Picking Quotes
559 quotes by 509 authors
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We have begun to slam doors, and to throw things. I throw my purse, an ashtray, a package of chocolate chips, which breaks on impact.…
— Margaret Atwood
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I want to try making things right because picking up the pieces is way better than leaving them the way they are.
— Simone Elkeles
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Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you'd most like not to lose.
— Neil Gaiman
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Riza: Without his Alchemy he's just... Jean: A little brat who swears a lot Maes: An arrogant pipsqueak Roy: Useless. Just useless Alphonse: Sorry big…
— Hiromu Arakawa
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crawling up into daddy's lap when dad was still DADDY nodding my head against his chest soaking in the comfort of his heart LISTENING to…
— Ellen Hopkins
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Faith is a choice like any other. If you're picking a career or a husband - or deciding whether to have a baby - there…
— Mary Karr
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The leaves had fallen from the trees and lay crisp and crackling beneath his feet. Picking one up he marveled, not for the first time,…
— Louise Penny
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To follow Jesus implies that we enter into a way of life that is given character and shape and direction by the one who calls…
— Eugene H. Peterson
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That's always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they're pretty. It's like picking your breakfeast cereals based on…
— John Green
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Young men go to war. Sometimes because they have to, sometimes because they want to. Always, they feel they are supposed to. This comes from…
— Mitch Albom
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I can't wait until this show gets on the road," he said. "You and me are going to have so much fun, Rose. Picking out…
— Richelle Mead
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Mom, is the world coming to an end?" Jonny asked, picking up the plate of cookies and ramming one into his mouth. "No, it isn'T,"…
— Susan Beth Pfeffer
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Aren’t you a little old for your mom to be picking out your clothes for you? Really? Shopping at the Children’s Place at your age?…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Sitting up all night would be pointless if somebody you loved wasn't sitting up with you, picking out music to play and helping you kill…
— Peter S. Beagle
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The nursery rhyme ends when a spider comes along and frightens Miss Muffet straight off her tuffet. I have wondered about what kind of lesson…
— Sloane Crosley
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I can get my head turned by a good-looking guy as much as the next girl. But sexy doesn't impress me. Smart impresses me, strength…
— Lisa Unger
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I’m always intrigued by my nonsensical concern with picking out a bunch of things that look exactly alike the ones that somehow I feel are…
— Vincent Price
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Gathering is peculiar, because you see nothing but what you're looking for. If you're picking raspberries, you see only what's red, and if you're looking…
— Tove Jansson
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In the backseat Moose and Squirrel inhabited a pair of six-year-old-twins, and wouldn't stop bickering and picking their noses. They were clearly in their element.
— Neal Shusterman
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Pick me up," is the message of a person who keeps falling. Tomas kept picking her up, patiently.
— Milan Kundera
Who Wrote These Picking Quotes
509 authors contributed a total of 559 Picking Quotes, led by these top contributors: