Throw Quotes
2796 quotes by 2086 authors
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It's Will who ought to be sorry." Jem's eyes darkened. "We shall throw him out onto the streets," he proclaimed. "I promise you he'll be…
— Cassandra Clare
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Humankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.
— Confucius
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I was horribly self-conscious; I wanted everybody to look at me and think me the most fascinating creature in the world, and yet I died…
— M.F.K. Fisher
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Now its raining its pouring the old man is snoring now I lay me down to sleep I hear the sirens in the street all…
— Tom Waits
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Writing simply means no dependent clauses, no dangling things, no flashbacks, and keeping the subject near the predicate. We throw in as many fresh words…
— Dr. Seuss
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So, when on one side you hoist in Locke's head, you go over that way; but now, on the other side, hoist in Kant's and…
— Herman Melville
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I planned how I would kill myself in the time of Churchill (stand under bombs), Victoria (throw myself under a horse), and Henry the Eighth…
— Chris Cleave
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The gods throw the dice and they don't ask whether we want to be in the game or not.
— Paulo Coelho
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Should I push him or should I throw him?" Howie asks. "Do what comes naturally," I yelled back. "I don't know," he says. "This is…
— Neal Shusterman
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Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one's…
— Josephine Baker
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Leo: "So...giants who can throw mountains. Friendly wolves that will eat us if we show weakness. Evil espresso drinks. Gotcha. Maybe this isn't the best…
— Rick Riordan
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Everybody's heart is like a cup. They stumble from place to place and person to person, trying to get them filled. They get cracked, those…
— Linda Lael Miller
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Do not throw away your heart. Keep your heart. Your heart is all that matters ... Throw away your ancestors! ... Throw away your shyness…
— Gary Shteyngart
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Have a purpose in life, and having it, throw into your work such strength of mind and muscle as God has given you.
— Thomas Carlyle
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In one universe, they are gorgeous, straight-teethed, long-legged, wrapped in designer fashions, and given sports cars on their sixteenth birthdays. Teacher smile at them and…
— Laurie Halse Anderson
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Why would you throw a ball in someone's face?...Huh. That's a pretty good reason. Well, I can't do much about your teacher being pissed, but…
— Justin Halpern
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Human freedom involves our capacity to pause between the stimulus and response and, in that pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish…
— Rollo May
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And don’t worry.†Bob, Carter’s best man and colleague, held up a notebook computer. “I’ve got it handled on this end. And I memorized the…
— Nora Roberts
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You can't prepare for everything life's going to throw at you. And you can't avoid danger. It's there. The world is a dangerous place, and…
— Jeannette Walls
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The man in ecstasy and the man drowning - both throw up their arms. The first to signify harmony, the second to signify strife with…
— Franz Kafka
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