Stump Quotes

51 quotes by 45 authors

The redwood is one of the few conifers that sprout from the stump and roots, and it declares itself willing to begin immediately to repair… — John Muir
The problems seem so easy out there on the stump. Deficits shrink with a rhetorical flourish. — Hugh Sidey
A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation. — Adlai E. Stevenson
You can cut the tension with a cricket stump. — Murray Walker
I know what every colored woman in this country is doing... Dying. Just like me. But the difference is they dying like a stump. Me,… — Toni Morrison
I'd like to find whoever taught the Stump that extra work builds character and push him down the stairs," Neal told Kel at lunch. — Tamora Pierce
There are times in a person's life when he or she must make a choice to believe. I choose to believe the sun will rise… — Obert Skye
Dad took moving pictures of us children washing dishes, so that he could figure out how we could reduce our motions and thus hurry through… — Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
[I'll teach you] how not to leave the windows of your heart open when it looks like rain and how everyone has a stump where… — Steve Toltz
There are no words and there is no singing, but the music has a voice. It is an old voice and a deep voice, like… — James Frey
But this tree in the yard-this tree that men chopped down...this tree that they built a bonfire around, trying to burn up it's stump-this tree… — Betty Smith
Sarah Palin uses me as a laugh line in her stump speeches. If you're willing to turn me into a joke, you should also be… — Rachel Maddow
Biggest dream?â€ I was proud of this one because I knew it would stump him. It required forethought. â€œKiss you.â€ â€œThatâ€™s not funny,â€ I said,… — Becca Fitzpatrick
Alexander smoked and watched her from his tree stump bench. What are you doing? she would ask him. Nothing, he would reply. Nothing but growing… — Paullina Simons
Don't you worry about that, Mr. Adamsson. Why don't you head back to Reykjavik and spend some of that extortionate fee you charged me for… — Eoin Colfer
You still think I've gone cracked in the head," Ben said, amused. "Listen, if tomorrow we pulled into Biren and someone told you there were… — Patrick Rothfuss
He pushed away from her and raised his arm, forcing his stump into her face. "A Hand without a hand? A bad jape, sister. Don't… — George R. R. Martin
It has been quite a weight, hasn't it?" Tam asked. "What weight?" Rand replied. "That lost hand you've been carrying." Rand looked down at his… — Robert Jordan
Geek cred points for trying to stump me, but sorry, you'll have to do better than that. Would you like to try anime for a… — Rachel Caine
The best time to listen to a politician is when he's on a stump on a street corner in the rain late at night when… — Theodore White

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