Swallow Quotes - page 2

I was at that time like a fledgling swallow living high up in a niche in the eaves, who from time to time peeps out over the top of its nest with its little bright eyes. (Pierre Loti)
Whatever you say, old boy. Just look after yourself. And whatever you do, don't swallow the gum! View quote
Anthony Horowitz
Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you, because it will. View quote
Cheryl Strayed
Razo hopped back up and adopted a posture that said he was completely unruffled, never had been, and in fact was ready to do something manly like lift boulders or swallow live worms. View quote
Shannon Hale
Why is it when you want the ground to swallow you whole, it decides to stop trying? -Ethon. View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon
.. I tell you Dain is a splendid catch. I advise you to set your hooks and reel him in.” Jessica took a long swallow of her cognac. "This is not a trout, Genevieve. This is a great, hungry shark.” "Then use a harpoon. View quote
Loretta Chase
I pull my lower lip all the way in between my teeth. If I try hard enough, maybe I can gobble my whole self this way.... I didn't try hard enough to swallow myself. View quote
Laurie Halse Anderson
Some books you read. Some books you enjoy. But some books just swallow you up, heart and soul. View quote
Joanne Harris
I'll tell you something,' she said. 'I'm not sure I ever really liked him.' Adam?' I said. 'I don't blame you.' 'Not Adam,' she said, struggling to swallow a greedily chomped chunk. 'God. View quote
Glen Duncan
True love is not a potion one person can swallow and another refuse to drink. It happens only when the souls of two join together to form one. View quote
P. C. Cast
There's loads of things you can do to make things easy for your throat, you can drink a bit of lemon and hot water couple of spoons of honey, you can gargle with port, I've done it a couple of times myself - but don't swallow it! (Cliff Richard)
I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because it is so grounded in legalism, and adherence to rituals. View quote
Fred Melamed
Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it. View quote
Hank Ketcham
You should protest about the views of people you disagree with over major moral issues, and argue them down, but you should not try to silence them, however repugnant you find them. That is the bitter pill free speech requires us to swallow. View quote
Julian Baggini
Even if you have a bad game, you have to swallow your pride and sign. It takes a little time, but it makes the kids happy. And it makes you feel good, too. View quote
Lorrie Fair
My mother begged doctors to end her life. She was beyond the physical ability to swallow enough of the weak morphine pills she had around her. When she knew she was dying I promised to make sure she could go at a time of her choosing, but it was impossible. I couldn't help. View quote
Polly Toynbee
When I put magic into a book - whether it's a wizard or a crusty old werewolf - I'm asking a reader to swallow a huge leap that is counter to everything he or she knows. An extra big helping of reality makes that leap go down a lot easier. View quote
Patricia Briggs
The film director, in many instances, has to swallow somebody else's decision about the final form of something. It's so hard as to be intolerable. View quote
Trevor Nunn
As it is certain that worms swallow many little stones, independently of those swallowed while excavating their burrows, it is probable that they serve, like mill-stones, to triturate their food. View quote
Charles Darwin
When I was in films, we pretended to kiss but we didn't. It was considered unsanitary. Now they swallow each others' tonsils. It's disgusting. View quote
Lillian Gish
Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit. (Martha Gellhorn)
Better ask questions before you shoot, Deceit and betrayal's bitter fruit. It's hard to swallow, come time to pay That taste on your tongue don't easily slip away. Let kingdom come I'm gonna find my way Through this lonesome day. View quote
Bruce Springsteen
I find it hard to swallow that I have only ten times more genes than those lowly bacteria in my gut. I had always liked the fact that they have ten thousand times less DNA than I did - that felt about right - but a factor of ten was carrying democracy a bit too far. View quote
Gottfried Schatz
I admit I was drinking a Guinness... but I did not swallow. View quote
Kinky Friedman
I have never understood why people who can swallow the enormous improbability of a personal God boggle at a personal Devil. View quote
Graham Greene