Nursery Quotes

174 Nursery quotes by 148 unique authors

You can huff and puff. But blow me down? I doubt it kid, or you get your ass whupped. — Queen Latifah
I was a caddy. I also worked as a bouncer, selling Christmas trees at Frank's Nursery and before that, selling what they normally sell. — Joseph Bruce
I did a series of classes in psychology (at the institute), .. The students that came to that class had children. And over a period… — Dorothy Nolte
National enthusiasm is the nursery of genius. — Henry Theodore Tuckerman
Now sticks 'n' stones'll break ya bones, a little tokin' never hurt no one. Let's toke, toke, toke about it. — Nikola Tesla
Plans made in the nursery Can change the course of history — Amos Bronson Alcott
I earned my first steady paycheck watering rose bushes at a nursery for a dollar an hour. — John Grisham
My nursery school did a production of 'The Three Little Pigs.' I played the third pig. When the wolf knocked on my door, I refused… — Zooey Deschanel
Habit is the nursery of errors. — Victor Hugo
There is still the feeling that women's writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is… — Erica Jong
A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside; inside is more often his nursery. — Clare Boothe Luce
When I was in nursery school, the teachers asked me, y'know, 'What does your dad do for a living?' So I said 'He helps women… — Natalie Portman
I was never a girl who dreamed about what her wedding day would be like, but I've always dreamed about decorating my baby's nursery. — Rebecca Romijn
The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists. — Vivienne Westwood
And so when Mrs. Darling went back to the night-nursery to see if her husband was asleep, all the beds were occupied. The children waited… — James M. Barrie
If you happen to read fairy tales, you will observe that one idea runs from one end of them to the other--the idea that peace… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
As I searched the atlas for somewhere to run to, Hugh made a case for his old stomping grounds. His first suggestion was Beirut, where… — David Sedaris
He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't matter. — Margery Williams
Out of the nursery into the college and back into the nursery; there’s your intellectual pattern for the past five centuries or more. — Ray Bradbury
Halfway down the stairs, is a stair, where I sit. There isn't any, other stair, quite like, it. I'm not at the bottom, I'm not… — A A Milne
And for adults, the world of fantasy books returns to us the great words of power which, in order to be tamed, we have excised… — Jane Yolen
But I have always thought that these tulips must have had names. They were red, and orange and red, and red and orange and yellow,… — Neil Gaiman
Mr. and Mrs. Darling and Nana rushed into the nursery too late. The birds were flown — James M. Barrie
...to all the monsters in my nursery: May you never leave me alone. — Guillermo del Toro
He had never been interested in stories at any age, and had never quite understood the basic concept. He'd never read a work of fiction… — Terry Pratchett

Who Wrote These Nursery Quotes

148 authors contributed a total of 174 Nursery Quotes, led by these top contributors: