Grab Quotes - page 2

We have all seen these circus elephants complete with tusks, ivory in their head and thick skins, who move around the circus ring and grab the tail of the elephant ahead of them." (John F. Kennedy)
you grab at any sign of hope. You grab it with both hands and breathe life into it, day after day. You do anything to keep it alive. View quote
Melina Marchetta
Freedom is not empowerment. Empowerment is what the Serbs have in Bosnia. Anybody can grab a gun and be empowered. It's not entitlement. An entitlement is what people on welfare get, and how free are they? It's not an endlessly expanding list of rights - the "right" to education, the "right" to food and housing. That's not freedom, that's dependency. Those aren't rights, those are the rations of slavery - hay and a barn for human cattle. View quote
P. J. O'Rourke
I never expected, when I had a daughter, that one of my most important jobs would be to protect her childhood from becoming a marketers' land grab. View quote
Peggy Orenstein
Sometimes you just have to reach out and grab what you want, even when they tell you not to. This is something that I've struggled with my whole life long. View quote
Rebecca Wells
I usually give a book 40 pages. If it doesn't grab me by then, adios. With young adult books, you can usually tell by Page 4 if it's worth the time. The author establishes the conflict early, sometimes in the first sentence. The themes of hope, family, friendship and overcoming hardship appeal to most everyone. View quote
Regina Brett
He scowled at Jason. "And please, I don't like being touched. Don't ever grab me again. View quote
Rick Riordan
Percy looked at his friends. "I'm getting tired of this guy's shirt." "Combat time?" Piper grabbed her horn of plenty. "I hate wonder bread," Jason said. Together, they charged. View quote
Rick Riordan
Tantalus made a wild grab, but the marshmallow committed suicide, diving into the flames. View quote
Rick Riordan
She grabbed his face and pulled him into a kiss, which effectively shut him up. View quote
Rick Riordan
Now, leave." All three boys slumped forward. Percy fell face-first into his pizza. "Percy!" Annabeth grabbed him. (Rick Riordan)
Leo grabbed the neasrest thing he could find- a Porta-Potty seat- and threw it at the face. Leve me alone! View quote
Rick Riordan
I grabbed a pair of glowing red legs. View quote
Rick Riordan
Oh- and grab the plastic bag over by my suitcase." I slug down the last of the coffee and get up. The bag contains panty hose. I put them on her desk. "They're for you." "You want me to look homeless, desperate, but also kind of fabulous? View quote
Holly Black
I'm going to take off your gag. And if you try to bite me or grab me or anything, I'll hit you with this thing as hard as I can as many times as I can. Understood? View quote
Holly Black
Then shut up or grab a sword and come help. (Takeshi) Is that a challenge? (Savitar) It would be if I didn't know for a fact that you're too lazy to rise to one. (Takeshi) View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon
(She grabbed him for a bear hug.) Stop sexually harassing me, Mom. (Nick) View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon
My wife stood up in the stirrups, grabbed my bottom lip and said "I want morphine!" I said "But, dear -" [vigorously breathing]. She said "You shut up! YOU did this to me!" And on the next contraction she told everybody in the delivery room that my parents were never married. View quote
Bill Cosby
Being First Lady is playing supporting act. I am not seeking notoriety and I am not seeking to grab the limelight. View quote
Valerie Trierweiler
I don't go long without eating. I never starve myself: I grab a healthy snack. View quote
Vanessa Hudgens
When we don't get any treats, we feel depleted, resentful, and angry, and we feel justified in self-indulgence. We start to crave comfort - and grab that comfort wherever we can, even if it means breaking good habits. (Gretchen Rubin)
Think new thoughts. Grab life with both hands, take opportunities you have, & create the ones you need. View quote
Debby Ryan
I moved to leave, and Dylan actually grabbed me by my shoulders. I was so surprised that I forgot to karate-chop his elbows and break his arms. View quote
James Patterson
Iggy: "I'll grab a zebra; Gaz, you fill all the bubbles with your trademark scent. so people are choking and gagging; and let's throw beef jerky in their eyes! Now, that's a plan! View quote
James Patterson
I wake at 5 or 5:30 most mornings, make myself a latte and grab a cookie, write until 10 or 11, go have my favorite meal, 'second breakfast,' or grab coffee with friends, or play basketball. Then, around noon, I begin apologizing via email for the manuscripts I can't get to. View quote
Jess Walter