Tick Quotes

166 quotes by 151 authors

What came up at age 49 is I realized that of all the things I'm interested in, the thing I'm most interested in is figuring… — Yo-Yo Ma
Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through anyone that suits you. — Jim Morrison
We're living in primate heaven. We're warm, dry, we're not hungry, we don't have fleas and ticks and infections. So why are we so miserable? — Steven Pinker
By exploring the political and moral colorings of discoveries about what makes us tick, we can have a more honest science and a less fearful… — Steven Pinker
I grew up Baptist and still go to church. I myself have explored other religions, because I want to know what it is that makes… — Dennis Quaid
I think most people are inherently interested in how their brain works, in what makes them tick. — Simon Sinek
People are nice enough, but you can hear the giant tick of the second hand. People are so harried. — David Ogden Stiers
I grew up in a family where the internalized understanding was that the kids were going to grow up into a better world. I worry,… — Bradley Whitford
The tribal community lived in the totality of circular time; the farmers of God's universe understood before and after; workers of the clockwork universe lived… — Douglas Rushkoff
I remember it all: every word, every breath, every tick of the clock . . . everything that happened is with me forever. I can… — Kevin Brooks
Time ticks by; we grow older. Before we know it, too much time has passed and we've missed the chance to have had other people… — Douglas Coupland
I loathe the expression â€œWhat makes him tick.â€ It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solutions, that uses the foolish expression. A… — James Thurber
Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the… — Alan Watts
For these beings, fall is ever the normal season, the only weather, there be no choice beyond. Where do they come from? The dust. Where… — Ray Bradbury
The seconds tick. They always do. The power of an entire sun cannot stop them even for a moment, and so death comes between the… — Christopher Pike
You never do find out what makes you tick, and after a while it's unimportant. — Norman Mailer
I did not want to live out my life in the strenuous effort to hold a ghost world together. It was plain as the stars… — Jim Harrison
Time passes. Even when it seems impossible. Even when each tick of the second hand aches like the pulse of blood behind a bruise. It… — Stephenie Meyer
When did they start coming after you?â€ â€œWas itâ€”was it after the oil- slick Hummer crash?â€ the Gasman asked Iggy tentatively. My eyes widened. Oil-slick… — James Patterson
When the clock Tick Tocks the party never stops! — Kesha

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