Kicks Quotes - Page 37

• By and large a good rule for finding out is this: the kind of work God usually calls you to is the kind of work a) that you need most to do and b) the world most needs to have done. If you really get a kick out of your work, you've presumably met requirement a), but if your work is writing TV deodorant commercials, the chances are you've missed requirement b).

  Frederick Buechner

  Writing, Needs, Done

  Frederick Buechner (1973). “Wishful thinking: a theological ABC.”, Harper San Francisco

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• It's not in the mainstream media yet, but the biggest jump in skin cancer has occurred since the advent of sunscreens. That kind of thing makes me happy. The fact that people, in pursuit of a superficial look of health, give themselves a fatal disease. I love it when 'reasoning' human beings think they have figured out how to beat something and it comes right back and kicks them in the nuts. God bless the law of unintended consequences. And the irony is impressive: Healthy people, trying to look healthier, make themselves sick. Good!

  George Carlin

  Cancer, Thinking, Media

  George Carlin (1998). “Brain Droppings”, Hyperion

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• Elizabeth lifted her skirt, disregarding modesty, and delivered a swift kick to the creature's head.

  Seth Grahame-Smith

  Skirts, Modesty, Creatures

  Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith (2009). “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”, p.33, Quirk Books

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• He gave the body a final kick and then turned to face me. “You and I need to talk, Kitten.” “Now?” I asked in disbelief, gesturing to the dead vampire near his feet. “It’s not like he’s going anywhere, so yeah. Now.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Feet, Vampire, Finals

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• Murtagh was right about women. Sassenach, I risked my life for ye, committing theft, arson, assault, and murder into the bargain. In return for which ye call me names, insult my manhood, kick me in the ballocks and claw my face. Then I beat you half to death and tell ye all the most humiliating things have ever happened to me, and ye say ye love me." He laid his head on his knees and laughed some more. Finally he rose and held out a hand to me, wiping his eyes with the other. "You're no verra sensible, Sassenach, but I like ye fine. Let's go.

  Diana Gabaldon

  Eye, Hands, Names

  Diana Gabaldon (2015). “The Outlander Series 8-Book Bundle: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written in My Own Heart's Blood”, p.320, Dell

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• Please, sit down," Sharon said with another hair toss. I made a mental note to practice doing that in a mirror the next time I saw one. it seemed a useful skill, right up there with roundhouse kicks.

  James Patterson

  Mirrors, Hair, Practice

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• MAN: Kick him-he'll forgive you. Flatter him-he may or may not see through you. But ignore him and he'll hate you

  Idries Shah

  Hate, Men, Forgiving

  Idries Shah (1988). “Caravan of Dreams”, p.226, Octagon Press Ltd

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• What I say is, don't go playing unless you can win. Only sit down to chess with idiots, only kick a dog what's dead already, and don't love a lady unless she loves you first.

  N.D. Wilson

  Dog, Love You, Winning

  N. D. Wilson (2009). “Dandelion Fire (100 Cupboards Book 2)”, p.375, Yearling

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• Is he dead?" he inquired. "He looks dead." "No," snapped Maryse. "He's not dead." "Have you checked? I could kick him if you want.

  Cassandra Clare

  Looks, Want, Ifs

  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.544, Simon and Schuster

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• It's his word against the Commander's, unless he wants to head a posse. Kick in the door, and what did I tell you? Caught in the act, sinfully Scrabbling. Quick, eat those words.

  Margaret Atwood

  Doors, Want, Posse

  Margaret Atwood (1986). “The Handmaid's Tale”, p.181, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• With a bit of luck, his life was ruined forever. Always thinking that just behind some narrow door in all of his favorite bars, men in red woolen shirts are getting incredible kicks from things he’ll never know.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Men, Thinking, Vegas

  "Fictional character: Raoul Duke". www.imdb.com.

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• I wonder if I don't give too much of myself to writing: I am always half where I am; the other half is feeding the furnace, kick-starting the heat of creativity. I am making love with someone but at the same time I'm noticing how this graceful hand across my belly might just fit in with the memory of lilacs in Albuquerque in 1974.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Memories, Writing, Creativity

  Natalie Goldberg (2011). “Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer’s Craft”, p.41, Open Road Media

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• He leaned against the door frame, ignoring the kick of adrenaline the sight of her produced. He wondered why, not for the first time. Isabelle used her beauty like she used her whip, but Clary didn't know she was beautiful at all. Maybe that was why.

