Catching Quotes - Page 4

• Crocodiles. I’ve been catching them since I was nine. No problem.

  Steve Irwin

  Nine, Problem, Crocodiles

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• We really cannot see what equanimity there is in jerking a lacerated carp out of the water by the jaws, merely because it has no the power of making a noise; for we presume that the most philosophic of anglers would hardly delight in catching a shrieking fish.

  Leigh Hunt

  Water, Noise, Delight

  Leigh Hunt (1822). “The Indicator”, p.270

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• I never find myself even catching lyrics until something in the sound has taken me captive. Thinking about anything else is just the pleasurable byproduct of wow.

  Greil Marcus

  Taken, Thinking, Sound

  "This is Greil Marcus’ Brain on 'Shuffle'". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. October 18, 2010.

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• The fishing is a great relief for me. When I'm out there's no cell phone ringing. I'm out there fishing with bears. I'm in the middle of God's country catching tons of fish. I just absolutely love it.

  Rick Barry

  Country, Phones, Cells

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• For some people, getting pregnant is as easy as catching cold." And there certainly was an analogy there: Colds and babies were both caused by germs which loved nothing so much as a mucous membrane.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Baby, People, Analogies

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• Tension pulled my eyes open when her fingers traced a trail down my neck. Sensation blossomed, and I threw my head back and sucked in the air. Her arm slipped around my waist, catching me before I fell.

  Kim Harrison

  Eye, Air, Arms

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• Clary didn't ask what that was. She was busy trying not to fall over. The ground was heaving up and down under her feet. "Jace," she said, and crumpled into him. He caught her as if he were used to catching fainting girls, as if he did it every day. Maybe he did.

  Cassandra Clare

  Girl, Fall, Feet

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Bones”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

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• I see, when I bend close, how each leaflet of a climbing rose is bordered with frost, the autumn counterpart of the dewdrops of summer dawns. The feathery leaves of yarrow are thick with silver rime and dry thistle heads rise like goblets plated with silver catching the sun.

  Edwin Way Teale

  Summer, Fall, Autumn

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• Why did she give up wine for Lent? Polly was more sensible. She had given up strawberry jam. Cecilia had never seen Polly show more than a passing interest in strawberry jam, although now, of course, she was always catching her standing at the open fridge, staring at it longingly. The power of denial.

  Liane Moriarty

  Giving Up, Wine, Jam

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• Studies show that organically grown crops produce more of the things (ascorbic acid, lycopenes, resveratrol, flavonols in general, etc) that our bodies need and also have less toxic residue. Science is still catching up with this. J. Agric. Food. Chem. Vol. 51, no. 5, 2003.

  Michael Pollan

  Healthy, Toxic, Needs

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• The absolute worst thing a receiver can do is worry about not catching the ball or about getting hit.

  Jerry Rice

  Worry, Focus, Balls

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• Childhood, catching our imagination when it is fresh and tender, never lets go of us.

  J. B. Priestley

  Letting Go, Children, Imagination

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• People talk about cold weather and it'd be tough to catch balls. But the greatest catcher of all time, Michael Crabtree, catches everything. It's unbelievable. In the northern snowlands, down to the tropics' sunny scenes, he's catching the football. Where they throw a football, he'll be catching it.

  Jim Harbaugh

  Football, Weather, People

  "The Ballad of Michael Crabtree - it's catchy" by Ann Killion, www.sfgate.com. January 11, 2014.

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• Viewed from the distance of the moon, the astonishing thing about the earth, catching the breath, is that it is alive. ... It has the organized, self-contained look of a live creature, full of information, marvelously skilled in handling the sun

  Lewis Thomas

  Distance, Moon, Self

  The Lives of a Cell "The World's Biggest Membrane" (1974)

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• Hollywood is yesterday, forever catching up tomorrow with what's happening today.

  Vito Russo

  Yesterday, Forever, Hollywood

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• Barack Obama was a black man that lived on the South Side of Chicago, who had his share of troubles catching cabs.

  Michelle Obama

  Men, Black, Chicago

  "We Can Still Make a Difference". PEOPLE interview, people.com. December 29, 2014.

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• I'm feeling alright, I am pretty happy with it. I was trying to catch her, around 37k my calf started to cramp on me a little so I had to make sure to run smart so I didn't completely cramp up. When the Aussie caught me I figured my medal contention might be up but I ended up catching 4th.

  Lanni Marchant

  Running, Smart, Feelings

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• Converse with a mind that is grandly simple, and literature looks like word-catching.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Simple, Simplicity, Mind

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2016). “Selected Writings”, p.126, Simon and Schuster

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• People get caught up in wonderful, eye-catching pitches, but they don't do enough to close the deal. It's no good if you don't make the sale. Even if your foot is in the door or you bring someone into a conference room, you don't win the deal unless you actually get them to sign on the dotted line.

  Donald Trump

  Eye, Winning, Doors

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• Your file was empty. Nothing. Not even an immunization record.” He didn’t even pretend to look surprised. He eased back in his seat, eyes gleaming obsidian. “And you’re telling me this because you’re afraid I might cause an outbreak? Measles or mumps?” “I’m telling you this because I want you to know that I know something about you isn’t right. You haven’t fooled everybody. I’m going to find out what you’re up to. I’m going to expose you.” “Looking forward to it.” I flushed, catching the innuendo too late.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Eye, Immunization, Looks

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.59, Simon and Schuster

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• When you work to please others you can't succeed, but the things you do to satisfy yourself stand a chance of catching someone's interest.

  Marcel Proust

  Succeed, Chance, Interest

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• My experience protesting with Mojave Dolphins, and the other wonderful animal activists, can be described in a few words: inspiring, motivational and purposeful. The execution of the protests is incredible; the signs are amazing, creative and eye catching. You can really feel the unity in the group, running like a well oiled machine towards the goal of liberating our captive animal friends.

  Camille

  Running, Eye, Animal

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• Someone once described the pitching of a no-hit game as like catching lighting in a bottle.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Softball, Baseball, Games

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• I'll just do a round around of the house and make sure the rest of the family are fast asleep. We don't want that sharp-nosed aunt of yours catching us when we find the diamonds." "What diamonds?" "Think positive for once...Which would you rather, diamonds or the remains of a murdered maidservant? It's all a question of attitude.

  Kerstin Gier

  Attitude, Aunt, Thinking

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• The only way to enjoy the fun of catching people behaving disgustingly is to have children. One has to keep having them, however, because it is incorrect to correct grown people, even if you have grown them yourself.

  Judith Martin

  Children, Fun, People

  Judith Martin (1982). “Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior”, Scribner

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