Boomerang Quotes - Page 2

• I suppose everyone tells little white lies. Quite often they're necessary to make someone feel better or prevent feelings from being hurt. Whoppers? No, that's dangerous and they'll boomerang.

  Richard Chamberlain

  Hurt, Lying, Feel Better

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Forgiveness is like the martial arts of consciousness.
  In Aikido and, other martial arts, we sidestep our attackers force rather than resisting it.
  The energy of the attack then boomerangs back in the direction of the attacker.
  Our power lies in remaining nonreactive. Forgiveness works in the same way.
  When we attack back, and defense is a form of attack, we initiate a war that no one can win.

  Marianne Williamson

  Art, War, Lying

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• All wars eventually act as boomerangs and the victor suffers as much as the vanquished.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Peace, War, Suffering

  Eleanor Roosevelt, David Emblidge (1989). “Eleanor Roosevelt's My Day: Her Acclaimed Columns, 1936-1945”

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• Some sad news from Australia... the inventor of the boomerang grenade died today.

  Johnny Carson

  Funny, Australia, News

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• For dishonest thinking, however well-intentioned, can only discredit the cause it serves, and must in the long run boomerang disastrously on those who indulge in it.

  J. I. Packer

  Running, Thinking, Indulge In

  J. I. Packer (1958). “"Fundamentalism" and the Word of God”, p.126, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• Knowledge is like a knife. In the hands of a well-balanced adult it is an instrument for good of inestimable value; but in the hands of a child, an idiot, a criminal, a drunkard or an insane man, it may cause havoc, misery, suffering and crime. Science and religion have this in common, that their noble aims, their power for good, have often, with wrong men, deteriorated into a boomerang to the human race.

  Leo Baekeland

  Children, Knowledge, Science

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• When you speak directly at things and don't say you're going to try to do something or that you hope to do something, the universe will work with you. Think about it this way - a boomerang goes out and comes back to you if you throw it. If you throw it out at the universe, it will come back down to you on Earth.

  J. B. Smoove

  Thinking, Trying, Earth

  "JB Smoove shares great Larry David stories, picks Super Bowl winner". FOX Interview, www.foxsports.com. January 30, 2014.

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• If you are a guillotine producer, watch out your head; because wickedness is a boomerang.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Watches, Wickedness, Guillotine

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• We have always borne part of the weight of war, and the major part ... Men have made boomerangs, bows, swords, or guns with which to destroy one another; we have made the men who destroyed and were destroyed! ... We pay the first cost on all human life.

  Olive Schreiner

  War, Gun, Men

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• Of course, it is boring to read about boring thing, but it is better to read something that makes you yawn with boredom than something that will make you weep uncontrollably, pound your fists against the floor, and leave tearstains all over your pillowcase, sheets, and boomerang collection.

  Daniel Handler

  Boredom, Fists, Pounds

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• Most recently I read Michael Lewis "Boomerang." The other guy I love is Bill Bryson.

  Dave Barry

  Love Is, Guy, Bills

  Source: www.bostonglobe.com

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• We know that government intervention in the free market, and Argentine history has shown this, absolutely ends in a boomerang.

  Daniel Morgan

  Government, Ends, Free Market

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• Try to think of your thoughts as boomerangs - that is actually what they are - except that our thoughts multiply and each returns to us with a brood like itself.

  Margery Wilson

  Thinking, Trying, Return

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• I sometimes think that when the prime minister tries to select a weapon it is the boomerang he finds most effective.

  John Smith

  Thinking, Trying, Weapons

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• Now this is really going to impress Valentine." "I don't know," Clary said. "Other crack teams get bat boomerangs and wall-crawling powers; we get the Aquatruck." "If you don't like it, Nephilim," came Magnus's voice, faintly, from the truck cab, "you're welcome to see if you can walk on the water.

  Cassandra Clare

  Wall, Team, Valentine

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.740, Simon and Schuster

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• I have a TV Soap Boomerang award, and I always start my year with the Australian Open tennis! Tennis, soccer, you name it.

  Doug Davidson

  Soccer, Awards, Years

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• The boomerang is Australia's chief export (and then import).

  Demetri Martin

  Australia, Chiefs, Imports

  Demetri Martin (2011). “This Is a Book”, p.40, Hachette UK

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• You know, I'm sick and tired of people pointing rifles at me.

  Carrie Vaughn

  Tired, People, Sick

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• The manuscript may go forth from the writer to return with a faithfulness passing the faithfulness of the boomerang or the homing pigeon.

  Rose Macaulay

  May, Pigeons, Return

  Rose Macaulay (1926). “A Casual Commentary”

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• Humor is when the joke's on you but hits the other fellow first -- before it boomerangs.

  Langston Hughes

  Firsts, Jokes, Fellows

  Langston Hughes (2002). “The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: Essays on art, race, politics, and world affairs”, p.525, University of Missouri Press

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• The name Kylie can be used for Scrabble, as it is an aboriginal word for boomerang. Which is why Ms Minogue is so good at comebacks.

  Kathy Lette

  Names, Scrabble, Comeback

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• I was in my friends garage, and he had; a kite, a yo-yo, and a boomerang. I was like "Dude, you have abandonment issues"

  Demetri Martin

  Funny, Humor, Issues

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• My two favorite movies are 'Coming to America' and 'Boomerang'.

  Shaun Alexander

  Two, America, Coming To America

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• Other crack teams get bat boomerangs and wall-climbing powers; we get Aquatruck.

  Cassandra Clare

  Funny, Wall, Team

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• I wrote short stories for seven years and used to mail them out. You couldn't send them by e-mail. I called them manila boomerangs. I'd seal the self-addressed stamped envelope inside an envelope and I'd mail it off, and it would come back six weeks later with a rejection letter in it.

  Jess Walter

  Self, Years, Rejection

  Source: therumpus.net

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