Sticks And Stones Quotes
28 Sticks And Stones quotes by 26 unique authors
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When you're a child, grownups always tell you that "sticks and stones will break your bones, but words will never hurt you". They say it…
— Susan Boyle
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People say sticks and stones may break your bones, but names can never hurt you, but that's not true. Words can hurt. They hurt me.…
— Demi Lovato
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Sticks and stones may break my bones, but chains and whips excite me.
— Rihanna
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... Societies aren t made of sticks and stones, but of men whose individual characters, by turning the scale one way or another, determine the…
— Plato
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Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can hurt like hell.
— Chuck Palahniuk
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Sticks and stones may break our bones, but names will break our spirit.
— James Howe
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I’m not the only kid who grew up this way. Surrounded by people who used to say that rhyme about sticks and stones. As if…
— Shane Koyczan
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A country cannot simultaneously prepare and prevent war. I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will…
— Albert Einstein
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Throw your stick and stones, throw your bombs and your blows, but you're not gonna break my soul.
— Katy Perry
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Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can make me think I deserved it.
— Randall Munroe
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Words are really powerful. I don't believe that axiom at all - words can absolutely hurt you. Words can wound. They can do a lot…
— Mary-Louise Parker
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Sticks and stones may break bones, but the Gat will kill you quicker.
— The Notorious B.I.G.
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My parents said sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you. But I always felt a sense of exhilaration after…
— Michael Franti
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Sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will break our hearts.
— Robert Fulghum
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I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
— Albert Einstein
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Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours.
— Eric Idle
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Year after year. "Please don't make me go [to school]" "You have to go," Kim would say. "It's a new school, make a new start."…
— Julie Anne Peters
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..and only sticks and stones can break my bones.
— Mark Haddon
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It's amazing how words can do that, just shred your insides apart. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me…
— Lauren Oliver
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Sticks and stones may break your bones, but Chinese throwing stars get you a dozen stitches.
— Jim Butcher
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I hadn't fully realized just how powerful words could be before this. Whoever came up with the saying 'sticks and stones may break my bones…
— Malorie Blackman
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Sticks and stones and small caliber bullets may break my bones... Words will never, et cetera.
— Jim Butcher
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Sticks and stones, I'll break yer bones, but names ain't worth a quarrel.
— Philip Pullman
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sticks and stones can only break bones; but words can shatter the soul
— Adam Savage
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Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will always hurt me. Bones mend and become actually stronger in the very place they were…
— Stephen Fry
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