Splinters Quotes

58 quotes by 54 authors

To pull the metal splinter from my palm my father recited a story in a low voice. I watched his lovely face and not the… — Li-Young Lee
It has the property of detonating very violently in certain circumstances. On one occasion a small amount of ether solution of pyroglycerin condensed in a… — Ascanio Sobrero
The storm lashes us, out of the confusion of grey and yellow the hail of splinters whips forth the childlike cries of the wounded, and… — Erich Maria Remarque
I feel there's a funny little hole in me that wasn't there before, like a splinter in your finger, but this is somewhere above my… — Louise Fitzhugh
If you want to write, find your splinter. Find the thing that pierces you and won't let you go. — Megan McDonald
I decided to go to school for advertising and graphic design. That was what I was gonna do but acting is that thing, its like… — Dayo Okeniyi
Our enemies believed America was weak and materialistic, that we would splinter in fear and selfishness. They were as wrong as they are evil. — George W. Bush
The splinter in your eye is the best magnifying-glass available. — Theodor Adorno
I stare at the pile of discarded remnants and think of my mother. Did she touch that pillar there? Does her scent still linger in… — Libba Bray
Best to let the broken glass be broken glass, let it splinter into smaller pieces and dust and scatter. Let the cracks between things widen… — Colson Whitehead
Then I came in twice a week - for my own enjoyment as well as to be a guide. And then we started to apply… — Siobhan Davies
Baseball was a dream I gathered more splinters than hits. — Frank Perdue
You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can't. — Annie Leibovitz
When the sun shouts and people abound One thinks there were the ages of stone and the age of bronze And the iron age; iron… — Robinson Jeffers
I yearn to live and love and burn, and yet so much of my time is spent faking and forgetting, faking and forgetting I carry… — Jon Foreman
You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you canâ€™t. Itâ€™s important to stay the course. I… — Annie Leibovitz
I will splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it into the winds. — John F. Kennedy
You wish, or rather, have decided, to remove a splinter from someone? Very well, but do not go after it with a stick instead of… — John Climacus
Two of the vital pillars that sustain Father in Heavenâ€™s plan of happiness are marriage and the family. Their lofty significance is underscored by Satanâ€™s… — Richard G. Scott
I know that in many things I am not like others, but I do not know what I really am like. Man cannot compare himself… — Carl Jung

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