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“Baldness is visually enough of a stigma as it is without a big sweaty bloke on stage pointing it out.”

Enough Bigs Stage Pointing Las Vegas Stigma Blokes Baldness

Author:Johnny Vegas

“There has certainly been criticism of the timing involved in getting help to the victims of the storm, and much of it may indeed be warranted. However, this is not the time for pointing fingers; rather, it is the time for offering a helping hand to our neighbors in need.”

Needs May Helping Hands Involved Criticism Victim Fingers Storm Neighbor Offering Timing Pointing Helping Hand Pointing Fingers

Author:Jo Bonner

“Comedians are sociologists. We're pointing out stuff that the general public doesn't even stop to think about, looking at life in slow-motion and questioning everything we see.”

Thinking Stuff Comedian Questioning Pointing General Public Slow Motion Sociologists Questioning Everything

Author:Steven Wright

“Bad Religion has never been about criticizing people who are Christian. But we've always been about pointing out the irony and contradictions in Christian theology and the more extreme versions of Christians that seek to challenge modern secularism.”

People Christian Challenges Modern Extremes Theology Versions Irony Contradiction Criticize Pointing Secularism Christian Theology

Author:Greg Graffin

“I'm not about talking and finger-pointing and complaining; I'm about getting things done.”

Done Talking Fingers Complaining Pointing Things Done Getting Things Done Pointing Fingers

Author:Christine Quinn

“Mistletoe," said Luna dreamily, pointing at a large clump of white berries placed almost over Harry's head. He jumped out from under it. "Good thinking," said Luna seriously. "It's often infested with nargles.”

Thinking Said White Pointing Berries Good Thinking Mistletoe Almost Over

Author:J. K. Rowling

“I have big friends who won't go swimming because they're too embarrassed about it. I feel that's such a shame, because actually people should be encouraging fat people who are exercising to do it, not pointing and laughing.”

People Feels Should Bigs Laughing Exercise Shame Fats Swimming Embarrassed Pointing Fat People

Author:Jo Brand

“Next thing you know she'll be on the bus and selling T-shirts in the parking lot, showing off her boobs to get in the stage door." "At least she has boobs to show," Jess said. "I have boobs," Chloe said, pointing to her chest. "Just because they're not weighing me down doesn't mean they're not substantial." "Okay, B cup," Jess said, taking a sip of her drink. "I have boobs!" Chloe said again, a bit too loudly--she'd already had a couple of minibottles at the Spot. "My boobs are great, goddammit. You know that? They're fantastic! My boobs are amazing.”

Knows Mean Said Shows Next Bits Doors Stage Couple Drink Okay Selling Spots Cups Fantastic Shirts Chests Bus T Shirt Pointing Showing Off Parking Chloe Weighing Parking Lot

Book:This Lullaby

Source: This Lullaby

“Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect -and I don't live to be- but before you start pointing fingers... make sure you hands are clean!”

“I wasted time, and now doth time waste me; For now hath time made me his numbering clock: My thoughts are minutes; and with sighs they jar Their watches on unto mine eyes, the outward watch, Whereto my finger, like a dial's point, Is pointing still, in cleansing them from tears. Now sir, the sound that tells what hour it is Are clamorous goans, which strike upon my heart, Which is the bell: so sighs and tears and groans Show minutes, times, and hours.”

Source: The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Comedy of errors. Macbeth. King John. King Richard II. King Henry IV, part 1

“She might be pointing to a doorway, or a person, or the sky. But such things were so common to my eyes, so undistinguished, that they would register as "nothing" I walked in a gray world of nothing.”

World Persons Might Eye Common Sky Gray Pointing Register Doorways

Author:Jerry Spinelli

“Missions then is less about the transportation of God from one place to another and more about the identification of a God who is already there [...] You see God where others don't. And then you point him out. So the issue isn't so much taking Jesus to people who don't have him, but going to a place and pointing out to the people the creative, life-giving God who is already present in their midst.”

People Giving Jesus Creative Issues Missions Midst Pointing Transportation Identification Creative Life

Author:Rob Bell

“I don't mind pointing out some of the failings of old age, because we are all headed in that direction, unless of course we take our own lives before we become a burden. I'm not advocating suicide, oh wait, I guess I am.”

Mind Age Courses Waiting Failing Suicide Burden Old Age Pointing Advocating

Author:Amy Sedaris

“HOROSCOPE: Today is a good time for making new friends. A good deed may have unforeseen consequences. Don’t upset any druids. You will soon be going on a very strange journey. Your lucky food is small cucumbers. People pointing knives at you are probably up to no good. PS, we really mean it about the druids.”

Source: All the Discworld's a Stage

“I am sitting with a philosopher in the garden; he says again and again 'I know that that’s a tree', pointing to a tree that is near us. Someone else arrives and hears this, and I tell him: 'This fellow isn’t insane. We are only doing philosophy.”

Knows Philosophy Tree Sitting Garden Fellows Philosopher Insane Again And Again Pointing

Book:On Certainty

Source: On Certainty

“His blue-black hair fell over his face when he moved, like tiny arrows pointing to pronounced cheeckbones. "Starting to think you were going to bail on me." "Didn't know you were expecting me," she said in what she hoped was a casual voice. He gets sexier every day. "Not Expecting, but hoping. Always hoping”

Thinking Knows Said Faces Black Voice Hair Blue Moved Starting Tiny Expecting Pointing Arrows Casual Bail Black Hair

Book:Wicked Lovely with Bonus Material

Source: Wicked Lovely with Bonus Material

“What's that supposed to be anyway?" said Fred squinting at Dobby's painting. "Looks like a Gibbon with two black eyes!" "It's Harry," said George pointing at the back of the picture. "Says so on the back." "Good likeness," said Fred grinning. Harry threw his new homework diary at him.”

Looks Said Two Eye Black Painting Supposed To Be Pointing Diaries Homework Grinning Black Eyes Dobby Squinting

Author:J. K. Rowling

“I only want sweet peace and kindliness when I awaken -- but there's always some finger pointing, telling me some terrible deed I committed during the night. It seems I make a lot of mistakes and it seems that I am not allowed any.”

Want Seems Night Mistake Sweet Terrible Fingers Committed Deeds Pointing Pointing Fingers Kindliness

Book:The Bukowski Purdy letters: a decade of dialogue, 1964-1974

Source: The Bukowski Purdy letters: a decade of dialogue, 1964-1974

“Circumstantial evidence is a very tricky thing. It may seem to point very straight to one thing, but if you shift your own point of view a little, you may find it pointing in an equally uncompromising manner to something entirely different”

Ifs May Littles Different Seems Views One Thing Evidence Point Of View Pointing Tricky Uncompromising Circumstantial Evidence

Book:Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Source: Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

“Our Headmaster is taking a short break," said Professor McGonagall, pointing at the Snape-shaped hole in the window.”

Said Break Window Holes Professors Pointing Snape Headmasters Mcgonagall Professor Mcgonagall

Author:J. K. Rowling

“And stop pointing that beard at me, it might go off!”

Might Funny Humorous Witty Pointing Beard

Author:Groucho Marx

“I glanced at Radu. "What, exactly is Louis-Cesare's problem?'. [..] Suddenly a speculative gleam lit his eyes. It made me nervous. 'He tends to be very protective of women,"he said thoughtfully. "You're a woman Dory." "Thank you for pointing that out. But I didn't think dhampirs qualified." Radu smirked. "It appears you've been upgraded.”

Thinking Made Said Problem Eye Nervous His Eyes Lit Pointing Qualified Protective Gleam Exactly Is

Author:Karen Chance

“Here's your first problem," he said, pointing at a sentence. "'Religion is the opium of the people.' Well, I don't know about people, but I think you'll find that the opium of pirates is actual opium.”

People Thinking Knows Firsts Wells Said Problem Sentences Pointing Pirate Opium

Book:The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists: Reissued

Source: The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists: Reissued

“You're getting into some kind of shape, cop." Aw, come on, now." Butch grinned. "Don't let that shower we took go to your head." Rhage fired a towel at the male. "Just pointing out your beer gut's gone." It was a Scotch pot. And I don't miss it.”

Kind Gone Missing Shapes Males Beer Guts Pot Cop Showers Pointing Scotch Towels Rhage

Book:J.R. Ward The Black Dagger Brotherhood Novels 1-4

Source: J.R. Ward The Black Dagger Brotherhood Novels 1-4

“I can't count the times that upon telling someone I am vegetarian, he or she responded by pointing out an inconsistency in my lifestyle or trying to find a flaw in an argument I never made. (I have often felt that my vegetarianism matters more to such people than it does to me.)”

People Trying Doe Made I Can Matter Felt Argument Lifestyle Flaws Vegetarian Pointing Vegetarianism Inconsistency

Author:Jonathan Safran Foer

“And now, sis. Transportation for the Hunters, you say? Good timing. I was just about ready to roll." These demigods will also need a ride," Artemis said, pointing to us. "Some of Chiron's campers." No problem!" Apollo checked us out. "Let's see... Thalia, right? I've heard all about you.". Thalia blushed. "Hi, Lord Apollo." Zues's girl. yes? Makes you my half sister. Used to be a tree didn't you? Glad your back. I hate it when pretty girls get turned into trees. Man, I remeber one time-”

Source: The Titan's curse

“To my everlasting relief, he’d also stopped with the starch a few years back . The military made him big on spray starch, but I point-blank refused to touch the stuff after a while. He finally gave up doing it himself, and I manfully restrained myself from pointing out that the world didn’t explode when he did. And they say maturity is just for adults.”

World Years Made Bigs Stuff Military Adults Maturity Relief Blank Everlasting Pointing Gave Up Spray

Author:Lilith Saintcrow

“Okay, I'll wear the Bite Me shirt,[...]It'll be my standard response to anyone who tries to hit on me." I giggle. "Someone can come up and be like 'Hey babe, what's your sign?' and I'll just point to my shirt." Rayne laughs appreciatively and tosses me the tank top. "Of course they might think you're pointing to your boobs in a 'have at 'em, big boy' kind of way.”

Thinking Way Trying Kind Bigs Might Courses Boys Laughing Standards Okay Response Come Up Hey Shirts Ems Bites Pointing Tanks Babe Toss Giggle Bite Me Tank Tops

Book:Boys that Bite

Source: Boys that Bite

“You know, I'm sick and tired of people pointing rifles at me.”

People Knows Sick Tired Pointing Rifles Boomerang

Author:Carrie Vaughn

“The worst thing about e-mail is that you can’t interrupt the other person. You have to read the whole thing and then e-mail them back, pointing out all their mistakes and faulty assumptions. It’s frustrating and it’s time-consuming. God bless phone calls.”

Persons Whole Mistake Worst Phones Assumption Bless Mail Worst Things Frustrating Pointing Consuming God Bless Phone Calls Time Consuming

Author:George Carlin

“Crooked Warden, I will fear no darkness for the night is yours," muttered Locke, pointing the first two fingers of his left hand into the darkness. The Dagger of the Thirteenth, a thief's gesture against evil. "Your night is my cloak, my shield, my escape from those who hunt to feed the noose. I will fear no evil, for you have made the night my friend." "Bless the Benefactor," said Jean, squeezing Locke's left forearm. "Peace and profit to his children.”

Source: The Gentleman Bastard Series 3-Book Bundle: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, The Republic of Thieves

“We were not having any fun, he had recently begun pointing out. I would take exception (didn't we do this, didn't we do that) but I had also known what he meant. He meant doing things not because we were expected to do them or had always done them or should do them but because we wanted to do them. He meant wanting. He meant living.”

Should Done Wanted Fun Known Expected Exception Pointing

Author:Joan Didion

“Tavi looked wildly around the courtyard, and when his gaze flicked toward them, his face lit witha ferocious smile. "Uncle Bernard! Uncle Bernard!" he shouted, pointing at Doroga. "He followed me home! Can we keep him?”

Home Faces Uncles Lit Pointing

Book:Furies Of Calderon: The Codex Alera: Book One

Source: Furies Of Calderon: The Codex Alera: Book One

“Look!" said Foaly, pointing with some urgency into the vast steel-gray gloom, "Someone who cares!”

Looks Said Care Gray Steel Who Cares Pointing Urgency Gloom Fowl Artemis Fowl

Author:Eoin Colfer

“People are continually pointing out to me the wretchedness of white people in order to console me for the wretchedness of blacks. But an itemized account of the American failure does not console me and it should not console anyone else. That hundreds of thousands of white people are living, in effect, no better than the "niggers" is not a fact to be regarded with complacency. The social and moral bankruptcy suggested by this fact is of the bitterest, most terrifying kind.”

People Should Kind Doe Facts Order Social White Moral Effects Accounts Pointing Complacency Console Bankruptcy Wretchedness

Author:James A. Baldwin

“Ransom thought her girly tendencies the funniest thing ever, constantly teased her over them, but the last time he'd opened his big mouth, she'd gotten her own back by pointing out that his long black hair sure did look well conditioned.”

Wells Looks Long Bigs Lasts Black Hair Mouths Tendencies Last Time Pointing Girly Ransom Black Hair Long Black Hair

Author:Nalini Singh

“It wasn't sarcasm." Graves blew out a cloud of acrid smoke. "It was pointing out a fallacy in your logic, babe." Anna's jaw actually dropped. For a moment, I wasn't sure if I should laugh or push him out of the room. Way to go, Graves.”

Ifs Way Should Moments Rooms Laughing Logic Clouds Graves Smoke Sarcasm Pointing Babe Fallacy Anna

Author:Lilith Saintcrow

“Hermione, will you please —” “Don’t you tell me what to do, Harry Potter!” she screeched. “Don’t you dare! Give it back now! And YOU!” She was pointing at Ron in dire accusation: It was like a malediction, and Harry could not blame Ron for retreating several steps.”

Giving Steps Please Blame Dare Harry Potter Pointing Potters Accusation Hermione Malediction

Author:J. K. Rowling

“Just being alive is such a gift, but nobody ever told you to be thankful to existence. On the contrary, everyone was grumpy, complaining. Naturally, if everything surrounding your life from the very beginning goes on pointing out to you that you are not what you should be, goes on giving you great ideals that you have to follow and you have to become, your isness is never praised. What is praised is your future - if you can become someone respectable, powerful, rich, intellectual, in some way famous, not just a nobody.”

Ifs Way Giving Should Spiritual Powerful Existence Rich Alive Goes On Intellectual Ideals Contrary Complaining Just Being Pointing Your Future Being Thankful Respectable Grumpy

Author:Rajneesh

“Shut up," Morgan said, whirling on the woman and pointing the sword at her. "Shut up, you shrill harpy, before I aid you in doing so by means of a dozen ways you won't care for in the least." Adhémar's fiancée fell, blessedly, silent.”

Way Mean Said Care Silent Aids Dozen Shut Up Mars Pointing Harpies

Book:Star of the Morning

Source: Star of the Morning

“I laughed, loud enough that Delia looked up at me. She made motions for me to come over, but I pretended to be looking past her into the food tent. "Hurry. Pretend you're pointing something out so I can pretend not to see her." Luke put a hand on my shoulder and pointed with the other towards the sky. "Look, the moon." "That was the best you could come up with?" I demanded.”

