Straw Quotes

160 quotes by 145 authors

I've created several musical trends, really. That's not because I'm so far out and fabulous. It's because most bands have no ideas of their own.… — John Lydon
Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. — Alexander Pope
It was the early 1970s and I was recently divorced. I had three kids and was totally broke. I managed to find work back east… — William Shatner
I don't care a straw for your newspaper articles, my constituents don't know how to read, but they can't help seeing them damned pictures. — Boss Tweed
The Amish communities of Pennsylvania, despite the retro image of horse-drawn buggies and straw hats, have long been engaged in a productive debate about the… — Howard Rheingold
Drowning men, it is said, cling to wisps of straw. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Smoking I find the most ridiculous of all the varieties of human behavior and practically the only one that is entirely against nature. Can you… — Ian Fleming
And one fine day the goddess of the wind kisses the foot of man, that mistreated, scorned foot, and from that kiss the soccer idol… — Eduardo Galeano
He smiled as Will handled the flask gingerly. 'there's a glass bottle inside,but it's padded with straw and protected by the leather covering. It's quite… — John Flanagan
The Santa Anas blew in hot from the desert, shriveling the last of the spring grass into whiskers of pale straw. Only the oleanders thrived,… — Janet Fitch
I'm sorry Finn. I'm a wooden-headed dummy.' Don't be so hard on yourself,' said Finn. 'You're just a straw-brained scarecrow. — Shannon Hale
I hardly think a girl is much of a threat. I presume you searched her for weapons? But if she attempts to suffocate me with… — Mary Hoffman
â€¦you guessed that somewhere, in heaven knew what country and what guise, there was someone who was part of your body and your brain, and… — Daphne du Maurier
Friend of fatherless! Fountain of happiness! Lord of the swill-bucket! Oh, how my soul is on Fire when I gaze at thy Calm and commanding… — George Orwell
In the high school classroom you are a drill sergent, a rabbi, a shoulder to cry on, a disciplinarian, a singer, a low-level scholar, a… — Frank McCourt
If your heads were stuffed with straw, like mine, you would probably all live in the beautiful places, and then Kansas would have no people… — L. Frank Baum
Life is populated with scarecrowsâ€”all those people and things that seem so scary and trouble our sleep. Isn't it nice to know that most of… — Jerry Spinelli
Bless you prison, bless you for being in my life. For there, lying upon the rotting prison straw, I came to realize that the object… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication, and courage. But if we don't… — Carl Sagan
Panic. You open your mouth. Open it so wide your jaws creak. You order your lungs to draw air, NOW, you need air, need it… — Khaled Hosseini

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