Trap Quotes

469 quotes by 392 authors

I have seen children shot in El Salvador, Algeria, Guatemala, Sarajevo, but I have never before watched soldiers entice children like mice into a trap… — Chris Hedges
I think that open tunings are a trap really because it's really hard not to sound like an open tuning when your using one and… — Leo Kottke
Liberalism provided me with an intellectual satisfaction that I never found in fundamentalism. I became so enamored of the insights of liberalism that I almost… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The world tends to trap you in the role you play and it is always extremely hard to maintain a watchful, mocking distance between oneself… — James A. Baldwin
There is no such thing as a value trap. There are investing mistakes. — Mohnish Pabrai
If you trap the moment before it's ripe, The tears of repentence you'll certainly wipe; But if once you let the ripe moment go You… — William Blake
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does he… — Margaret Mead
I try to offset any tendency towards the macabre with humour. As I see it, this is a typically English form of humour. It's a… — Alfred Hitchcock
Discard yourself and thereby regain yourself. Spread the trap of humility and ensnare love. — Rumi
In reviewing my life, in tracing its course, I fill my cell with the pleasure of being what for want of a trifle I failed… — Jean Genet
Luckily I haven't fallen into the trap, which has claimed so many writers, of living from day to day thinking 'Ah, I'll write a book… — Amelie Nothomb
It's all too easy when talking about female gymnasts to fall into the trap of infantilizing them, spending more time worrying more about female vulnerability… — Meghan O'Rourke
Never think too much of yourself. Realize you are only an instrument of eternity. Do not get stuck in that terrible trap. You can lose… — Frederick Lenz
The basic scientific conclusions on climate change are very robust and for good reason. The greenhouse effect is simple science: greenhouse gases trap heat, and… — Nicholas Stern
The biggest challenge for me has been in coping with my perfectionism. I have a stiflingly hard time moving forward in a project if it's… — Laini Taylor
I've always got into stunts; even at drama school, I was falling down trap doors, and swinging in on ropes. — Thomas Howes
The trap of the self is the trap that causes unhappiness. We define ourselves too much; whereas the infinite, the pure radiant spirit, is not… — Frederick Lenz
Reason is a terrible trap because you will be satisfied with answers. And if you are satisfied with answers, you'll never come to know what… — Frederick Lenz
The quad toms are a completely different animal than the standard drum set/trap kit. Playing wise and stylistically, they are two different beasts. — Tommy Lee
In the military I could exercise the power of being automatically respected because of the medals on my chest, not because I had done anything… — Karl Marlantes

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