Snaps Quotes

• The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means that the population is winding up its nervous and intellectual system to the utmost point of tension and that sometimes it snaps.

  Havelock Ellis

  Suicide, Suicidal, Mean

  havelock ellis (1923). “the dance of life”

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• I wouldn't say that cutting was pleasurable, but there is a sense of euphoria that follows cutting yourself. The quick pinch of pain and the sight of blood snaps you back to the surface and you start to appreciate being alive.

  Shirley Manson

  Pain, Cutting, Sight

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• If we are to learn to improve the quality of the decisions we make, we need to accept the mysterious nature of our snap judgments.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Decisions We Make, Quality, Needs

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• There was a time when I kept track of it all; when my mind worked like a giant lint brush being swept over the fuzzy surface of popular culture. But these days, pop culture seems to have gotten fuzzier and fuzzier; notoriety comes and goes in the snap of a finger.

  Susan Orlean

  Track, Mind, Giants

  "William, Kate, and Justin Bieber" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. April 28, 2011.

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• There's all kinds of those moments in your life where either through a weird set of circumstances, or a song you hear, or a smell you smell, or one person says something totally out of the context without the meaning that you assigned to it, but you snap back to the way you were when you were 14 or 15. We all deal with that.

  Patton Oswalt

  Song, Smell, Way

  Interview with Dan Hyman, www.gq.com. December 14, 2011.

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• I will remember what I was, I am sick of rope and chains - I will remember my old strength and all my forest affairs. I will not sell my back to man for a bundle of sugar cane; I will go out to my own kind, and the wood-folk in their lairs. I will go out until the day, until the morning break - Out to the wind's untainted kiss, the water's clean caress; I will forget my ankle-ring and snap my picket stake. I will revisit my lost love and playmates masterless!

  Rudyard Kipling

  Morning, Lost Love, Kissing

  Rudyard Kipling (1993). “The Jungle Book”, p.140, Wordsworth Editions

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• Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just sorta do 'em all together, I guess.

  Elvis Presley

  Song, Feet, People

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Maybe your history just repeats and repeats until it batters you enough to snap the seams that hold you together

  David Levithan

  Together, Enough, Repeats

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List”, p.86, Egmont UK

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• There's lots of kinds of chains. You can't see most of them, the one's that bind folks together. But people build them, link by link. Sometimes the links are weak, snap like this one did. That's another funny thing, now that I think of it. Sometimes when you mend a chain, the place where you fix it is strongest of all.

  Bruce Coville

  Thinking, Funny Things, People

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• It takes long practice, yes. You have to work. Did you think you could snap your fingers, and have it as a gift? What is worth having is worth working for.

  Philip Pullman

  Thinking, Practice, Long

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• Only then did I see. Something was amiss with Patrick's snap-on one piece, or "onesie" as we manly dads like to call it. His chubby thighs, I now realized, were squeezed into the armholes, which were so tight they must have been cutting off his circulation. The collared neck hung between his legs like an udder. Up top, Patrick's head stuck out through the unsnapped crotch, and his arms were lost somewhere in the billowing pant legs. It was quite a look.

  John Grogan

  Dad, Cutting, Looks

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• And my parents finally realize I'm kidnapped and they snap into action immediately: They rent out my room.

  Woody Allen

  Witty, Humorous, Parenting

  In Eric Lax Woody Allen and his Comedy (1975) ch. 1

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• The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective.

  James Patterson

  Death, Funny Things, Perspective

  James Patterson (2007). “The Angel Experiment”, Little, Brown and Company

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• I think it's easiest to teach by example. My dad didn't tell us to work hard; we just saw how hard he worked. I know I have shortcomings - like a short fuse - but I've learned you can't come home from a long day of work and snap at the kids.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Dad, Hard Work, Home

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• Jerusalem Syndrome is actually a rare psychological condition that occurs to some visitors to the Middle East. They get to Israel and just snap.

  Marc Maron

  Easter, Israel, Middle East

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• Cyclists. I really hate them. I wish they would not be so self-righteous and realise they are a danger to pedestrians. I wish cyclists would not vindictively snap off wing mirrors on cars when they were trying to cross in front of the car at a danger to motorists and pedestrians.

  A. S. Byatt

  Hate, Mirrors, Self

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• I think that the days when newspaper barons could basically click their fingers and governments would snap to attention have gone.

  Nick Clegg

  Thinking, Government, Attention

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• The one thing about Billie is he will snap and rip your head off if you point anything out at all other than how beautiful he is and how nice he looks today.

  Tre Cool

  Beautiful, Nice, Rip

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• Choosing how you vote should not be a snap verdict based on a few minutes of television.

  Simon Cowell

  Television, Vote, Should

  "Simon Cowell's Sun sermon decoded" by John Plunkett, www.theguardian.com. May 5, 2010.

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• With a stretch belt, anything can be a dress - a dinner napkin, a tablecloth, even a towel. Just wrap and snap, and away you go in an incredible outfit. Another plus is that the belt will pull all eyes to your lovely curves, and they even look good around a coat or a jacket.

  Beth Ditto

  Eye, Curves, Lovely

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• I'm obsessed with broccoli, carrots, celery, string beans, snap peas, black kale, brussels sprouts, cabbage - I could go on! They used to call me 'rabbit' when I was a kid. I hate mushrooms, though. I apologize to fungi lovers, but this way, there's more for you!

  Lisa Edelstein

  Hate, Kids, Kale

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• In the fourth grade, I learned how to fake walking into a door. You know, you hit it with your hand and snap your head back. The girls loved it.

  Will Ferrell

  Girl, Doors, Hands

  "Will Ferrell says growing up in Irvine made him funny". Interview by Barry Koltnow, www.ocregister.com. July 23, 2008.

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• My guiltiest pleasure? 'Untamed & Uncut'. Videos of people being attacked by animals. Yeah. I don't know why. I just love seeing guys who say, 'I'm gonna stick my hand in that crocodile's mouth and see what happens.' And then it snaps down on them. There you go - that's what you get! It's a wild animal, my friend.

  Nathan Fillion

  Animal, Hands, People

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• When you get to your third millionth frequent flyer mile, I think something snaps in your brain.

  Jeff Foxworthy

  Funny, Humor, Thinking

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• Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that's when something snaps up and bites you.

  Neil Armstrong

  Thinking, Wells, Bites

  "Apollo 11 crew recalls giant leap 35 years later". Interview With Miles O'Brien, www.cnn.com. July 21, 2004.

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