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Catch Quotes (page 12)

Kirpal’s left hand swoops down and catches the dropped fork an inch from the floor and gently passes it into the fingers of his daughter, a wrinkle at the edge of his eyes behind his spectacles. Michael Ondaatje
He holds his glass up and turns to me as a single flake catches on the rim before melting down the one side into an amber world where bubbles burst and are born, burst and are born. Gloria Naylor
Benjamin Franklin quote: "The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the..."
The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. Your have to catch up with it yourself. Benjamin Franklin
Anais Nin quote: "The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live..."
The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison, was the miracle. Anais Nin
Honore de Balzac quote: "You're a fine fastidious young man, as proud as a lion, as..."
You're a fine fastidious young man, as proud as a lion, as gentle as a girl. You'd make a good catch for the devil. Honore de Balzac
A noiseless patient spider, I mark'd where on a little promontory it stood isolated, Mark'd how to explore the vacant vast surrounding, It launch'd forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself, Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them. And you O my soul where you stand, Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space, Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to connect them, Till the bridge you will need be form'd, till the ductile anchor hold, Till the... Walt Whitman
Not long ago, an English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was "What's your alma mater?" I told him, "Books." You will never catch me with a free fifteen minutes in which I'm not studying something I feel might be able to help the black man. Malcolm X
Nora Roberts quote: "Roz to Amelia (the house ghost): How considerate of you, after..."
Roz to Amelia (the house ghost): How considerate of you, after trying to kill me, to see that I don't catch a cold. Nora Roberts
The subject of history is the life of peoples and of humanity. To catch and pin down in words--that is, to describe directly the life, not only of humanity, but even of a single people, appears to be impossible. Leo Tolstoy
Oh, mercy. If it catches you in the wrong frame of mind, the King James Bible can make you want to drink poison in no uncertain terms. Barbara Kingsolver
I wanted the moments of my life to follow and order themselves like those of a life remembered. You might as well try and catch time by the tail. Jean-Paul Sartre
Richard Carlson quote: "If we would just slow down, happiness would catch up to us."
If we would just slow down, happiness would catch up to us. Richard Carlson
I waited for her to catch up, and when I did, she slowed down, and I missed seeing the light in her hair. I never told Nadia how much I liked seeing the halo the sunlight made of her hair. Sometimes silence is a habit that hurts. E. L. Konigsburg
It was as if the main screw in his head, which held his whole life together, had become stripped. The screw would not go in, would not come out, but turned in the same groove without catching hold, and it was impossible to stop turning it. Leo Tolstoy
Dodie Smith quote: "I wonder if there isn't a catch about having plenty of money?..."
I wonder if there isn't a catch about having plenty of money? Does it eventually take the pleasure out of things? Dodie Smith

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