Slippery Quotes

132 Slippery quotes by 121 unique authors

Wishes are slippery things. You have to be very specific or you can get exactly what you wished for and still end up with nothing. — Cynthia Lord
I peeled the skin off a grape in slippery little triangles, and I understood then that I would be undressing every item of food I… — Aimee Bender
I don’t want these memories to become slippery, to just disappear into the thin air of life the way most things seem to. I want… — Sara Zarr
Jump into an open grave? What kind of idiot are you?" Butters replied. "I might as well put on a red shirt and volunteer for… — Jim Butcher
Easy climb, Kurokuma. You do it easily.' 'Not on your life,' Horace said... 'That's what we have Rangers for. They climb up sheer rock walls… — John Flanagan
It was a joint, which put it one slippery step up from a dive. — Nora Roberts
It is so easy to get sucked into the if-only game, and playing it is a short and slippery slide into despair. — William P. Young
The end is near. I hear a noise at the door, as of some immense slippery body lumbering against it. It shall not find me.… — H P Lovecraft
The older woman waiting for admittance looked at me, then over her shoulder at Patch, who was vanishing down the hall. “Honey,” she told me,… — Becca Fitzpatrick
Memory is slippery. It bends to our understanding of the world, twists to accommodate our prejudices. It is unreliable. Witnesses seldom remember the same things.… — Holly Black
And there you are on the shore, fitful and thoughtful, trying to attach them to an idea — some news of your own life. But… — Mary Oliver
Even in the slippery blur of heat and arms and noise, Lena affected everything in her wake, a pull as powerful as the moon to… — Kami Garcia
So all you want is a kiss?" I asked. A little voice in my head said I was heading for one of those slippery slopes.… — Jenna Black
Life's too slippery for books, Clarice; anger appears as lust, lupus presents as hives. — Thomas Harris
You see, I want a lot. Perhaps I want everything the darkness that comes with every infinite fall and the shivering blaze of every step… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Slippery stages were the terror of my life. — Fred Astaire
The idea that we can make all things safe for all behaviors is in itself a dangerous and slippery slope. — Gever Tulley
More guns equaling more safety is a slippery slope, and what makes it so is human blood. — Henry Rollins
I suspect that most people in the world will travel through or at least wish to travel through Miami in their lifetimes. I think it… — Jim Drain
Hit songs are mysterious and slippery beasts; few artists have a lock on them. This means that many people, like me, have become fans of… — Dan Hill
When I see a slippery slope, my instinct is to build a terrace. — John McCarthy
Many Europeans are concerned that stronger sanctions are a slippery slope toward war unless the U.S. is at the table. — Dennis Ross
The U.S. Senate does not allow legislative provisions to be included in appropriations bills, for much the same reason that most Americans are concerned about… — Ron Wyden
In the past, I often found that when I reached out for a fast cure it led me down a slippery slope of more medications,… — Carre Otis
Life is truly wonderful, but slippery when wet. — Unknown Author

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