#tick

That's life. Whichever way you turn, fate sticks out a foot to trip you. ↗

— Martin Goldsmith

#foot #life #out #sticks #trip

Look, I was only given a year or two to come up with tunes for this record, and when all but eight of them were thrown out for riotous behaviour, I got a bit ticked off; wouldn't you? ↗

— Alan Gorrie

#bit #come #eight #given #got

I grew up under the sticks and stones rule. I didn't put my hands on you so why should you put your hands on me or my family. ↗

— Tim Hardaway

#grew #hands #i #me #put

Besides, I can't get to where I want to go by conscious or unconscious suicide. I've got my strange little life to lead. Leading it the best I can - that's how I buy the ticket to where I want to be. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#life-after-death #living-life #salvation #ticket #death

People keep telling us, that they didn't know when they were booking tickets for it, but afterwards they say that they've had no sense that they were watching an old fashioned play. ↗

— Bill Irwin

#booking #fashioned #had #keep #know

You know, you can touch a stick of dynamite, but if you touch a venomous snake it'll turn around and bite you and kill you so fast it's not even funny. ↗

— Steve Irwin

#bite #dynamite #even #fast #funny

I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots. ↗

— Derek Jeter

#find #gotta #i #i think #just

I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do. ↗

— Joan Jett

#advantage #believe #born #get #i

I never knew when I was gong to leave. I might be walking over to a kid's house, then of all a sudden I would just stick out my thumb and hitchhike across three states. ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

#gong #house #i #just #kid

I need a weapon,” Valkyrie muttered. “You’re an Elemental with a Necromancer ring, trained in a variety of martial arts by some of the best fighters in the world,” Skulduggery pointed out. “I’m fairly certain that makes you a weapon.” “I mean a weapon you hold. You have a gun, Tanith has a sword... I want a stick.” “I’ll buy you a stick for Christmas. ↗

— Derek Landy

#humour #skulduggery #stick #weapon #art