(45 quotes found)
“Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick”
Proverb
“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.”
Zora Neale Hurston
“The public is like a piano. You just have to know what keys to poke.”
Al Capp
“Don't buy a pig in a poke”
“After my husband died, I felt like one of those spiraled shells washed upon the beach . . . Poke a straw through the twisting tunnel, around and around, and there is nothing there. No flesh. No life. Whatever lived there is dried up and gone.”
Lynn Caine
“I've been poked, prodded and pulled.”
Dusty Dvoracek
“I think the mayor and I are in agreement. He was, I'm sure, poking a little fun at Manchester.”
Craig Coy
“There's a lot of poking and prodding going on. And a bunch of guys are sitting there watching it, just scribbling all these notes. It's pretty awkward.”
Charles Tillman
“We were just poking around and we're barely making wages.”
Don Edwards
“Everybody kind of has their chests poked out now. That's what we want. We want to feel like we can compete with anybody, whether it's the best teams or worst teams, and still get the job done executing.”
Vince Carter
