Nettle Quotes

14 quotes by 13 authors

The alternative which I favor is to renounce all euphemisms and grasp the nettle of the word atheism itself, precisely because it is a taboo… — Richard Dawkins
Those of us placed in a position of leadership must be prepared to grasp the nettle if we unite in doing so, and if, in… — Obafemi Awolowo
With a tiny bit of effort, the nettle would be useful; if you neglect it, it becomes a pest. So then we kill it. How… — Victor Hugo
What a time herbs and weeds, and such things could talk, A man in his garden one day did walk, Spying a nettle green (as… — John Heywood
The comic spirit is given to us in order that we may analyze, weigh, and clarify things in us which nettle us, or which we… — Thornton Wilder
My mother's great line was, Grasp the nettle with two hands, girl, because if you don't somebody else will. — Fiona Wood
The world's a nettle; disturb it, it stings: Grasp it firmly, it stings not. — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
No one can liberate you, for no one has bound you; you hold on to the nettle of worldly pleasures and you weep for pain.… — Sathya Sai Baba
Better be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Out of this nettle - danger - we pluck this flower - safety. — William Shakespeare
Grip the nettle firmly and it will become a stick with which to beat your enemy. — Isaac Asimov
U.K. psychologist Daniel Nettle thinks of happiness as a carrot on a stick, designed by evolution to show the right way, and also designed so… — Stefan Sagmeister
Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I'm limitless bitch so don't tell me what my limits is/ Lemon in ya eye and I shine so they squint a bit/ Runnin back… — Tactics

Who Wrote These Nettle Quotes

13 authors contributed a total of 14 Nettle Quotes as follows: