(181 quotes found)
“People can expect poisonous mushrooms, ... And then only if they open the book.”
Daniel Handler
“The Spirit of Slumber which the Poison of the old Serpent has brought upon the children of Men is to be deplored exceedingly.”
Cotton Mather
“I did not see the whole. I only saw this rock ahead of me; I only saw this poisonous snake which I had to kill in order to take the next step. I only saw the problem directly in front of me. If I had seen the whole thing, I would have been too overwhelmed to have attempted this.”
Henry Morton Stanley
“The strongest poison ever known / Came from Caesar's laurel crown.”
William Blake
“Expect poison from the standing water.”
“I give you bitter pills in sugar coating. The pills are harmless: the poison is in the sugar.”
Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
“We had to pick our poison: Do we cover the perimeter or inside? They shot the ball extremely well and Devlin was just too strong for us.”
Tim McConnell
“In spite of this tragedy, reducing lead poisoning remains one of the most successful public-health interventions of the past 50 years.”
Dan Symonik
“This is an invalid ordinance. Everything is fruit of the poisonous tree.”
Charles Boggs
“Depending on the dose, it can be immediately toxic. It is a (poison).”
Deborah Zvosec
