Throwing Quotes

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
Buddha

Anger, Someone, Else

There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.
Mother Teresa

Live, Angry, Why

You are never so alone as when you are ill on stage. The most nightmarish feeling in the world is suddenly to feel like throwing up in front of four thousand people.
Judy Garland

Alone, Feeling, Stage

A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.
Carl Sandburg

Through, Three, Talking

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Mean, Away, Wine

Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part of myself away.
Audre Lorde

Away, Hold, Protect

Whether you're throwing up or breaking up, you want your girlfriend right there! I don't trust women who don't go to their girlfriends.
Drew Barrymore

Trust, Women, Girlfriend

You can't imagine what satisfaction can be gotten from throwing a pie into someone's face.
Emma Thompson

Someone, Face, Imagine

If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up.
Max von Sydow

Today, Jesus, Stop

If wishes were fishes we'd all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we'd all ride.
Douglas Horton

Wishes, Ride, Horses

Know what you're trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn't enlightening any more than throwing paint at a wall blindfolded will let you paint a nice picture.
Steve Albini

Nice, Trying, Before

If you start throwing hedgehogs under me, I shall throw a couple of porcupines under you.
Nikita Khrushchev

Start, Shall, Couple

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

Car, Parents, Game

Hollywood is throwing action movies at me.
Liam Neeson

Movies, Action, Hollywood

I've always kept fit but I've been doing gym and yoga and will be throwing my stilettoes away for a while!
Francesca Annis

Away, While, Gym

It is impossible to talk or to write without apparently throwing oneself helplessly open.
Herman Melville

Impossible, Talk, Write

I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.
Miguel de Cervantes

Good, Sea, Water

My first car, I got it in an auction at my temple. It was an '86 Volvo that I got for 500 bucks, and then wound up throwing $10,000 into the stereo system and put TVs in the foot rests. It was the most ridiculous Volvo you'd ever seen, but I had never had money before and I was out of my mind.
Shia LaBeouf

Money, Car, Mind

I am a team player - and that is what you need to be an effective point guard. You gotta see the court, you gotta set up the play, and you gotta let others execute for the most part. I don't throw elbows for the sake of throwing elbows, but if somebody throws one at me and it's necessary to respond in kind, I suppose I can if I have to.
Susan Rice

Play, Others, Team

If you guys are going to be throwing beer bottles at us, at least make sure they're full.
Dave Mustaine

Beer, Sure, Full

By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.
Jack Dempsey

Forget, Past, Worry

If people think that you're throwing babies out, dissecting children, to do stem-cell research, I'm not for that.
Elizabeth Edwards

Children, Research, Babies

I am not one who - who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around.
George H. W. Bush

Words, Around, Believes

When two kids are being completely berserk, and they're naked and throwing food around, sometimes I just let it go because I can see a future where they're going to be dressed, and they're going to be at school. So I kind of let stuff go sometimes.
Louis C. K.

Food, Future, School

When you're on top and you lead the parade, everyone's there throwing lilies and lilac water on your head. But when those parades have gone by and there's a storm in your heart, there are very few people that are going to sit there and listen to you bemoan life.
Sylvester Stallone

Life, Heart, Storm

I actually think that the economy has got some positives. It's got the market. It's got consumer confidence and it's got banks throwing - I mean central bankers throwing money at it around the world.
Jack Welch

Money, Confidence, Mean

Women say they have sexual thoughts too. They have no idea. It's the difference between shooting a bullet and throwing it. If they knew what we were really thinking, they'd never stop slapping us.
Larry Miller

Women, Thinking, Thoughts

I grew up listening to Queen. They were no stranger to throwing in the unexpected and something a little more dramatic.
Carrie Underwood

Unexpected, Stranger, Listening

We like reactions - a reaction is walking out on us, a reaction is throwing tomatoes at the stage, that's a healthy psychological reaction.
Alice Cooper

Healthy, Stage, Reaction

Cynicism is kind of like folding your arms and stepping back and commenting on things, like the old guys in 'The Muppets,' just throwing out comments all the time, whereas there are other people on the ground really trying to affect things and improve their lives and the lives of other people. I think it's noble and I think it's cool.
Josh Radnor

Time, Cool, Trying

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