Yards Quotes
453 Yards quotes by 385 unique authors
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On My Last-Place Finish in the 50-Yard Dash During Little League Tryouts “It kinda looked like you were being attacked by a bunch of bees…
— Justin Halpern
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It's the oldest story in the world. Boy loves girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl back thanks to the unethical behavior of megalomaniacal mad…
— Mira Grant
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This time of year, I live and breathe the beach. My cheeks feel raw with the wind throwing sand against them. My thighs sting from…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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When I look out [the window] at the big houses on either side of the road, it's obvious we've entered the rich side of town.…
— Simone Elkeles
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There are no crimes and no criminals in these days. What is the use of having brains in our profession? I know well that I…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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Together we made our way from the service entrances in back to the front, Jenks shedding clothes and handing them to me to stuff in…
— Kim Harrison
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Oh-do be careful with that! That's my Buddha hand grenade. Twist the head twice and throw it and anyone within ten yards can say their…
— Anthony Horowitz
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Hassan and I fed from the same breasts. We took our first steps on the same lawn in the same yard. And, under the same…
— Khaled Hosseini
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After that, he tried to go upstairs through the broom cupboard, and then the yard. This seemed to puzzle him a little. But finally he…
— Diana Wynne Jones
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A special form of misery had begun to oppress him of late. There was nothing poignant, nothing acute about it; but there was a feeling…
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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As for me... I'm fine. I have bad dreams, but I never saw Mister Duck again. I play video games. I smoke a little dope.…
— Alex Garland
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The smallest snowstorm on record took place an hour ago in my back yard. It was approximately two flakes. I waited for more to fall,…
— Richard Brautigan
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Remember this, boy. All dwarfs may be bastards, yet not all bastards need be dwarfs." And with that he turned and sauntered back into the…
— George R. R. Martin
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There is something very shocking about seeing him standing dark and still on our doorstep. I lean the door a ways. The night's getting chilly.…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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Yeah, okay. You're right. I was having dinner with Zombie Carl the other night. You know, steak, rare, and a bottle of vintage type A.…
— Gena Showalter
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Luis is right there.” I point to the corner of the yard, where my little brother is the centre of attention doing imitations of barnyard…
— Simone Elkeles
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It is the music which makes it what it is; it is the music which changes the place from the rear room of a saloon…
— Upton Sinclair
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If you don't enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends, then the chances…
— Andy Rooney
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People who believe the earth was created 6000 years ago, when it's actually 4.5 billion years old, should also believe the width of North America…
— Richard Dawkins
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To have some idea what it's like, stand in the outside lane of a motorway, get your mate to drive his car at you at…
— Geoffrey Boycott
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My dad taught me to switch-hit. He and my grandfather, who was left-handed, pitched to me every day after school in the back yard. I…
— Mickey Mantle
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Some rescue groups are highly organized, experienced, well-funded, nearly professional. Others are small amateur operations run out of garages and back yards. Their members may…
— Jon Katz
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There were several things a Yale freshman was supposed to be able to do. You had to demonstrate in the Olympic-size Yale pool that you…
— Dick Cavett
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Colorful garments - ball gowns, kimonos, evening pajamas - made from yards upon yards of iridescent silk or velvet. I own an unjustifiable number of…
— Julia Glass
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In December 2012, the U.S. 9th district court granted a temporary injunction to the Japanese whalers that ordered the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society U.S.A. to…
— Paul Watson
Who Wrote These Yards Quotes
385 authors contributed a total of 453 Yards Quotes, led by these top contributors: