Wince Quotes

31 Wince quotes by 28 unique authors

When I read it, I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a book I write. — Norman Mailer
I sit with Shakespeare and he winces not. — W. E. B. Du Bois
I want to apologize for plaguing you with so many telephone calls last November and December. When the 'enthusiasm' is coming on me it is… — Robert Lowell
For me, anything goes when I pick up a mike. I'm not trying to hurt people - I try not to get too personal but… — Chris Rock
When a society is criticised by outsiders, its members wince but shrug their shoulders. 'What you can expect from strangers?' is the feeling. When the… — Michela Wrong
I just think lots of words have physicality. How about the word 'wobble?' You think that's arbitrary? When you say the word 'wince,' you wince.… — Roy Blount, Jr.
There's a certain edge about cruelty. If you're honest about it, most people wince, but say it had to be said. — Pete Waterman
Things can be funny when people are uneasy. It softens them up and stops them falling asleep on the sofa. I like those moments where… — Mark Haddon
Will you tell me my fault, frankly as to yourself, for I had rather wince, than die. Men do not call the surgeon to commend… — Emily Dickinson
The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time looking at those. Those were the awkward years. I don't… — Jodie Foster
A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still. — Samuel Johnson
The sense of unhappiness is so much easier to convey than that of happiness. In misery we seem aware of our own existence, even though… — Graham Greene
Hugo attacked me." Clary tried not to wince as the astringent liquid stung her wounds. Hugo?" Luke blinked. Hodge's bird. I think it was his… — Cassandra Clare
Maybe they notice me wincing whenever I hear them say it, but I don't know: there are all sorts of reasons I could be wincing.… — Frank Portman
I need to talk to you. I had a weird dream." "Let me guess. You got tied up by lady ninjas. With big hooters." "Uh,… — Holly Black
He (Jace) glanced down at his bound hands. His wrists and shoulders had gone from aching to hard, stabbing pain, but he didn’t wince as… — Cassandra Clare
Okay, okay.” I set my hand on top of his and guide it to my chest, so it’s right over my heart. “Feel my heartbeat.… — Veronica Roth
Where did you go?" "To the end of the driveway," my mother says. "I was nine months pregnant; that was the maximum distance I could… — Jodi Picoult
Everything I said he agreed with, which was trying, and his flute playing would make the deaf wince, but I think the real problem with… — Megan Whalen Turner
An increasing number of people who lead mental lives of great intensity, people who are sensitive by nature, notice the steadily more frequent appearance in… — Knut Hamsun
Mess with my weed again and I’ll be informing Daddy that there was an early casualty on the mission.” I saw him wince at my… — Karen Chance
I wince at her use of the word "human." I've never liked that differentiation. She is living and I'm dead, but we're both human. Call… — Isaac Marion
Much as a teacher may wince at the thought, he is also an entertainer—for unless he can hold his audience, he cannot really instruct or… — Sydney J. Harris
There are moments in life when all we can bear is the sense that our friend is near us; our wounds would wince at the… — Honore de Balzac
Looking back, I wince at the careless way I tossed out my opinions. — Luke Ford

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