(178 quotes found)
“DNA is an abbreviation for deoxyribonucleicantidisestablishmentarianism, a complex string of syllables.”
Dave Barry
“We can try to kill all that is native, string it up by its hind legs for all to see, but spirit howls and wildness endures.”
Terry Tempest Williams
“There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated.”
Charles Dickens
“Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.”
William Somerset Maugham
“You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?”
Kahlil Gibran
“Harp not on that string.”
William Shakespeare
“Lord of the Strings.”
Sex and the City
“He who has been bitten by a snake fears a piece of string.”
Persian Proverb
“Hope dangles on a stringLike slow spinning redemptionWinding in and winding outThe shine of it has caught my eyeAnd roped me inSo mesmerizing, so hypnotizing I am captivated[Chorus]I am VindicatedI am selfishI am wrongI am rightI swear I'm rightI swear I knew it all alongAnd I am flawed But I am cleaning up so wellI am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourselfSo clearLike the diamond in your ringCut to mirror your intentionsOversized and overwhelmedThe shine of which has caught my eyeAnd rendered me so isolated, so motivatedI am certain now that[Chorus]So turnUp the corners of your lipsPart them and feel my finger tipsTrace the moment, fall foreverDefense is paper thinJust one touch and I'd be inToo deep now to ever swim against the currentSo let me slip away [3x]So let me slip against the current So let me slip away [4x][Chorus]Slight hopeIt dangles on a stringLike slow spinning redemption...”
Dashboard Confessional
“Gifts have ribbons, not strings.”
Vanna Bonta