Thrashing Quotes

24 Thrashing quotes by 22 unique authors

The French need a thrashing. If the Prussians win, the centralisation of the state power will be useful for the centralisation of the German working… — Karl Marx
My once-keen analytical mind has become so dulled by endless hours of baking in the hot sun, thrashing about in tight chimneys, pulling at impossibly… — Warren G. Harding
Our huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our pettiness and wallowing… — Brennan Manning
Write to me and don't be so lazy. Otherwise I shall have to give you a thrashing. What fun! I'll break your head. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The best way to quiet a country is a good thrashing, followed by great kindness afterwards. Even the wildest chaps are thus tamed. — Charles James
He never pays attention, he always knows the answer, and he can never tell you how he knows. We can't keep thrashing him. He is… — Terry Pratchett
... people don't know what they are striving for. They waste themselves in senseless thrashing around for the sake of a handful of goods and… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
I feel as though whenever I create something, my Mr. Hyde wakes up in the middle of the night and starts thrashing it. I sometimes… — Criss Jami
Have you seen 'American Idol' lately? I'm sure that some kids somewhere at this moment are thrashing themselves silly over what they call 'Rock n'… — Eric Burdon
Word lessons, in particular the wouldst couldst shouldst have loved kind, were kept up, with much warlike thrashing, until I had committed the whole of… — John Muir
Flailing and thrashing, Buttercup wept and tossed and paced and wept some more, and there have been three great cases of jealousy since David of… — William Goldman
Sometimes the crime follows the punishment, which only serves to prove the foresight of the Great God." "That's what my grandmother used to say," said… — Terry Pratchett
Time, of course, topples everyone in its path equally- the way that driver beats his old horse until it dies. But the thrashing we receive… — Haruki Murakami
I have seen Tasmanian devils battle over a carcass. I have seen lionesses crowding a kill, dingoes on the trail of a feral piglet, and… — Terri Irwin
At this point two elderly security guards in parkas, the guys who normally work the front desk at the plant, asked John to step behind… — David Wong
Those who possess wisdom cannot just ladle it out to every wantwit and jackanapes who comes along and asks for it. A person must be… — Tom Robbins
You might be able to thrash your way out of a spiderweb, but thrashing in quicksand doesn’t work. The harder you fight, the more ground… — Karen Marie Moning
The corpse's hand reached up and grabbed Shaisam by the throat. He gasped, thrashing, as the corpse opened its eye. "There's an odd thing about… — Robert Jordan
Her mind is a bird that's trapped inside her skull, flapping and thrashing, never breaking free. — Lauren DeStefano
The giant raised his fist, and a voice cut through the dream. "Leo!" Jason was shaking his shoulder. "Hey, man, why are you hugging Nike?"… — Rick Riordan
Almost the first thing you see after entering the Houdini exhibition at the Jewish Museum is a large-screen film of Harry Houdini hanging by his… — Robert Gottlieb
If you really understand something, you can say it in the fewest words, instead of thrashing about. — Paul Graham
Our huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our pettiness and wallowing… — Brennan Manning
Keep thrashing and banging and chopping the freaks. — Cliff Burton

Who Wrote These Thrashing Quotes

22 authors contributed a total of 24 Thrashing Quotes as follows: