Wooden Quotes
187 quotes by 174 authors
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It is an old custom amongst Jewish children, to become war-like on the 'L'ag Beomer.' They arm themselves from head to foot with wooden swords,…
— Sholom Aleichem
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There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do indeed have a soul.
— Jean Cocteau
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Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.
— Tadao Ando
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The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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War - after all, what is it that the people get? Why-widows, taxes, wooden legs and debt.
— Samuel B. Pettengill
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Maybe they should go back to wooden sticks.
— Ondrej Pavelec
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Fortunate are the nations that can build wooden houses. Because wood breathes, transforms, deteriorates, like us. It is also important to have flowers and plants…
— Henryk Skolimowski
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They're drinkin' home brew from a wooden cup. The folks were dancin' there got all shook up.
— Chuck Berry
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Once again decent citizens will be able to enter this house of worship, kneel down in front of a nearly-naked man hanging from a wooden…
— A. Whitney Brown
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Every sound in the gym is so fantastic. The screams of the fans, the whistle of the ref, the teammates calling to each other, the…
— Yao Ming
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Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.
— Bill Walton
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To the counsel of fools a wooden bell.
— George Herbert
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Perhaps passing through the gates of death is like passing quietly through the gate in a pasture fence. On the other side, you keep walking,…
— Mark Helprin
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One thing vampire children are taught is, never run with a wooden stake.
— Jack Handey
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Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a wooden gong. With trust, words become life itself.
— John Harold
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I can remember playing under the big wooden desk in his office. My mother didn't like us to chew gum, so we'd go into his…
— John F. Kennedy Jr.
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Someone will always hate what I say. There’s always going to be somebody spitting blood about my wooden-faced, toffee-named, crappy acting.
— Benedict Cumberbatch
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What would happen if you melted? You know, you never really hear this talked about much, but spontaneous combustion? It exists!...[people] burn from within...sometimes theyll…
— Keanu Reeves
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John Wooden has been a vital force in the lives of many with his inspirational messages. Â He represents all the elements necessary to be…
— Dick Vitale
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Where can we find greater structural clarity than in the wooden buildings of the old. Where else can we find such unity of material, construction…
— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Who Wrote These Wooden Quotes
174 authors contributed a total of 187 Wooden Quotes, led by these top contributors: