Quotes about Poke

Life is a buzzer box. Poke it. Votes: 3

Poke gave him life. Ender gave it meaning. Votes: 3

Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye. Votes: 3

These bitches be like Poke my ass out and that's 150 likes Rocked 150 mics. Votes: 3

The public is like a piano. You just have to know what keys to poke. Votes: 3

Aw, Poke, you poor, kind, decent, stupid girl. You saved me and I let you down. Votes: 3

Can you burn me up with holy water? Poke me to death with your crucifix? Pelt me with communion wafers? Votes: 3

You can't prove anything about a program written in C or FØRTRAN. It's really just Peek and Poke with some syntactic sugar. Votes: 3

I check Style.com to look at the collections and love to poke around some of the other fashion blogs to see what's going on. Votes: 3

When you're really close to someone, they can make fun of you a lot and get away with it. But they sort of poke you in all of the right places. Votes: 3

Stand-up comedy and comedy in general is the ultimate form of free speech, because you get to poke holes in all the pretentious bubbles politicians and pundits and popes and pretenders try to float over our heads. Votes: 3

After my husband died, I felt like one of those spiraled shells washed upon the beach... Poke a straw through the twisting tunnel, around and around, and there is nothing there. No flesh. No life. Whatever lived there is dried up and gone. Votes: 3

Dangerous? Do you remember what Xavier's power is? Teleportation. Limited Teleportation, They guy can move about 10 feet. Worst thing he could do to me? Poke me in the eyes, and go "Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk" and Zip away before I can smack him," - Elena Votes: 3

What's wrong with lust? You fancy your neighbor's husband so what are you supposed to do? Poke your eyes out so that you can't see him anymore? Acting on it is maybe a sin ... but my God, just lusting after someone? Is that so bad? Votes: 3

They heard the click of the mail slot and flop of letters on the doormat. "Get the mail, Dudley," said Uncle Vernon from behind his paper. "Make Harry get it." "Get the mail, Harry." "Make Dudley get it." "Poke him with your Smelting stick, Dudley. Votes: 3

But the scars are always there, waiting for something to poke them. Votes: 2

There's something that doesn't make sense. Let's go and poke it with a stick. Votes: 2

To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world. Votes: 2

A man who wouldn't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough. --Augustus "Gus" McCrae Votes: 2

This one guy's wife is such a pretty brown thing, that I'm liable to give her a poke or two. Whaddaya think of that? Votes: 2

Comedy just pokes at problems, rarely confronts them squarely. Drama is like a plate of meat and potatoes, comedy is rather the dessert, a bit like meringue. Votes: 2

During the winter, you head out into the darkness for a run. When spring comes, and the first crocus pokes up its head...you know it was worthwhile. Votes: 2

In the world of late-night comics, Letterman made us feel any hometown boy from Indianapolis could poke fun at celebrities and politicians and do it right to their faces. Votes: 2

What do we care, if the world is a joke? We'll give it a big kiss, we'll give it a poke. Death wears a big hat cause he's a big bloke. Votes: 2

Billy, in one of his nice new sashes, Fell in the fire and was burnt to ashes; Now, although the room grows chilly, I haven't the heart to poke poor Billy. Votes: 2

Don't you think I would be a worthy replacement for you, Madam Prime Minister? You have a long nose. So have I. But I don't poke my nose into other people's affairs. Votes: 2

The original 'Scream' is one of those classic things, but it totally pokes fun at itself too. It's never taking itself too seriously, which is why I think it's such a cult classic. Votes: 2

A person is born form the deep conditions of the world. A person pokes up from the world and roll along like a wave. Until it's time to sink down again. Up, down. Person, wave. Votes: 2

The blankets had fallen off and I stared down at her white back, the shoulder blades sticking out as if they wanted to grow into wings, poke through that skin. Little blades. She was helpless. Votes: 2

If you give the audience what they expect, they'll be bored. There are no rules: You do what you want while respecting the boundaries. You don't poke people in the eye; you do things they haven't seen before and make it accessible, funny and clever. Votes: 2

If there is aught of good in the style, it is the result of ceaseless toil in rewriting. Everything comes out wrong with me at first; but when once objectified I can torture and poke and scrape and pat it till it offends me no more. Votes: 2

