks
I never thought I was a libertarian until I picked up Reason magazine and realized I agree with everything they had printed. — Drew Carey
A trick I picked up from reading Frank Miller scripts: ... He tended to always start his panel caps sometimes with a general noun and… — Matt Fraction
The last copy of the Chicago Daily News I picked up had three crime stories on its front page. But by comparison to the gaudy… — John Gunther

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