Rats Quotes - Page 18

• I was born October 5, 1957, on the South Side of Chicago, in the Woodlawn area, a neighborhood that hasn't changed much in forty-five years. Our house was on 66th and Blackstone, but the city tore it down when the rats took over.

  Bernie Mac

  Years, Cities, House

  Bernie Mac (2009). “Maybe You Never Cry Again”, p.3, Harper Collins

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• We're throwing money down a rat hole drain of public education! We lead the world in public education spending. We lead the world in getting the least for it.

  Rush Limbaugh

  World, Holes, Drains

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• Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to erase the narrow confines of most men's reality. Weird heroes and mould-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of 'the rat race' is not yet final.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Love, Hero, Reality

  1969 'Those Daring Young Men In Their Flying Machines Ain't What They Used To Be!', in Pageant, Sep.

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• Oddly enough, MS has made my life so much better than it was before. I now appreciate what I have and I am not running around like a rat in a maze.

  Teri Garr

  Running, Appreciate, Mazes

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• Grooming oneself with all the crazed compulsion of an under-exercised lab rat in order to hook a rich man and obtain a lush lifestyle makes a certain (albeit seedy) sense.

  Julie Burchill

  Men, Order, Hook

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• If Under fell, if Over leaped, If death was life and Death life reaped, Something rises from the gloom, To make the Underland a tomb Hear it scratching down below, Rat of long forgotten snow, Evil cloaked in coat of White, Will the Warrior drain your light? What could turn the Warrior week? What do burning Gnawers seek? Just a barely speaking pup That holds the Land of Under up Die the baby, die his heart Die his most essential part Die the peace that rules the hour, Gnawers have their key to power

  Suzanne Collins

  Baby, Heart, Warrior

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• The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse than it ever was, the wars across the earth are worse than they ever were.

  Daniel Berrigan

  Military, War, Race

  "A Conversation With Daniel Berrigan". Interview with Alan Fox, www.rattle.com. January 30, 1999.

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• So do all animals react that way to you? I know you said rats steer clear." "Most do. They see a human, but they smell someting else. It confuses them. Canines are the worst, though." He paused. "No, cats are the worst. I really don't like cats." I laughed.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Cat, Animal, Smell

  Kelley Armstrong (2009). “The Awakening”, p.200, Penguin Group

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• I dare say it is rather hard to be a rat,” she mused. “Nobody likes you. People jump and run away and scream out: ‘Oh, a horrid rat!’ I shouldn’t like people to scream and jump and say: ‘Oh, a horrid Sara!’ the moment they saw me, and set traps for me, and pretend they were dinner. It’s so different to be a sparrow. But nobody asked this rat if he wanted to be a rat when he was made. Nobody said: ‘Wouldn’t you rather be a sparrow?

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Running, People, Different

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2016). “A Little Princess”, p.75, Xist Publishing

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• I haven't had this much fun since the rats ate my baby sister

  Robert Bloch

  Baby, Fun, Fists

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• I had a rat-tail when I was younger. I had this nice Bobby Brown fade, with a rat-tail that was long enough to wrap around my face. I used to chew on the end and bite it.

  J. Cole

  Nice, Long, Tails

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• Beyond the Wild Wood comes the wild world,"said the Rat."And that's something that doesn't matter, either to you or to me. I've never been there, and I'm never going' nor you either, if you've got any sense at all.

  Kenneth Grahame

  Wild World, Woods, Matter

  Kenneth Grahame (2008). “The wind in the willows”

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• OK," Josh said evenly, "I've seen men made of mud, I guess I can accept spying rats. Do they talk?" he wondered aloud. Don't be ridiculous," Flamel snapped, "They're rats." Josh really didn't think it was a ridiculous suggestion.

  Michael Scott

  Men, Thinking, Suggestions

  Michael Scott (2012). “The First Codex”, p.41, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• I hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it.

  Sam Taylor-Wood

  Hate, Heart, Pet

  "This much I know" by Stuart Husband, www.theguardian.com. February 7, 2009.

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• The rat stops gnawing in the wood, the dungeon walls withdraw, the weight is lifted your pulse steadies and the sun has found your heart, the day was not bad, the season has not been bad, there is sense and even promise in going on.

  Bernard DeVoto

  Wall, Food, Heart

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• Even the rats are drowning,' Alex said. Nah,' Kevin said. 'They've been taking swimming lessons at the Y.

  Susan Beth Pfeffer

  Swimming, Alex, Lessons

  Susan Beth Pfeffer (2015). “The Life As We Knew It Collection”, p.400, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Pea was aware suddenly of how fragile her heart was, how much darkness was inside it, fighting, always, with the light. She did not like the rat. She would neverlike the rat, but she knew what she must do to save her own heart.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Heart, Fighting, Light

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• But there was more to it than that. As the Amazing Maurice said, it was just a story about people and rats. And the difficult part of it was deciding who the people were, and who were the rats.

  Terry Pratchett

  People, Rodents, Stories

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents: (Discworld Novel 28)”, p.1, Random House

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• "Do you remember back at the hotel when you promised that if we lived, you’d get dressed up in a nurse’s outfit and give me a sponge bath?" "Actually, I think you misheard," Clary said. "It was Simon who promised you the sponge bath." "As soon as I’m back on my feet, handsome," "I knew we should have left you a rat," said Jace.

  Cassandra Clare

  Humor, Should Have, Feet

  "City of Bones". Book by Cassandra Clare, March 27, 2007.

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• Dear Die-ary, today I stuffed some dolls full of dead rats I put in the blender. I'm wondering if, maybe, there really is something wrong with me.

  Jhonen Vasquez

  Today, Dolls, Wonder

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• Once I left out what I then considered my best line because there was a suspected column rat in the house.

  Dick Cavett

  House, Lines, Columns

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• When I was in New York it was like a maze, a rat maze, going from one little box to another little box and passing through passageways to get from one safe haven to another.

  Bruce Conner

  New York, Safe Haven, Mazes

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• You're this rat in the American maze, working your way towards the cheese, which is a job.

  Kevin Costner

  Jobs, Mazes, Way

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• My dad liked to boil a squirrel head and suck the brains out the nose. Smaller than a chicken, bigger than a rat.

  Beth Ditto

  Dad, Squirrels, Brain

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• Yoga has trimmed my body in a way that the gym never could. I used to be a gym rat, but I switched to yoga and am now almost 10 pounds lighter. One important thing I've gotten from yoga is breathing. When I'm cooking, the top part of my body collapses down. It cuts off my diaphragm.

  Giada De Laurentiis

  Yoga, Cutting, Gym Rats

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