Looks Made I Can Enough Hands Past Sky Moon Come Up Shoulders Loud Laughed Pointing Tents Luke

Book:Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception

Source: Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception

“I had removed my patent leather shoes after a while, for they foundered badly in the sand. It pleased me to think they would be perched there on the silver log, pointing out to sea, like a sort of soul-compass, after I was dead.”

Thinking Soul Would Be Sea Shoes Sand Silver Pointing Compass Leather Patents Bell Jar Leather Shoes

Book:the bell jar

Source: the bell jar

“Arguments about God are like pointing a flashlight toward the sky to see if the sun is shining.”

Ifs Sun Sky Argument Shining Pointing Flashlights

Author:N. T. Wright

“What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction”

People Way Life Inspirational Trying Inspiration Might Success Labels I Have Learned Pointing Billionaire Motivational Success New Directions

Author:Oprah Winfrey

“I wonder what Proust would have made of our present-day locus of collective fantasy, the Internet. I’m guessing he would have seized on its wistful aspect, pointing out gently and with wry humor that much of what beguiles us is the act of reaching for what isn’t there.”

Made Wonder Fantasy Internet Aspect Reaching Collectives Pointing Present Day Guessing Proust Wry

Author:Jennifer Egan

“What's that smell?" I froze. What? Did I really smell so distasteful he had only to lean in my direction to catch a putrid whiff of me? I stayed the urge to break his freaking nose for pointing out my stinkiness. He sniffed again. "I can't place it." "How bad is it?" I asked, my cheeks heating. "It's good. Some kind of flower." My first thought: Hurray! I don't stink. My second: Ohmygod!”

Firsts Kind I Can Break Flower Smell Noses Urges Cheeks Pointing Stink Distasteful Heating

Book:Animal Instincts

Source: Animal Instincts

“That ones yours,huh?"he asked,pointing to 3A."How come it just says 'Kyle'?Doesnt he have a last name?" "Kyle wants to be a rock star,"Simon said,heading down the stairs."I think his working the one-name thing.Like Rihanna.”

Thinking Want Said Lasts Names Stars Rocks Pointing Rock Star Stairs Headings

Book:Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels

Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels

“Alex, Add it up. No matter how much you want her in your life, she doesn’t belong. A triangle can’t fit into a square. Just pointing out the facts” "“Gracias” I don’t point out that if it’s a big enough square, a small triangle can fit inside perfectly. All you have to do is make a few adjustments.”

Ifs Want Matter Enough Facts Bigs Fit Add Squares Pointing Alex Adjustment Triangles

Book:Perfect Chemistry

Source: Perfect Chemistry

“It is dangerous to explain too clearly to man how like he is to the animals without pointing out his greatness. It is also dangerous to make too much of his greatness without his vileness. It is still more dangerous to leave him in ignorance of both, but it is most valuable to represent both to him. Man must not be allowed to believe that he is equal either to animals or to angels, nor to be unaware of either, but he must know both.”

Knows Men Believe Stills Animal Too Much Dangerous Greatness Ignorance Equal Angel Valuable Pointing

Book:Human Happiness

Source: Human Happiness

“Look, do you see that poem?' she said suddenly, pointing.”

Looks Said Pointing

Book:L. M. MONTGOMERY – Ultimate Collection: 20 Novels & 170+ Short Stories, Poetry, Letters and Autobiography (Including The Complete Anne of Green Gables Series & Emily Starr Trilogy): Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, The Blue Castle, Rilla of Ingleside, Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs, The Golden Road, Mistress Pat, Chronicles of Avonlea, Kilmeny of the Orchard and many more

Source: L. M. MONTGOMERY – Ultimate Collection: 20 Novels & 170+ Short Stories, Poetry, Letters and Autobiography (Including The Complete Anne of Green Gables Series & Emily Starr Trilogy): Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, The Blue Castle, Rilla of Ingleside, Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs, The Golden Road, Mistress Pat, Chronicles of Avonlea, Kilmeny of the Orchard and many more