Scratches Quotes - Page 5

• If you succeed not, cast not away the quills yet, nor scratch the wainscot, beat not the poor desk, but bring all to the forge and file again; turn it new.

  Ben Jonson

  Crafts, Succeed, Poor

  Ben Jonson, William GIFFORD (Editor of the Quarterly Review.) (1853). “The Works of Ben Jonson. With a Biographical Memoir, by William Gifford. A New Edition”, p.888

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• The opportunity for an entrepreneur to start a company from scratch today is abysmal.

  David Geffen

  Opportunity, Entrepreneur, Today

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• The thing to remember about fathers is, they're men. A girl has to keep it in mind: They are dragon seekers, bent on improbable rescues. Scratch any father, you find someone chock - full of qualms and romantic terrors, believing change is a threat - like your first shoes with heels on, like your first bicycle I took such months to get.

  Phyllis McGinley

  Girl, Daughter, Father

  Phyllis McGinley (1968). “Wonders and surprises: a collection of poems”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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• When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.

  Chris Colfer

  Inspirational, Bullying, Hurt

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• Man has lost the basic skill of the ape, the ability to scratch its back. Which gave it extraordinary independence, and the liberty to associate for reasons other than the need for mutual back-scratching.

  Jean Baudrillard

  Men, Skills, Independence

  Jean Baudrillard (1990). “Cool Memories”, p.216, Verso

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• If poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world, science fiction writers are its court jesters. We are Wise Fools who can leap, caper, utter prophecies, and scratch ourselves in public. We can play with Big Ideas because the garish motley of our pulp origins make us seem harmless.

  Bruce Sterling

  Wise, Play, Ideas

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• I should hate to be a regular girl with a sugar-plum voice. I should hate to have swan-like lashes, and a thick, sooty neck. I sound as though I’m joking, I know, but I should truly hate to be like Leanne, so charming and ordinary and stuffed with clichéd feelings. I’m glad I’m the ice maiden. Who wants to be crying over every stray dog? Not I. Scratch my surface and what do you see? More surface.

  Franny Billingsley

  Girl, Dog, Hate

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.157, A&C Black

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• No," Lana said, "I'm not going to heal your scratch." "Good," Sanjit said. "Good? Why good?" "Because when you hold my hand, I don't want it to be work for you.

  Michael Grant

  Hands, Want, Said

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• Oh yeah, that’s the one who kept watching me as if she was waiting for me to grow fangs and try to eat her. I couldn’t help it—I used my claws to scratch my nose. Her eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

  Nalini Singh

  Eye, Waiting, Trying

  Nalini Singh (2012). “Tangle of Need”, p.371, Hachette UK

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• To business."Tux Dude extended his hand. "I am Prometheus." I was too surprised to shake."The fire-stealer guy?The chained-to-the-rock-with-the-vultures guy?" Prometheus winced. He touched the scratches on his face."Please, don't mention the vultures. But yes, I stole fire from the gods and gave it to your ancestors. In return, the ever merciful Zeus had me chained to a rock and tortured for all eternity.

  Rick Riordan

  Fire, Rocks, Hands

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• Parenthood is an amazing opportunity to be able to ruin someone from scratch.

  Jon Stewart

  Opportunity, Amazing Opportunities, Able

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• Either that boy is the sanest creature on Earth, he thought, or he is so disturbed that our tests cannot even begin to scratch the surface.

  Eoin Colfer

  Boys, Earth, Fowl

  Eoin Colfer (2014). “Artemis Fowl:”, p.749, Penguin UK

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• My tablecloth was missing in action and long, jagged scratches covered the table's surface.The scratches looked suspiciously like letters. I climbed on a chair and looked at it from above. MINE. Oh, that's great. Fantastic. So mature. Perhaps he would pull my pigtails next or stick a tack on my seat.

  Ilona Andrews

  Long, Missing, Letters

  Ilona Andrews (2012). “Gunmetal Magic: A Novel in the World of Kate Daniels”, p.123, Penguin

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• I think that show will go down in history... people will scratch their heads and say 'How did this ever get on the air?' I mean, they finally have a planet that's populated with a black race and then they present them as savage warriors, and the men want the white girl!

  Denise Crosby

  Mean Girls, Warrior, Men

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• You don't have to start from scratch to have a massive impact on the world.

  Jack Dorsey

  Impact, World, Massive

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• I am such a tender ass, if my hair do but tickle me, I must scratch.

  William Shakespeare

  Horse, Hair, Ass

  1595 Bottom. A Midsummer Night's Dream, act 4, sc.1, l.23-6.

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• Scratch a pessimist and you will often find a defender of privilege.

  William Beveridge

  Philosophy, Political, Privilege

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• Cold glass, how you insert yourself Between myself and myself. I scratch like a cat. The blood that runs is dark fruit- An effect, a cosmetic. You smile. No, it is not fatal.

  Sylvia Plath

  Running, Cat, Dark

  Sylvia Plath (2010). “Ariel: The Restored Edition”, p.49, Faber & Faber

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• OK, boss, I don't mind shuffling, but I won't scratch my head.

  Ruby Dee

  Boss, Mind, Shuffling

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• Scratch an artist and you surprise a child.

  James Huneker

  Art, Children, Surprise

  James Huneker (2015). “Chopin”, p.13, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• At least tell me you won? And that the scratches and dings were totally worth it." "Of course. They're always worth it," he says with a hidden meaning that only the two of us could ever understand.

  Jessica Sorensen

  Two, Hidden Meaning, Courses

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• Blot out, correct, insert, refine, enlarge, diminish, interline. Be mindful, when invention fails. To scratch your head and bite your nails.

  Jonathan Swift

  Nails, Mindfulness, Failing

  Jonathan Swift (2011). “Gulliver's Travels and Other Writings”, p.625, Bantam Classics

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• The spirit of Route 66 is in the details: every scratch on a fender, every curl of paint on a weathered billboard, every blade of grass growing up through a cracked street.

  John Lasseter

  Growing Up, Curls, Details

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• People have often asked if I'm gay because I don't go out of my way to spit and scratch and give people attitude.

  Jason Bateman

  Attitude, Gay, People

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• Best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.

  Michael Arrington

  Business

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