Quotes about Pulled

I Didn't Drop My Gloves. They Were Pulled Off Me! Votes: 3

I've actually started to drive slower. I never want to see a news headline that reads, 'The Chinese Guy from 'Fast & Furious' Pulled Over for a Speeding Ticket.' Votes: 3

Here was peace. She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net. Pulled it from around the waist of the world and draped it over her shoulder. So much of life in its meshes! She called in her soul to come and see. Votes: 3

We are only puppets, our strings are being pulled by unknown forces. Votes: 1

Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives. Votes: 1

I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit. Votes: 1

It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself. Votes: 1

I'd take a bullet for just about anyone! If someone pulled out a gun, I'd step in front of you even though I've never met you. Votes: 1

The most memorable night of The Judy Garland Show for me was the night my mother pulled me out of the audience and sang to me onstage. Votes: 1

I try to show the public that chemistry, biology, physics, astrophysics is life. It is not some separate subject that you have to be pulled into a corner to be taught about. Votes: 1

My father pulled into Pearl Harbor four days after the bombing, and he said, everything was still burning. He said they never told the public how bad it was. It was really bad. Votes: 1

I'm kind of ashamed to be a celebrity. I don't understand wanting to read about other people's dirty laundry. I think celebrity is the biggest red herring society has ever pulled on itself. Votes: 1

We all get so caught up in the moment of what we're doing every day, it's hard to hit that reset button and get pulled away from all that and see life from a different perspective. Votes: 1

I've had a blessed life. I've pulled back from trying to control my destiny and gone back to accepting whatever fate has in store for me. I live for today because I don't know what'll happen tomorrow. Votes: 1

I went out with some old friends and we were having fun. A couple of them were very intoxicated. When I went to leave, I refused to let them drive. So when I got pulled over, I was the driver. Votes: 1

It's always the small people who change things. It's never the politicians or the big guys. I mean, who pulled down the Berlin wall? It was all the people in the streets. The specialists didn't have a clue the day before. Votes: 1

In Zurich, in a cafe overlooking the Limmat, I ate butter-drenched white asparagus pulled from the ground that morning; it had the aftertaste of champagne. I've been able to appreciate epic meals in San Francisco, New Orleans, Berlin, Paris, Las Vegas. Votes: 1

Her friends say she is very funny. At a family dinner, she stood to go, and the footman very properly pulled her chair away. At that moment I asked her a question and she sat down again, except there was no chair. Everyone, including the Queen, laughed and laughed. Votes: 1

If you don't die of thirst, there are blessings in the desert. You can be pulled into limitlessness, which we all yearn for, or you can do the beauty of minutiae, the scrimshaw of tiny and precise. The sky is your ocean, and the crystal silence will uplift you like great gospel music, or Neil Young. Votes: 1

I met Woz when I was 13, at a friend's garage. He was about 18. He was, like, the first person I met who knew more electronics than I did at that point. We became good friends, because we shared an interest in computers and we had a sense of humor. We pulled all kinds of pranks together. Votes: 1

One of the things is that the good intentions of Prohibition, from reading over the years and from becoming obsessed with the research of gangs in New York City, seems to have allowed crime figures at the time, like Luciano, Capone, Torrio and Rothstein, to organize to become more powerful, which pulled all the way through until the '70s. Votes: 1

The distance between number one and number two is always a constant. If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself and the organization gets pulled up with you. That is a big lesson. I cannot just expect the organization to improve if I don't improve myself and lift the organization, because that distance is a constant. Votes: 1

My dad was fine about me doing modelling at 16 because I always said school was important to me. I always chose my jobs carefully so I wouldn't have to take too much time off. It got harder toward the end with my A-levels; there were sleepless nights, and I was doing my homework on the plane coming home, but I pulled through. Votes: 1

The best meal I've had was in Tavarua, an island in Fiji. It was just before sunset. A bunch of guys had just caught all this yellow fin tuna; they literally brought this huge wooden table down to the sand, pulled the tuna from the boat, dropped it on top of the table, pulled the skin off and sliced the tuna up. Votes: 1

To understand the intensity of driving an F1 car, you have to be in it. When you're driving a 750hp machine at 200mph, the noise and the vibrations are incredible. The G-force when you take big corners is like someone trying to rip your head off. You hit the brakes, and it feels as if the skin is being pulled off your body. Votes: 1

I have loved music so much from when I was little, and I don't know whether it was because I saw my dad doing it and then I got the idea; I don't know what came first... But I always had a hairbrush in the mirror singing. I was always with him backstage; I would go out and be pulled in for the last song. Votes: 1

One night, I lay awake for hours, just terrified. When the dawn finally came up - the comfortable blue sky, the familiar world returning - I could think of no other way to express my relief than through poetry. I made a decision there and then that it was what I wanted to do. Every time I pulled a wishbone, it was what I asked for. Votes: 1

I've been singing properly every day since I was about fifteen or sixteen, and I have never had any problems with my voice, ever. I've had a sore throat here and there, had a cold and sung through it, but that day it just went while I was onstage in Paris during a radio show. It was literally like someone had pulled a curtain over it. Votes: 1

