Kicks Quotes - Page 4

• I think it is that parents just don't kick their kids out the door as much as they used to. I think the demise of sandlot sports has had a lot to do with it.

  Frank Shorter

  Sports, Kids, Thinking

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• Teachers didn't like me very much. They thought I was just this punk kid and they always wanted to kick me out.

  Clea DuVall

  Teacher, Kids, Punk

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• I love working with young people, which is to me a big kick.

  Peter O'Toole

  People, Bigs, Young

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• So, I get a kick out of working with the media.

  Vince McMahon

  Media

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• The best fighter is not a Boxer, Karate or Judo man. The best fighter is someone who can adapt on any style. He kicks too good for a Boxer, throws too good for a Karate man, and punches too good for a Judo man.

  Bruce Lee

  Men, Style, Boxers

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• There were only so many kicks a dog could take before it turned vicious.’ (Acheron)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Dog, Vicious

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “Dance With the Devil”, p.5, Macmillan

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• God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily.

  Jimmy Carter

  Body, Human Body, Humans

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• I have wished you dead and myself dead. How could it be otherwise. I have broken into you like a burglar. And you've set your dogs on me. And a pile of broken sticks. A child could kick. I have climbed you like a monument, gasoing, For the exercise and the view, And leaned over the railing at the top... Strong and warm, the summer wind.

  Alicia Ostriker

  Summer, Dog, Strong

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• And I love kick boxing. It's a lot of fun. It gives you a lot of confidence when you can kick somebody in the head.

  Alicia Keys

  Fun, Boxing, Giving

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• McCartney! Haven't met him and haven't played with him. I would LOVE to. He needs to make a kick-ass rockabilly record.

  Brian Setzer

  Needs, Records, Kick Ass

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• I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top.

  John Keats

  Sad, Depression, Water

  Letter to Benjamin Bailey, 25 May 1818, in H. E. Rollins (ed.) 'The Letters of John Keats' (1958) vol. 1, p. 287

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• Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Forgiveness

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.179, Tuttle Publishing

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• If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

  Bruce Lee

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.10, Tuttle Publishing

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• A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

  Bruce Lee

  Wise, Wisdom, Stupid

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.98, Tuttle Publishing

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• Once kick the world, and the world and you will live together at a reasonably good understanding.

  Jonathan Swift

  Understanding, Together, World

  Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift (1768). “The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin”, p.426

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• Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.

  Ed Koch

  Motivational, Art, Pain

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• Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.

  Barbara Kruger

  Drag, Surround Yourself, Delusion

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• If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Time

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.43, Tuttle Publishing

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• Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  Funny, Friendship, Football

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1974). “Locked rooms and open doors”, Not Avail

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• There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.

  Golda Meir

  Men, Average, Doubt

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• When you call upon a Thoroughbred, he gives you all the speed, strength of heart and sinew in him. When you call on a jackass, he kicks.

  Patricia Neal

  Heart, Giving, Speed

  Patricia Neal, Richard DeNeut (1988). “As I am: an autobiography”, Simon & Schuster

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• I hated Chris, my brother. I would pull his hair and kick him, until one day my father gave him permission to fight back. I'll be apologizing to him for the rest of my life.

  Stevie Nicks

  Brother, Father, Fighting

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• You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Presidential, Gentleman, Complaining

  Press conference, Los Angeles, Calif., 7 Nov. 1962

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• The English say, Yours Truly, and mean it. The Italians say, I kiss your feet, and mean, I kick your head.

  Wilfred Owen

  Mean, Kissing, Feet

  Wilfred Owen (1967). “Collected letters”, Oxford University Press

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