Shrivel Quotes

38 quotes by 35 authors

Actresses can get outrageously precious about the way they look. That's not what life's about. If you starve yourself to the point where your brain… — Cate Blanchett
If God has fit you to be a missionary, I would not have you shrivel down to be a king. — Charles Spurgeon
I shrivel up every time someone mentions Star Wars to me. — Alec Guinness
If you look for the best in your employees, they'll flourish. If you criticize or look for the worst, they'll shrivel up. We all need… — Richard Branson
Taking on all at once Germany, Japan, and Italy - diverse enemies all - did not require the weeding out of all the fascists and… — Victor Davis Hanson
Independence is useful, but caring attitudes and behaviors shrivel up in a culture where each person is responsible only for himself. — Alfie Kohn
The old orchid hunter lay back on his pillow, his body limp... 'You'll curse the insects,' he said at least, 'and you'll curse the natives...… — Susan Orlean
..there is need for a person to be generally educated. Otherwise you shrivel up much too soon. Whether this means reading the bible (I read… — Peter Drucker
Love is not a consequence. Love is not a choice. Love is a thirst. A need as vital to the soul as water is to… — Colleen Houck
People say to us how brave we are, fighting the wilderness, braving the isolation of the Outback. But these are easy opponents, compared with drought.… — Sara Henderson
People are no different from flowers. If you water them, they flourish. If you are not nice to them, they shrivel up — Richard Branson
Christmas is forced upon a reluctant and disgusted nation by the shopkeepers and the press; on its own merits it would wither and shrivel in… — George Bernard Shaw
IsnÂ’t it strange some people make You feel so tired inside, Your thoughts begin to shrivel up Like leaves all brown and dried!But when youÂ’re… — Rachel Field
I, too, often shrivel the grey shreds,Sniff them and think and sniff again and tryOnce more to think what it is I am remembering,Always in… — Edward Thomas
The earth is rocky and full of roots; it's clay, and it seems doomed and polluted, but you dig little holes for the ugly shriveled… — Anne Lamott
It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom. — Wallace Stevens
I am sorry to have to introduce the subject of Christmas. It is an indecent subject; a cruel, gluttonous subject; a drunken, disorderly subject; a… — George Bernard Shaw
Poison!" Grover yelped. "Don't let those things touch you or..." "Or we'll die?" I guessed. "Well...after you shrivel slowly to dust, yes." "Let's avoid the… — Rick Riordan
..though silence must add intensity to your intimate moments, it must also shrivel your soul to lie beside someone who doesn't talk to you. — Nuala O'Faolain
Dreams are nervy thingsâ€”all it takes is for one stern word to be spoken in their direction and they shrivel up and die. — Lloyd Jones

Who Wrote These Shrivel Quotes

35 authors contributed a total of 38 Shrivel Quotes, led by these top contributors: