Picking Quotes

559 quotes by 509 authors

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular… — Keith Richards
I call crony capitalism, where you take money from successful small businesses, spend it in Washington on favored industries, on favored individuals, picking winners and… — Paul Ryan
When I'm by myself, I never play music. I have a lot of it, for a girl, but I don't listen to it a lot.… — Amy Sedaris
Wigs have always been a part of my life and have become a staple accessory in my closet. I can remember being a little girl… — Sherri Shepherd
To be in a band on the road is to have anything and everything you want just by picking up the phone. — Gene Simmons
I don't think Michael Bloomberg would say that his greatest skill is delivering the speech. He would say he's more of a nuts-and-bolts mayor-picking up… — Eliot Spitzer
Ava Gardner was the most beautiful woman in the world, and it's wonderful that she didn't cut up her face. She addressed aging by picking… — Sharon Stone
Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it. — Alvin Toffler
I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full… — Desmond Tutu
The same people who are murdered slowly in the mechanized slaughterhouses of work are also arguing, singing, drinking, dancing, making love, holding the streets, picking… — Raoul Vaneigem
I like books that aren't just lovely but that have memories in themselves. Just like playing a song, picking up a book again that has… — Emma Watson
We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry. — Elwyn Brooks White
When I was younger and my parents used to always slap my hand if I was picking my nose or if I was running around… — Prince William
It's like a rugby team. If you're picking for the World Cup final, you're picking experience with youth. Everything is better off having that balance… — Prince William
Kids today aren't listening to music audio-only. They're picking up a CD and looking at the lyric sheet and wondering why the pictures aren't moving… — will.i.am
When you look at the brain regions associated with picking up data from the body, a huge amount of the brain is devoted to picking… — Helen Fisher
I would imagine that anyone picking up a book written by me would expect a fast-paced story that requires minimal effort to turn the pages.… — Ashwin Sanghi
Thinking about something is like picking up a stone when taking a walk, either while skipping rocks on the beach, for example, or looking for… — Daniel Handler
There is only one way to read, which is to browse in libraries and bookshops, picking up books that attract you, reading only those, dropping… — Doris Lessing
Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street-cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar-playing industries have… — Terry Pratchett

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