Wrench Quotes

39 quotes by 39 authors

In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests. — John James Audubon
I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the… — Maya Angelou
I may venture to say, loosely, that in Judo there is a sort of counter for every twist, wrench, pull, push or bend. Only the… — Lafcadio Hearn
A commercial civilization is money-oriented, profit-oriented. Commercial values always tend to wrench a society free of tradition.Economics from education to public service is being reorganized… — John Ralston Saul
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. — Rip Torn
I do not think that any sorrow of youth or manhood equalled in intensity or duration the black and hopeless misery which followed the wrench… — Henry George
Then you start another book and suddenly the galley proofs of the last one come in and you have to wrench your attention away from… — Bernard Cornwell
We are bored in the city, there is no longer any Temple of the Sun. Between the legs of the women walking by, the dadaists… — Ivan Chtcheglov
You learn what you need to kill and take care of the details. It's like changing a tire. The first time you're careful. By the… — Ted Bundy
In January of 1995, my family and I moved to Seattle. Pearl Jam did the first of their live radio broadcasts, Monkey Wrench Radio, along… — Jack Irons
Being ill like this combines shock - this time I will die - with a pain and agony that are unfamiliar, that wrench me out… — Harold Brodkey
How many young men, in all previous times of unprecedented steadiness, had turned suddenly wild and wicked for the same reason, and, in an ecstasy… — Charles Dickens
Weep not for little Leonie, abducted by a French Marquis. Though loss of honor was a wrench, just think how it's improved her French. — Harry Graham
Don't throw a monkey-wrench into the machinery. — Philander Chase Johnson
The way to Christ is first through humility, second through humility, and third through humility. If humility does not precede and accompany and follow every… — Saint Augustine
How can we describe the most exalted experience of our physical lives [sex], as if-jack, wrench, hubcap, and nuts-we were describing the changing of a… — John Cheever
A library is an adjustable wrench for opening the head. — Matthew Tobin Anderson
I did not enjoy Cambridge. But I shouldn't blame Cambridge alone. I wasn't ready for university or for the wrench of leaving home. It was… — Naomie Harris
A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop. — Robert Hughes
My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench. — Wilbur Smith

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