Pocket Quotes - page 2

Therefore, to teach them [women] at least an outline of economics and law is the first requirement after giving them a general education. Figuratively speaking, it will be like providing the women of civilized society with a pocket dagger for self-protection. (Fukuzawa Yukichi)
And she was mine, she was mine, the key was in my fist, my fist was in my pocket, she was mine. View quote
Vladimir Nabokov
I love irony in pictures. There's one photograph from Vietnam by Philip Jones Griffiths that shows a very large GI having his pocket picked by a tiny Vietnamese woman. It told the whole story of the clash of two cultures and how the invader could never win. View quote
John Pilger
The important thing about mobile is, everybody has a computer in their pocket. The implications of so many people connected to the Internet all the time from the standpoint of education is incredible. View quote
Ben Horowitz
At a time when pimpery, lick-spittlery, and picking the public's pocket are the order of the day - indeed, officially proclaimed as virtue - the poet must play the madcap to keep his balance. And ours. View quote
Studs Terkel
Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket. View quote
Victor Hugo
An expansive life, one not constrained by four walls, requires as well an expansive pocket. View quote
Anton Chekhov
Whenever I go and see the Führer, I've got a loaded pistol in my pocket. View quote
Franz Halder
There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket. View quote
Molière
Instead of a government with steel in its backbone, we've got one with Steel in its pocket. View quote
Margaret Thatcher
I don't mind doing interviews. I don't mind answering thoughtful questions. But I'm not thrilled about answering questions like, 'If you were being mugged, and you had a lightsaber in one pocket and a whip in the other, which would you use?' (Harrison Ford)
For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded. View quote
J. M. Barrie
I'll tell you what's at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you. View quote
Lyndon B. Johnson
If I'm at a party where I'm not enjoying myself, I will put some cookies in my jacket pocket and leave without saying good-bye. View quote
Mindy Kaling
my sword reappeared in my pocket. yeah, great timing. now i could attack the walls all i wanted. my cell had no bar, no window, not even a door. View quote
Rick Riordan
Nice creepy reptile,” Frank said, very aware of the driftwood in his coat pocket. "Nice poisonous, fire-breathing reptile. View quote
Rick Riordan
She reached into her coat pocket and felt two things she hadn't expected.... One was a wad of cash... she brought out the money. Leo whistled. "Allowance? Piper, your mom rocks! View quote
Rick Riordan
He gave her his heart. She took it and placed it quietly in the pocket of her gown. No one observed what she did. View quote
Susanna Clarke
He'd only ever seen a gun once, a smaller one on the hip of that old deputy, a gun he'd always figured was more for show. He stuffed a fistful of deadly rounds in his pocket, thinking how each one could end an individual life, and understanding why such things were forbidden. Killing a man should be harder than waving a length of pipe in their direction. It should take long enough for one's conscience to get in the way. View quote
Hugh Howey
I tried to pick Nykyrian's pocket last year. (Jana) And you let him live? (Kiara) I have an age requirement before I kill someone. (Nykyrian) View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon
She walked to the rear door and took out a bobby pin from her pocket. Hugo watched as she fiddled with the pin inside the lock until it clicked and the door opened. "How did you learn to do that?" asked Hugo. "Books," answered Isabelle. (Brian Selznick)
Amy felt her phone vibrate. She held it up. It was from Ian. DON'T ASK THE PRICE OF ANYTHING. DON'T SMILE. DON'T SAY "DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING CHEAPER?" DON'T Amy shoved the phone back in her pocket. "Just pretend to be Ian," she told Dan. View quote
Jude Watson
The word 'geek' today does not mean what it used to mean. A geek isn't the skinny kid with a pocket protector and acne. There can be computer geeks, video game geeks, car geeks, military geeks, and sports geeks. Being a geek just means that you're passionate about something. View quote
Olivia Munn
The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience. View quote
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
I have a girl crush on Rachel Bilson. She's so cute, I just want to put her in my pocket. I love her style, and I'm fascinated by everything she wears, and I think she's a really sweet and kind person. She's cute. I like her. View quote
Alexandra Chando
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