Physical aggression by a man toward his partner is abuse, even if it happens only once. If he raises a fist; punches a hole in the wall; throws things at you; blocks your way; restrains you; grabs, pushes, or pokes you; or threatens to hurt you, that's physical abuse. He is creating fear and using your need for physical freedom and safety as a way to control you. Votes: 2

One of my favorite ways to eat albacore is tuna poke. Votes: 1

Trolling taps into people's desire to poke fun, make trouble and cause annoyance. Votes: 1

A man that ain't willin' to cheat for a poke don't want it bad enough. Votes: 1

I think people are tired of politicians trying to poke each other in the eye. Votes: 1

Being a comedy writer gives you permission to be an outsider and poke fun at what people think about other people. Votes: 1

Grissom is a character who doesn't really want people poking around in his life. He likes to poke around in his work. Votes: 1

A number of American colleges are willing to pay a tempting amount to pinch and poke an author for a day or two. Votes: 1

For me, one of the privileges of being a writer is to poke your nose around and learn about worlds you don't know. Votes: 1

If you like good ol' fashion Southern soul food then, yes, I am a good cook! My specialty is chicken dumplings and poke salad. Votes: 1

There's a lot to do when you're a kid - spiders to catch, girls to poke in the eye - stuff to be getting on with. Votes: 1

I'll do humor about myself, I'll poke fun and everything, but that's me and I can do it to me. I think it's cruel to do it to somebody else. Votes: 1

Even when people are rich and successful on TV shows, there's always some trouble - you have to poke holes in them, throw them out of a job, put a pie in the face. Votes: 1

If I hurt someone, if I were to accidentally poke someone's eye out, I would laugh. And then I'd say, 'I'm sorry, I really do feel bad,' but then I'm on the floor rolling. Votes: 1

I feel I would love to close down for a number of years in some way and just be in the country making pork pies and chutneys and never have to poke my head out of the parapet. Votes: 1

I like girls who are self-deprecating. I like girls who make fun of themselves. If you can't poke fun at yourself, what are you? I just want someone with a good soul. That's about it. The rest I'm really flexible on. Votes: 1

Most of us don't have to worry about being shot if we poke our noses outside. So we are comfortable, but the people I'm writing about are definitely not comfortable, and being shot while they're still inside is a good possibility. Votes: 1

Southern Appalachians have been ridiculed since the country began. In fiction, they're usually depicted in a cartoonish manner. The region is poor, and very suspicious of outsiders, so there's a sort of 'us versus them' situation. They're easy to poke fun at. Votes: 1

In bringing the subject of religious oppression to a wider audience, I didn't just want to kick the Catholic Church but to poke a finger in the throat of theocracy and to let it be known that people shouldn't tolerate this anymore. Votes: 1

My aggression out there is my weapon. I think it's more letting them know that I'm not going to let them get away with something, and I'm not just going to kind of poke it back and be content to stay in rallies. Votes: 1

I want to poke holes in the erroneous beliefs about what fame provides. It won't raise your self-esteem, it won't create profound connection, it's not going to heal your childhood traumas, it's only going to amplify them. You're going to be subject to a lot of criticism and praise, both of which are violent in their own ways. Votes: 1

I actually regard Facebook as a huge bore, but I cannot refrain from participating in it. I guess I crave the feeling of hope it gives me to think that today will be different from yesterday, that I will find an interesting comment or poke or video, and on the extremely rare occasion when that happens, I am just thrilled. Votes: 1

Apparently wizards poke their noses in everywhere! Votes: 0

It's fun for someone to poke fun at himself. Votes: 0

Stop, stop, stop, you're going to poke someone's eye out! Votes: 0

Though he love not to buy the pig in the poke. Votes: 0

The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals. Votes: 0

I like sporks. They're like spoons, but you can poke people with them. Votes: 0

Sometimes you have to poke holes in the darkness until it bleeds light. Votes: 0

It's fun to invent systems and meanings and then poke holes in them. Votes: 0

I think anything that you can't poke fun at is a little too precious. Votes: 0

The pen is mightier than the sword, if you know where to poke it. Votes: 0

Remember, people who peek through keyholes have to expect an occasional poke in the eye. Votes: 0

I think the State shouldn't poke its nose into the sexual relations of consenting adults. Votes: 0

