G Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with G. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Grip the sword with the thumb and index finger clasped loosely at the hilt, the middle finger should have a moderate grip, while the two bottom fingers should have a tight grip.”
Source: Gorin no Sho & Dokkodo: Miyamoto Musashi
“Griping isn't the same as creating something. Rebelling isn't rebuilding. Ridiculing isn't replacing. We've taken the world apart but we have no idea what to do with the pieces.”
“Gripping her wrists, he pinned her tight to the vanity. “That sex as a weapon thing can only get you so far, Tess.”
Wanna bet? “I’m not damaged, cowboy. I don’t have hang-ups about my body, I don’t use sex to mask my problems”—much—“and right now, if you don’t touch me in some very hot, very wet places, I might die.”
Source: Even the Score
“Gripping his hand, she shook. “The name’s Neve, not damsel in distress.”
Source: Poisoned Apple
“Gripping my arm, Mother held it in the orange-blue flame. My skin seemed to explode from the heat.”
Source: A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive
“Gripping, nonstop action and one hell of a heroine. [on
Eve of Darkness
]”
“Gripping. Fascinating. Entrancing. The Vesuvius Isotope is 2013's Top Thriller!”
“Grips and electricians have done more to help me shoot good movies than any other craft.”
“Grips slipped. Hers had from every surface. She's shaped nothing after all, only been crushed and reshaped. No wonder she felt for the brownstones, the cripples, now filling chaotically with no regard for her plan.”
Source: The Fortress of Solitude
“Griselda, satisfied she’d solved the riddle, and the pressure relieved, farted. She prescribed a bowl of tansy, good for killing worms and cleansing the bowels.”
Source: Heaven Won't Wait
“Grissom comes from a place where we know he had a deaf mother, he was raised in a silent household, on some level, had a father who potentially was not around and he learned what he knew by himself in the back yard, with bugs and animals. He's not comfortable being a supervisor and that's his problem.”
“Grissom is a character who doesn't really want people poking around in his life. He likes to poke around in his work.”
“Grissom is pretty asexual. He's not that interested in anything other than work - except for Lady Heather. She's the closest to getting his heart of anyone.”
“Grit and tenacity will take you far in life, but love and forgiveness will carry you to the finish line.”
Source: Snow in Vietnam: A Novel
“Grit, Google, and Gratitude is all you need”
“Grit is a triad comprised of endurance, discipline, and resilience.”
“GRIT is Guts, Resilience, Industriousness and Tenacity. GRIT is the ability to focus, stay determined, stay optimistic in the face of a challenge, and simply work harder than the next guy or gal.”
“Grit is not just simple elbow-grease term for rugged persistence. It is an often invisible display of endurance that lets you stay in an uncomfortable place, work hard to improve upon a given interest, and do it again and again.”
Source: The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery
“Grit is not synonymous with hard work. It involves a certain single-mindedness. An ungritty prison inmate will mount a daring new escape attempt every month, but a gritty prison inmate will tunnel his way out one spoonful of concrete at a time. Grit”
“Grit is the grain of character. It may generally be described as heroism materialized,--spirit and will thrust into heart, brain, and backbone, so as to form part of the physical substance of the man.”
Source: Success and Its Conditions
“Grit is the stubborn refusal to quit.”
“Grit makes great.”
Source: First Time Leadership
“Grita conmigo,grita taki ongoy.
Que nuestra raza reviva en tu voz.
Grita conmigo, grita taki ongoy.
Que nuestra Amèrica es india y del Sol.”
Source: Taki Ongoy
“Gritarei para sempre nas catacumbas do inferno e nada jamais acalentará meu pranto.”
Source: Asfixia
“Grito, pero nadie me escucha. Estoy cansada de luchar. Mi alma esta cansada, esta ahogada en un llanto que no parece ver el final. Tengo tantas ilusiones hechas trizas, tantos sueños enterrados en la arena de mis mejores dias contigo y mis peores pesadillas a tu lado.”
“Grito y me asusta el eco de mi voz; es un eco que viene del fondo de mí misma; un eco torturado espasmódico: el eco dolorido de un ser que nunca ha logrado saciar la sed de amor que lo devora.”
Source: Inquietudes sentimentales
“Grits are hot; they are abundant, and they will by-gosh stick to your ribs. Give your farmhands (that is, your children) cold cereal for breakfast and see how many rows they hoe. Make them a pot of grits and butter, and they’ll hoe till dinner and be glad to do it.”
Source: The Cracker Kitchen: A Cookbook in Celebration of Cornbread-Fed, Down Home Family Stories and Cuisine
“Gritting my teeth, I dug out my phone, swiped the screen, and held it to my ear. “Fuck off.”
“Well, top of the fucking morning to you, Grouch,” Will said. “What’s your problem?”
I swallowed again, raising my eyes to the prize once more. “Nothing my dick can’t solve if you leave me alone for ten minutes,” I told him, staring at her. “What do you want?”
“To make you smile.”
“Gritty and witty, The Chicago Way is done the classic Raymond Chandler Way. Harvey's taut plot, snappy prose, and memorable characters make this debut novel a real winner.”
“Gritty, timely, and packed with action, The Instructor is a pulse-pounding thriller and a fabulous start to the Derek Harrington series. T.R. Hendricks delivers on all cylinders!”
Source: The Last Protector
“Grizzled white men poured drinks and dispensed dubious wisdom. Young white women in tight clothes delivered the food and the smiles and said "sorry" all the time. Short brown men cooked it all and cleaned it all up, and still managed to rise above the racial oppression of the United states to make kissing sounds at us waitresses whenever we were in the kitchen.”
Source: Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics
“Grizzly Adams did have a beard.”
“Grizzly bears eat people without the benefit of music.”
“Gro Rollag was no beauty, but she was a strong capable young woman with a long face, prominent cheekbones, high forehead, and a kindly intelligent look in her rather narrow eyes. According to family lore, she was not the most conscientious housekeeper because she preferred reading to housework. A love of books and reading ran in the family. Of all the possessions they were forced to sell or leave behind in Norway, what the Rollags remembered with deepest regret was the library they inherited from an eighteenth-century ancestor - lovely old books sold to pay for their passage to America.”
Source: The Children's Blizzard
“Groan under gold, yet weep for want of bread.”
Source: The Complaint, Or, Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality: To which is Added a Paraphrase on Part of the Book of Job
“Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused.”
Source: The Treasury of David: Spurgeon's Classic Work on the Psalms
“Groans that words cannot express are often prayers that God cannot refuse.”
“Grobanite makes me think of a type of harmless crustacean.”
“Grocery shopping was intimidating...the aisles were filled with everything from jumbo to miniature travel-sized rations. Who could I call to ask, “Does the size even matter?” I dare not ask my ex-wife.”
Source: The Single Dad Detour: Directions for Fathering After Divorce
“Grocery shopping," Kira's gaze raked over him. "Well, honey, one thing about it, I don't think you have to worry about buying beef while you're out. It looks like you have plenty in residence as it is.”
Source: Hidden Agendas
“Grody is in the eye of the beholder.”
Source: Trapped
“Grom-gil-Gorm," she said softly as she rode between Laithlin and Yarvi. "Breaker of Swords." Mother Isriun's horse shied back out of her way. "Maker of Orphans." Thorn reined in beside him, his frowning face lit red by the blazing light of her elf-bangle, and she leaned from her saddle to whisper.
"Your death comes.”
Source: Half the World
“Gromit was the name of a cat. When I started modeling the cat I just didn't feel it was quite right, so I made it into a dog because he could have a bigger nose and bigger, longer legs.”
“Gromph filling the corridor behind with fireball after fireball, knowing that the doors had all been magically sealed, and thus offering the attackers few places to hide from the biting flames.”
Source: Lolth's Warrior
“Gromph will be angry,” Penelope warned. “Gromph can kiss me hairy bum.” Bruenor shoved through the door, nearly hitting Dab’nay in the face as she was moving to exit the room.”
Source: Glacier's Edge
“Gronyar grunted with satisfaction. His belly bulged. There was nothing better than eating your enemies, except maybe shitting them out.”
Source: Lion Knight saga: The Knights of the Brotherhood
“Grooming, in all its forms, is a language of connection, trust, and care.”
Source: Subversive Acts of Humanity : A Survival Guide for Choosing Evolution over Self-Destruction
“Grooming is the secret of real elegance. The best clothes, the most wonderful jewels, the most glamorous beauty don't count without good grooming.”
“Grooming oneself with all the crazed compulsion of an under-exercised lab rat in order to hook a rich man and obtain a lush lifestyle makes a certain (albeit seedy) sense.”
“Grooming releases endorphins--pleasant, reinforcing chemical signals. The pleasure derived from grooming seems to outweigh the pain of the occasional bite.”
Source: The Wisdom of Loki: The Art of Lying in the Natural World