(54 quotes found)
“To become wise, one must "wish" to have certain experiences and run, as it were, into their gaping jaws. This, of course, is very dangerous; many a wise guy has been swallowed.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Here is a list of fearful things:The jaws of sharks, a vulture's wings,The rabid bite of the dog's of war,The voice of one who went before.But most of all the mirror's gaze,which counts us out our numbered days.”
Clive Barker
“Kittens are wide-eyed, soft and sweet. With needles in their jaws and feet”
Pam Brown
“"Upon shaving off one's beard." The scissors cut the long-grown hair; the razor scrapes the remnant fuzz. Small-jawed, weak-chinned, bug-eyed, I stare at the forgotten boy I was.”
John Updike
“If you had half of your face whacked off in an accident, and you lost your jaw and your nose, he'd put you back together.”
Mario Gallucci
“Keep your tongue in your jaw and your tow in your pump.”
Irish Proverb
“There is a hook in every benefit that sticks in his jaws that takes the benefit, and draws him whither the benefactor will”
John Donne
“How was it we were so far behind the curve that it was almost laughable. It just makes my jaw drop to think that on 9/11 or 9/10 the kind of technology that is available to most school kids and certainly every small business in this country, why isn't it available to the FBI?”
Chuck Schumer
“You know, those Italians always look good. It's that chiseled jaw. In training, Armin crashed, all the top guys had bad runs.”
Christian Niccum
“My jaw nearly hit the floor when he got up on stage. He had such timing and range and he had stage presence for a 13-year-old. I thought 'What have we here?'”
Brenda Davies
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