Snakes Quotes

383 Snakes quotes by 308 unique authors

For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder,a snake — Salman Rushdie
She knew herself, how she had slowly, over years, become a cat, a wolf, a snake, anything but a girl. How she had wrung out… — Catherynne M. Valente
Were you lying?" "I never lie," he said piously. "About what?" "The sand, the snake." For a young man who never lied, he seemed surprisingly… — Megan Whalen Turner
What are you doing now?" Al questioned "Seeing if your circumcision is gone? It is. My expression went blank, and Trent hesitated. He looked at… — Kim Harrison
Batterers aren't renowned for taking responsibility for their abusiveness, Sam. They tend to shed blame like a snake molts. — Stephen White
I guess Satan was the first superhero [...] In his first adventure, he took the form of a snake to free two prisoners being held… — Joe Hill
I loved him in that moment, loved him more than I'd ever loved anyone, and I wanted to to tell them all that I was… — Khaled Hosseini
When someone critises or disagrees with you, a small ant of hatred and antagonism is born in your heart. If you do not squash that… — Unknown Author
And somewhat as in blind night, on a mild sea, a sailor may be made aware of an iceberg, fanged and mortal, bearing invisibly near,… — James Agee
Sam, clinging to Frodo's arm, collapsed on a step in the black darkness. 'Poor old Bill!' he said in a choking voice. 'Poor old Bill!… — J.R.R. Tolkien
There is a pair of snakes who have learned to drive a car so recklessly that they would run you over in the street and… — Daniel Handler
i want to give up my bearings, slip out of who i am, shed everything, the way a snake discards old skin. — Khaled Hosseini
He was clearly related to Declan: same nose, same dark eyebrows, same phenomenal teeth. But there was a carefully cultivated sense of danger to this… — Maggie Stiefvater
Jump in a hole without looking, and there'll be a snake in it every time. — Robert Jordan
Fear is a tyrant and a despot, more terrible than the rack, more potent than the snake. — Edgar Wallace
Whatever is old corrupts, and the past turns to snakes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The President wants to talk about a terrorist named bin Laden. I don't want to talk about bin Laden. I want to talk about a… — Malik Zulu Shabazz
I'm a snake oil salesman as much as anyone else, but I try to keep something for myself. — Unknown Author
Americans are the great Satan, the wounded snake. — Ruhollah Khomeini
When your intelligence don't tell you something ain't right, your conscience gives you a tap you on the shoulder and says 'Hold on'. If it… — Elvis Presley
As for the presence of large NGF [nerve growth factor] sources in snake venom and male genital organs, they may be conceived as instances of… — Rita Levi-Montalcini
Sentient beings, self and others, enemies and dear ones-all are made by thoughts. It is like seeing a rope and mistaking it for a snake.… — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Luckily there were no venomous snakes around Hoosick, N.Y., so I amassed quite a collection of milk snakes, garters, ribbons and ring-necked snakes. — Romulus Whitaker
At the time of his death, John Kennedy had a national security establishment that was a writhing ball of snakes. — Charlie Pierce
Cinemascope is not for men, but for snakes and funerals. — Fritz Lang

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