Traps Quotes

456 quotes by 379 authors

The purpose of a fish trap is to catch fish, and when the fish are caught the trap is forgotten. The purpose of a rabbit… — Zhuangzi
Of all the traps and pitfalls in life, self-disesteem is the deadliest, and the hardest to overcome: for it is a pit designed and dug… — Maxwell Maltz
Please don't fall into the trap of believing that I am terribly dogmatical about [the goto statement]. I have the uncomfortable feeling that others are… — Edsger Dijkstra
I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap. I had already determined… — Ida B. Wells
Many spend their time berating practitioners for not applying their method. We all need to disseminate our ideas, but most of our time should be… — David Parnas
Duality is the real root of our suffering and of all our conflicts. All our concepts and beliefs, no matter how profound they may seem,… — Namkhai Norbu
Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom. — Willie Stargell
Children who hear acquire language without any particular effort; the words that fall from others' lips they catch on the wing, as it were, delightedly,… — Helen Keller
Instead of a trap door, what about a trap window? The guy looks out it, and if he leans too far, he falls out. Wait.… — Jack Handey
Chess holds deep wisdoms of the people. It is truly an image of life, the reflection of human fate that has shown us the earthly… — Pope John Paul II
"Chess has definitely helped me understand a lot of the strategy of football. In chess, good offense is often an exercise in putting multiple points… — Reggie Rivers
I do know one thing: I wish people were doing more dangerous musicals, more courageous musicals and not just falling into the trap of trying… — Hal Price
The characters in my novels are my own unrealized possibilities. That is why I am equally fond of them all and equally horrified by them.… — Milan Kundera
I advise other companies' CEOs, don't fall into the trap where you go, 'Where's the growth? Where's the growth?' Where's the growth?' They feel a… — Jamie Dimon
The whole world is strewn with snares, traps, gins and pitfalls for the capture of men by women. — George Bernard Shaw
I can always tell when the mother in law's coming to stay; the mice throw themselves on the traps. — Les Dawson
The insane asylum on Blackwellâ€™s Island is a human rat-trap. It is easy to get in, but once there it is impossible to get out. — Nellie Bly
When weâ€™re unaware that we share the power to co-create reality with the universe itself, that power slips away from us, causing our dream to… — Alberto Villoldo
There is a white girl from Australia that spits in an Australian accent, and her name is Chelsea Jane. That I can get into. Teach… — Rah Digga
As things get worse and the State seems powerless to help, the State will seem less and less legitimate. People will lose their moral connection… — Jack Donovan

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