(242 quotes found)
“Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.”
Kurt Vonnegut
“It's because we're so trapped in our culture, in the being of being human on this planet with the brains we have, and the same two arms and legs everybody has. We're so trapped that any way we could imagine to escape would be just another part of the trap. Anything we want, we're trained to want.”
Chuck Palahniuk
“Instead of a trap door, what about a trap window? The guy looks out it, and if he leans too far, he falls out. Wait. I guess that's like a regular window. - Deep Thoughts (Saturday Night Live)”
Jack Handy
“The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.”
Christopher Morley
“A prince must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves. Those that wish to be only lions do not understand this. Therefore, a prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by so doing it would be against his interest, and when the reasons which made him bind himself no longer exist. If men were all good, this precept would not be a good one; but as they are bad, and would not observe their faith with you, so you are not bound to keep faith with them.”
Niccolo Machiavelli
“I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap”
Spanish Proverb
“Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things that you used to own, now they own you.”
“If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.”
Paul Beatty
“Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.”
William Shakespeare
“If you trap the moment before it's ripe, The tears of repentance you'll certainly wipe; But if once you let the ripe moment go, You can never wipe off the tears of woe”
William Blake
