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Backfire Quotes

Contrary to popular belief and hope, people don't usually come running when they hear a scream. That's not how humans work. Humans look at other humans and say, 'Did you hear a scream?' because the first scream might have been you screaming inside your head, or a horse backfiring. Terry Prachett
Alice Hoffman quote: "Love is ancient and mysterious and you can't mess with it. If..."
Love is ancient and mysterious and you can't mess with it. If you do it just backfires and you meet with disaster. Alice Hoffman
I paused for a light at Hamilton and TWlfth and noticed the Nissan was running rough at idle. Two blocks later it backfired and stalled. I coaxed it into the center of the city. Ffft, ffft, ffft, KAPOW! Ffft, ffft, ffft, KAPOW! A Trans Am pulled up next to me at a light. The Trans Am was filled with high school kids. One of them stuck his head out of the passenger-side window. "Hey lady," he said. "Sounds like you got a fartmobile." I flipped him an Italian goodwill gesture and pulled the... Janet Evanovich
David Sedaris quote: "There is still the outside world to contend with. A world of..."
There is still the outside world to contend with. A world of backfiring cars, and their human equivalents. David Sedaris
I think the idea of trying to demonize Governor Romney's going to backfire. Their attempts so far have failed pretty outstandingly and I think at the end of the day, people are going to say, 'what was Obama's record?' Governor Romney's got pro-growth Reaganesque proposals on the table. Steve Forbes
Jack Dee quote: "If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for..."
If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really backfired very badly on me. Jack Dee
I mean, I didn't - I should have demanded attention of the boss maybe, or something like that that might have backfired. This I would just take as it came. James Stockdale
When you're winning games, everyone thinks everything the manager says and does is fantastic. Then it goes the other way, and those earlier criticisms of players can backfire. Gary Lineker
I think there's a form of honesty, because I used to be very honest with the press, and then it backfired on me, and I understood it. Shia LaBeouf
Jonathan Krohn quote: "I think that President Obama is beginning to realize that a..."
I think that President Obama is beginning to realize that a lot of his plans have backfired. Jonathan Krohn
It's sort of the mixed blessing of being on television for so long in one thing; sometimes that backfires, in that you're not able to continue on. Katey Sagal
Todd Barry quote: "I used to write things out beforehand. But sometimes it..."
I used to write things out beforehand. But sometimes it backfires. Todd Barry

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