Throwing Quotes - page 2

The little boy I watched throwing pebbles into the empty fountain [...] You could tell that he had too much wisdom for his age. Probably he believed that he wasn't made for this world. I wanted to say to him: If not you, who? (Nicole Krauss)
The ocean is tired. It's throwing back at us what we're throwing in there. View quote
Frank Lautenberg
Life is also busy transporting and overturning the soils of earth, the stones, and the minerals. The miles-long drifts of sea kelp that float along our coasts may carry hundreds of tons of volcanic boulders held in their roots. I have followed these streams of life over 300 km, and seen them strand on granite beaches, throwing their boulders up on a 9,000 year old pile of basalt, all the hundreds of tons of which were carried there by kelp. View quote
Bill Mollison
I was sorry to see the News of the World go down, I think it was a great campaigning newspaper. Who can forget the News of the World's high profile campaign against child sex offenders which led to News of the World readers burning down the home of a paediatrician, throwing rocks at a pedalo, stamping on a centipede. View quote
Stewart Lee
Writing in English is like throwing mud at a wall. View quote
Joseph Conrad
In a world, man must create his own essence: it is in throwing himself into the world, suffering there, struggling there, that he gradually defines himself. View quote
Jean-Paul Sartre
Nico started to crawl away, groaning. Percy wanted him to move faster and groan less. He considered throwing his wonder bread at him. View quote
Rick Riordan
Most of Set's forces were running towards our boat, screaming and throwing rocks (which tended to fall down and hit them, but no one says demons are bright). View quote
Rick Riordan
Travis: The Aphrodite kids were ripping each other's clothes and throwing lipstick and jewellery. It was like a rabid herd of wild Bratz. View quote
Rick Riordan
For thousands of years, you humans have been throwing in everything as you come across--hopes, dreams, wishes that never came true. Irresponsible waste management, if you ask me. View quote
Rick Riordan
Throwing down your staff may sound like a sign of surrender, but in Egyptian magic, it's bad news. It usually means, 'Hey, I'm going to summon a big nasty thing to kill you while I stand safely inside my circle and laugh'. (Rick Riordan)
Throwing herself into learning helped Miri ignore the painful chill of solitude around her. View quote
Shannon Hale
Oh, I never kid about Artemis. I promised her I'd sit here and do nothing, so here I am doing nothing. Much like a really tall, bored guard dog. Personally, I'd rather be throwing myself onto an electric fence- be about the same, I think. (Acheron) View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Those nations have a very great responsibility at this juncture of the world's affairs, for by throwing their joint weight into the scales of history on the right side, they may tip the balance decisively in favour of peace. View quote
Arthur Henderson
Wonderful. What's the point of throwing a hissy fit without friends and family on hand to hear it?" -Amy Cahill. View quote
Gordon Korman
Ah, if I were dictator I'd have poets throwing bombs! View quote
Gregory Corso
Max: "Okay guys, I had a couple thoughts I wanted to go over with you." Iggy: (pretends to snore loudy) Max: (throws another pinecone at him) Iggy: "Quit throwing things at me!" Max: "Glad you could join us. View quote
James Patterson
what was fang going to do BLOG about max throwing herself into space so she wouldn't have to kiss him again? NO instead he smashed his fist against the cave wall then grimaced at the pain and stupidity seeing his bloodied knuckles. View quote
James Patterson
When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger. View quote
Giovannino Guareschi
You know, one of these days, I'm actually going to take offense if people keep throwing out these slurs. And then things are going to get rather ugly. When we Skandians do take offense, we do it with a battleax. View quote
John Flanagan
In the past I would self destruct when it came to love - I was immature, throwing myself into things but now times have changed, I want a relationship where you understand the other person. (Elisabetta Canalis)
Humility is throwing oneself away in complete concentration on something or someone else. View quote
Madeleine L'Engle
Women say they have sexual thoughts too. They have no idea. It's the difference between shooting a bullet and throwing it. If they knew what we were really thinking, they'd never stop slapping us. View quote
Larry Miller
It's hard to throw away history. It was like you were throwing away a part of yourself. View quote
Jenny Han
I don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at one another. View quote
Al Oerter