Respectfully, 'Awkward Black Girl' was never meant to be politically correct. We poke fun at ignorance. Votes: 0

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man will poke out his eye to fit in. Votes: 0

I poke fun of everybody and everything. And who's easier to make fun of than your mother? Votes: 0

Desmond, don't poke the baby!'... 'I'll get you next time-' Don't threaten the baby either!'... Votes: 0

We can never be a nation of snobs so long as we are willing to poke fun at ourselves. Votes: 0

When moral superiority combines with billowing ignorance, they fill up a hot-air balloon that's awfully hard not to poke. Votes: 0

I don't think I'm too mean to celebrities. I poke fun, but I think in the end, they always win. Votes: 0

The ground has on its clothes. The trees poke out of sheets and each branch wears the sock of God. Votes: 0

Carrie doesn't seem to talk about anything with sharp edges. Maybe she's afraid they might poke her and then she'd burst. Votes: 0

I always think the novelist should go to the culture's dark places and poke around. Pose a lot of hard questions. Votes: 0

I may think that hornets do not have an ideal social organization. But I know better than to poke their nest. Votes: 0

Morfran thrust his axe straight up. He pretty much seemed to have one sign for everything: poke a hole in the sky. Votes: 0

If I was wealthy I'd never do anything but poke around in ruined cities all over the world - and probably get snake-bit. Votes: 0

I pride myself on being fairly polite on a set so it's kind of a guilty pleasure to poke others on the set. Votes: 0

Facebook people are finding me that I don't really know. People poke you on Facebook. I'm like, 'Why? Why are you poking me?' Votes: 0

Because you can poke someone's eye out legally doesn't mean you should and that it's right. The Bible teaches us a more perfect justice. Votes: 0

You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too. Votes: 0

Anyway, I don't trust those people who poke around sad people's minds and tell them how interesting it all is up there. It's not interesting. Votes: 0

I see the cartoonist as contributing to the content, being critical, because we do poke holes in some of the dialogue and find new ways of seeing things. Votes: 0

Women never reason, or, if they do, they either draw correct inferences from wrong premises, or wrong inferences from correct premises; and they always poke the fire from the top. Votes: 0

And it's Gryfindor in possession again, as Johnson takes the Quaffle"” Flint alongside her "”poke him in the eye, Angelina "”it was a joke, professor, it was a joke... Votes: 0

You can poke fun at some pretty difficult circumstances, and it's just a way to pop the bubble. I don't do that thing onstage usually, but offstage sometimes I might. Votes: 0

There ought not to be anything in the whole universe that man can't poke his nose into-that's the way we're built and I assume that there's some reason for that. Votes: 0

I have an air mattress. It's great because if someone tries to suffocate me in bed I can just poke a hole in it and use it to stay alive. Votes: 0

Pride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything, and the former forbids us to leave anything unresolved and undecided. Votes: 0

My wife is French, and so I get to see America through her eyes, which informs a lot of little moments. It means I can poke fun at very particular things about us. Votes: 0

Though ye loue not to bye the pyg in the poke,Yet snatche ye at the poke, that the pyg is in,Not for the poke, but the pyg good chepe to wyn. Votes: 0

There is something soothing about working in the yard. Planting seeds and seeing them poke green out of the dirt. And it gets you out of the house with out going too far. Votes: 0

My idea of government support was, you supply me with hospitals, schools and the environment to do well and that will do me fine. But do not poke your nose in my business. Votes: 0

I love being around my family. I am very close to my mum, my brother, my grandmother, my aunts - we constantly poke fun at each other, but it's all done out of love. Votes: 0

Not that managing in the American League is easy, but this is certainly different. I'll have to have somebody poke me in the rear end when I have a pitcher that's going to hit. Votes: 0

We like to make sure there is a plot at the center of it and that you care about the people but to poke fun of little things, like the toast restaurant in the pilot. Votes: 0

Poor Petey. I'd like to say I could almost feel a tender spot for poor Petey, but the truth is I'd rather feel at the tender spot on his head and give it a poke. Votes: 0

Sanguine felt the ridiculous urge to reach out and poke him, just to see if he’d react, but he’d seen that kind of anger before. It was the quiet kind. The dangerous kind. Votes: 0