Tin Quotes

149 quotes by 128 authors

Love is like moonlight or thunder, or rain on a tin roof in the middle of the night; it is one of those things in… — Sonya Hartnett
I'd rather hop freights around the country and cook my food out of tin cans over wood fires, than be rich and have a home… — Jack Kerouac
There are forces working in the world as never before in the history of mankind for standardization, for the regimentation of us all, or what… — Madeleine L'Engle
Dogs are not like cats, who amusingly tolerate humans only until someone comes up with a tin opener that can be operated with a paw.… — Terry Pratchett
Problem is, you canâ€™t accept that his relationship had a real short shelf life. Youâ€™re like a dog at the dump, baby â€“ youâ€™re just… — Elizabeth Gilbert
She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for,… — Louisa May Alcott
You can't hammer tin into iron, no matter how hard you beat it, but that doesn't mean it's useless. — George R. R. Martin
Standing in the corridor was a large plastic bin on wheels. He looked inside. Empty tins of dog food. That explained the spaghetti with meat… — Charlie Higson
I remember when my daddy gave me that gun. He told me that I should never point it at anything in the house; and that… — Harper Lee
I already read everything. I read poems and plays and novels and newspapers and comic books and magazines. I read tins in supermarkets and leaflets… — Janice Galloway
Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you--gently, with love, and hand… — Tennessee Williams
Are you kidding? I'm supposed to put my books in this filthy tin coffin? — Kami Garcia
But that isn't right. The King of Beasts shouldn't be a coward,'" said the Scarecrow. 'I know it,' returned the Lion, wiping a tear from… — L. Frank Baum
Lords are gold and knights steel, but two links can't make a chain. You also need silver and iron and lead, tin and copper and… — George R. R. Martin
Thank goodness for all the things you are not, thank goodness you're not something someone forgot, and left all alone in some punkerish place, like… — Dr. Seuss
He looked at the little maiden, and she looked at him; and he felt that he was melting away, but he still managed to keep… — Hans Christian Andersen
Farewell sweet earth and northern sky, for ever blest, since here did lie and here with lissom limbs did run beneath the Moon, beneath the… — J.R.R. Tolkien
There are only two good outcomes for a quest like this, the hope of the serendipitous savant â€” sail for Asia and stumble on America… — Jess Walter
He is my dog, Toto," answered Dorothy. "Is he made of tin, or stuffed?" asked the Lion. "Neither. He's a-- a-- a meat dog," said… — L. Frank Baum
...youth is only being in a way like it might be an animal. No, it is not just like being an animal so much as… — Anthony Burgess

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128 authors contributed a total of 149 Tin Quotes, led by these top contributors: