Slam Quotes
196 quotes by 165 authors
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The idea is to become a best-selling author first and then the rest of my books will be slam dunks.
— Nolan Bushnell
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Band chemistry is a tricky thing. If one guy isn't feeling right with the other guys, everything gets thrown off. When you get the personalities…
— Les Claypool
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Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.
— Maya Angelou
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When you're following your inner voice, doors tend to eventually open for you, even if they mostly slam at first.
— Kelly Cutrone
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This world will slam doors in your face at every opportunity. Be willing to employ a foot when necessary.
— Wes Fesler
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This time last year I would have said Federer would beat Sampras's record. Now I'm not so sure. His aura has gone. He's not as…
— Novak Djokovic
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Kids have *_____ never* taken guidance from their parents. If you could travel back in time and observe the original primate family in the original…
— Dave Barry
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I haven't been able to slam-dunk the basketball for the past five years. Or, for the thirty-eight years before that, either.
— Dave Barry
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When you've worked hard, and done well, and walked through that doorway of opportunity...you do not slam it shut behind you...you reach back, and you…
— Michelle Obama
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The Art of the Romance, though warning us that it is providing fictions, opens a door into the Palace of Absurdity, and when we have…
— Umberto Eco
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Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion. For instance, let's say you're an astronaut on the moon and you fear that your partner has been…
— Jack Handey
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Two grand slams in a week - man, that's seven or eight ribbies right there.
— Bill Madlock
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Time and again human consciousness fixates, and slams the door on its greatest gift, the open-endedness of infinite possibility. As a result we do not…
— Jose Arguelles
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Doors will slam in your face. You must pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and knock again; it's the only way to achieve your goals…
— Michael Uslan
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Once upon a time, there were only three or four dominant women. Now, there are 10 to 15 who can vie for a Grand Slam.
— Stephane Simian
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I'm always looking for those places where you can slam really disparate people up against one another, and they have to deal with each other.…
— Jenji Kohan
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If you can't slam with the best, then jam with the rest
— Charles Barkley
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Fake is not a word I like to use because there's nothing fake about what I do. It's a show, it's a predetermined outcome; we're…
— Chris Jericho
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And a lot of times in slam poetry I feel like people are so worried about the performance that the words might not be as…
— Amber Tamblyn
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This year its just about winning the big matches because if youre going to get into the top 20 then youve got to do well…
— Andy Murray
Who Wrote These Slam Quotes
165 authors contributed a total of 196 Slam Quotes, led by these top contributors: