Throwing Things Quotes

• Baseball hasn't forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven't lost a thing. I sit in the bullpen and let people throw things at me. Just like old times.

  Bob Uecker

  Sports, Baseball, Games

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• We are not to throw away those things which can benefit our neighbor. Goods are called good because they can be used for good: they are instruments for good, in the hands of those who use them properly.

  Clement of Alexandria

  Hands, Benefits, Use

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• The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.

  Bob Uecker

  Son, Errors, Games

  Bill Schroeder, Drew Olson, Craig Counsell, Bob Uecker (2016). “If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers: Stories from the Milwaukee Brewers Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box”, p.46, Triumph Books

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• Brahms once remarked that the mark of an artist is how much he throws away. Nature, the great creator, is always throwing things away. A frog lays several million eggs at a sitting. Only a few dozen of these become tadpoles, and only a few of those become frogs. We can let imagination and practice be as profligate as nature.

  Stephen Nachmanovitch

  Artist, Practice, Eggs

  Stephen Nachmanovitch (1991). “Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art”, p.69, Penguin

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• Sometimes I find myself at three o'clock in the morning painting something and throwing things around and seeing what works. I'd like to properly study fine art. I think it would be quite an interesting endeavor.

  Ben Schnetzer

  Art, Morning, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• However happy the director is, I have to be okay with it. I'm pretty strict with myself, about throwing things out or trying to be true to whatever the situation dictates.

  Martin Freeman

  Trying, Directors, Throwing

  "Martin Freeman Talks FARGO, Finding the Character, Lester’s Breaking Point, SHERLOCK, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 27, 2014.

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• If you're standing in the middle of a ring and you're playing the villain, and everyone is booing and throwing things at you, that's real.

  John Darnielle

  Real, Villain, Booing

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• In Turkey, the media wait for you outside. You go down to them, in tunnel, and sometimes, people are yelling and throwing things. They throw coins. I get hit in the head. Bleeding. There is blood.

  Mehmet Okur

  Tunnels, Yelling, Media

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• People are always throwing things at me that I've said and I say that I didn't mean anything.

  David Bowie

  Mean, People, Said

  David Bowie (2016). “David Bowie: The Last Interview”, p.32, Melville House

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• I wanted to stimulate thought instead of throwing things out or try to give a perspective. I just put stuff up and it's up for two or three weeks and I get tired of it, so I take it down and put something else up.

  Krist Novoselic

  Tired, Two, Giving

  Interview with Guitar.com, www.novoselic.com.

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• My friend, there is nothing so sexy as a woman who is angry. Perhaps when she is even throwing things.

  Marat Safin

  Sexy, Throwing, My Friends

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• i'm back at my cliff still throwing things off i listen to the sounds they make on their way down i follow him with my eyes 'till they crash imagine what my body would sound like slamming against those rocks.

  Bjork

  Suicide, Self Harm, Eye

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• Throwing things horrified me. I suffered extreme, paralyzing anxiety when it came to anything remotely athletic. I wouldn't even run to catch the school bus because I knew I'd trip and then get teased for a year.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Running, School, Years

  Augusten Burroughs (2007). “Possible Side Effects”, p.261, Macmillan

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• Max: "Okay guys, I had a couple thoughts I wanted to go over with you." Iggy: (pretends to snore loudy) Max: (throws another pinecone at him) Iggy: "Quit throwing things at me!" Max: "Glad you could join us.

  James Patterson

  Couple, Guy, Max

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• Because you're a woman, the music industry puts you in another corner. I want to be fighting with the men. I want to be amongst the men, topless, throwing things onstage.
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  Lykke Li

  Fighting, Men, Want

  Source: pitchfork.com

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