Swallow Quotes

435 quotes by 367 authors

Be careful what you swallow. Chew! — Gwendolyn Brooks
Guts are important. Your guts are what digest things. But it is your brains that tell you which things to swallow and which not to… — Austin Dacey
One swallow is a coincidence, but two swallows make summer. — Siddhartha Mukherjee
O Spirit of the Summertime! Bring back the roses to the dells; The swallow from her distant clime, The honey-bee from drowsy cells. Bring back… — William Allingham
I made efforts to swallow tears and to protect the species of the Japanese nation. — Hirohito
Eat as much as you like-just don't swallow it. — Steve Burns
The usual run of children's books left me cold, and at the age of six I decided to write a book of my own. I… — Bruce Chatwin
The swallow that hibernates underwater is a creature called yearning. — David Quammen
Laughter is the jam on the toast of life. It adds flavor, keeps it from being too dry, and makes it easier to swallow. — Diane Johnson
Satire works in a bunch of specific ways, like a very precisely-geared bomb. It's a bit like something that looks harmless, and you swallow it,… — Steve Aylett
When we determine to dwell on the good and excellent things in life, we will be so full of those things that they will tend… — Richard J. Foster
You know, I think that allowing somebody, one mere person to believe that he or she is like, the vessel you know, like the font… — Elizabeth Gilbert
If I told you about a land of love...would you swallow it as a remedy? — Yunus Emre
We all, everyone one of us, carry a star inside our chests. ...Light and darkness are always side-by-side. If you show even the slightest fear… — Naoko Takeuchi
There are some people that you cannot change, you must either swallow them whole or leave them alone. — Margot Asquith
You know, the mountains are full of dangers, and they swallow you up. But mostly, they give. — Doug Coombs
I donâ€™t believe in â€œlaying to restâ€ the past. There are wounds we wonâ€™t get over. There are things that happen to us that, no… — Christian Wiman
Man tries to swallow meaning whole as a dog would eat his dinner. — Walt Kelly
Every schoolmaster after the age of forty-nine, is inclined to flatulence is apt to swallow frequently and to puff — Harold Nicolson
We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us. — Denis Diderot

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