  Cassandra Clare

  Beautiful, Sight, Doors

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass”, p.284, Simon and Schuster

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• Even in half demon hunter clothes, Clary thought, he looked like the kind of boy who'd come over your house to pick you up for a date and be polite to your parents and nice to your pets. Jace on the other hand, looked like the kind of boy who'd come over your house and burn it down just for kicks.

  Cassandra Clare

  Nice, Boys, Hands

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass”, p.191, Simon and Schuster

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• Besides my professional goals, I have a couple of private ones, my man. One of those is to pet a kangaroo before I leave Australia. I understand there's lots of Eastern Grays around this area. What do you say? Are you in?' Bergman looked at him like he'd just made the worst financial investment of his life. 'Kangaroos are wild animals. I've heard they claw like girl fighters and kick like jackhammers. You're going to get your skull crushed.' Cole held up a finger. 'Or I'm going to pet a kangaroo. How cool would that be?

  Jennifer Rardin

  Girl, Couple, Animal

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• I said, I know why you’re afraid to fight with me.” "And why is that?” If he flexed again, I’d have to implement emergency measures. Maybe I could kick some sand at him or something. Hard to look hot brushing sand out of your eyes. "You want me.” Oh boy. "You can’t resist my subtle charm, so you’re afraid you’re going to make a spectacle out of yourself.” "You know what? Don’t talk to me.

  Ilona Andrews

  Eye, Fighting, Boys

  Ilona Andrews (2009). “Magic Strikes”, p.198, Penguin

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• The power of one is above all things the power to believe in yourself, ofen well beyond any latent ability you may have previously demonstrated. The mind is the athlete, the body is simply the means it uses to run faster or longer, jump higher, shoot straighter, kick better, swim harder, hit further, or box better.

  Bryce Courtenay

  Running, Believe, Athlete

  Bryce Courtenay (2006). “The Power Of One”, p.676, Penguin UK

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• One thing I know is that it is a bad idea to marry someone who had bad parents. If they hated their mother, if they were hated by their mother or father, your marriage will pay for it in ways both obvious and subtle. When the chips are down, when someone is sick or loses their job or gets scared, the old patterns will kick in and he will treat you the way he treated his mother or the way she treated him.

  Ellen Gilchrist

  Mother, Jobs, Father

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• Honey, no offense, but sometimes I think I could shoot you and watch you kick.

  Raymond Carver

  Thinking, Watches, Honey

  Raymond Carver (2015). “Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories”, p.396, Vintage

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• The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare.

  Virginia Woolf

  Boots, Stones

  Virginia Woolf (2016). “To the Lighthouse”, p.33, Tyché

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• Don't be too hasty," she warned. "Conserve your strength. If you're too eager to fight the undead, you may find yourselves joining them. Then you'd never see us again, and we'd be very sad." "Yes," said Christian. "I'd cry into my pillow every night." I resisted the urge to kick him. "Well, I couldn't visit if I was Strigoi, yeah, but hopefully I'd just die a normal death. Then I could come see you as a ghost.

  Richelle Mead

  Christian, Fighting, Night

  Richelle Mead (2008). “Shadow Kiss: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.156, Penguin

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• the description of lust was simple: two people learn they're compatible , attraction grows, and the ancient instinct to preserve the species kicks in.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Simple, Two, People

  Nicholas Sparks (2013). “True Believer”, p.126, Hachette UK

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• There's only so many times you can kick a dog before it turns viscous. (Julian)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Dog, Turns

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2002). “Fantasy Lover”, p.98, Macmillan

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• You can't kick me down, I'm already on the ground. No, you can't, but you couldn't catch me anyhow.Blue skies, but the sun isn't comming out, no. Today, it is like I'm under a heavy cloud." Avril Lavigne (Runaway)

  Avril Lavigne

  Clouds, Blue, Sky

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• Try looking at your mind as a wayward puppy that you are trying to paper train. You don't drop-kick a puppy into the neighbor's yard every time it piddles on the floor. You just keep bringing it back to the newspaper.

  Anne Lamott

  Patience, Mind, Trying

  Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.99, Anchor

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