Pound Quotes

405 quotes by 346 authors

I took my coffee into the dining room and settled down with the morning paper. A woman in New York had had twins in a… — Shirley Jackson
In many ways, Eulah-Beulah prepared me for literary criticism. After having a two-hundred-pound babysitter fart on your face and yell Pow!, The Village Voice holds… — Stephen King
Of course, it is boring to read about boring thing, but it is better to read something that makes you yawn with boredom than something… — Daniel Handler
I fear a Man of frugal speech - I fear a Silent Man - Haranguer - I can overtake - Or Babbler - entertain -… — Emily Dickinson
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery. — Charles Dickens
It takes a bee 10,000,000 trips to collect enough nectar to make 1 pound of honey. — Sue Monk Kidd
As a technology, the book is like a hammer. That is to say, it is perfect: a tool ideally suited to its task. Hammers can… — James Gleick
On my first day in jail, a three hundred pound man named Porterhouse hit me in the back of the head with a metal tray.… — James Frey
Any combination of a 250-pound Mexican and LSD-25 is a potentially terminal menace for anything it can reach — Hunter S. Thompson
Anything to declare? the customs inspector said."Two pound of uncut heroin and a manual of pornographic art," Mark answered, looking about for Kity. All Americans… — Leon Uris
The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat: They took some honey, and plenty of money Wrapped up in a… — Edward Lear
Kartik places a sovereign in the lady's cup, and I know that it's likely all he has. "Why did you do that?" I ask. He… — Libba Bray
She wanted to feel him pound away her fears, a hammer to smash through all her guilt and pain and emptiness. — Tina St. John
Clap! Snap! the black crack! Grip, grab! Pinch, nab! And down down to Goblin-town You go, my lad! Clash, crash! Crush, smash! Hammer and tongs!… — J.R.R. Tolkien
YOU have no room to laugh, that's all. I'm not doing any worse with Boovish than you did with English.' Get off of the car,'… — Adam Rex
He laughed. "I know you're teasing me. And you should know I'm not easily humiliated. You may hunt for my food, and pound me every… — Kristin Cashore
I think anorexia is a metaphor. It is a young woman's statement that she will become what the culture asks of its women, which is… — Mary Pipher
[in reference to turkey bowling] He [Tommy] squinted and picked his target, then took his steps and sent the bird sliding down the aisle. A… — Christopher Moore
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. — Benjamin Franklin
That pipe, just so happens to lead to the room where I make the most delicious flavored chocolate covered fudge." Then he will be made… — Johnny Depp

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