We never had books at home, but my dad, seeing how keen I was to read, took me to Islington Library when I was about eight and we pulled out two - a Biggles and a science fiction novel. I never got the ace fighter pilot but fell in love with all things to do with the future and space. Isaac Asimov soon became my guiding star. Votes: 1

I pulled out Riptide. Votes: 0

Useless as a pulled tooth. Votes: 0

What is firmly rooted cannot be pulled out Votes: 0

Some nutter's gone and pulled a Jack the Ripper. Votes: 0

Aston Villa have literally metaphorically had their pants pulled down Votes: 0

And then the Necromancers pulled out their sub-atomic machine guns. Votes: 0

The team pulled together very well, whatever we tried worked. Votes: 0

We pulled them [ Bink & Gollie] out of our feeble little brains. Votes: 0

We are pushed by pain until we are pulled by vision. Votes: 0

The sky slowly pulled up its blue dress to reveal night. Votes: 0

He pulled away, but his eyes held my eyes like hands. Votes: 0

I pulled out of making movies in about '96 or '97. Votes: 0

I've never seen anyone go on the DL with pulled fat. Votes: 0

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude- roots that can be pulled up. Votes: 0

I crawled into my book and pulled the pages over my head... Votes: 0

I pulled the Johnny character from the Jamaican Johnny Too Bad thing. Votes: 0

They asked me for some collateral and I pulled down my pants. Votes: 0

Let the Beloved be a hat pulled down firmly on my head. Votes: 0

He kissed me, and I pulled my personal psycho into bed with me. Votes: 0

I had reached up and pulled the castle of dreams down around him. Votes: 0

Real hope combined with real action has always pulled me through difficult times. Votes: 0

Let yourself be gently pulled by the deeper desire of what you want. Votes: 0

Blues and jazz pulled me away from what was left of my family. Votes: 0

I was thinking about making a comeback, until I pulled a muscle vacuuming. Votes: 0

I feel the most pulled together when I'm going for the tomboyish thing. Votes: 0

Donald Trump pulled off an amazing political feat. He deserves tremendous credit for that. Votes: 0

Does anyone ever shudder with the crap that you pulled off and didn't die? Votes: 0

Every radish I ever pulled up seemed to have a mortgage attached to it. Votes: 0

But it was the singing that pulled me in and split me wide open. Votes: 0

And lilies are still lilies, pulled By smutty hands, though spotted from their white. Votes: 0

Life is pulled by goals and pushed by drive. Make sure you have both! Votes: 0

Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will. Votes: 0

[Donald Trump] he has pulled off something that no one believed he could do. Votes: 0

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was making us believe that he's not real. Votes: 0

Whenever someone leaves, the next person that gets pulled in is somebody with similar values. Votes: 0

There's good chances and bad chances, and nobody's luck is pulled only by one string. Votes: 0

With showrunning, the more successful you get, the more you're pulled away from the writing. Votes: 0

She grabbed his face and pulled him into a kiss, which effectively shut him up. Votes: 0

I'm the only person I know of who's ever been pulled over for attempted speeding. Votes: 0

Joy, oh joy. He'd rather have his entrails pulled out through his nostrils.' (Fang) Votes: 0

Lessons are good but there's a lot inside of us that can be pulled out. Votes: 0

My friend told me I went over to this guy and he pulled a knife. Votes: 0

I started rereading 'The Dutchman' - I kind of just pulled it off the shelf. Votes: 0

So, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel? Votes: 0

A bird on a tether, no matter how long the rope, can always be pulled back. Votes: 0

Please forgive me," Pleasant said, then aimed the gun at the girl and pulled the trigger. Votes: 0

Anybody can get bigheaded once they know the seat cannot be pulled out from under them. Votes: 0

I always find myself pulled back into the fantasy genre, and I can't really explain it. Votes: 0

Quick as lightning Wild Bill pulled his revolver. The stranger fell dead, shot through the brain. Votes: 0

Separation of church and state is the big club pulled out to beat back the Christians . Votes: 0

As The O.C. started up again, I started to feel myself potentially getting pulled away. Votes: 0

Yet again, Matt pulled another rabbit out of his hat and got a fire for us. Votes: 0

and when they pulled her from the wreck, you know, she still had on her shades Votes: 0

I'm restless. Things are calling me away. My hair is being pulled by the stars again. Votes: 0

I was wild and tame and pulled into shreds and crushed into being all at once. Votes: 0

It's always better to step down from the pedestal than to be pulled off of it. Votes: 0

I didn't record any additional dialogue for this CD, they are excerpts pulled from existing episodes. Votes: 0

A lot of people are realizing they had the wool pulled over their eyes by Obama. Votes: 0

Life is a whoopee cushion, a chair pulled away just as you were taking a seat. Votes: 0

Hollywood is the gold cap on a tooth that should have been pulled out years ago. Votes: 0

I got kicked out of ballet class because I pulled a groin muscle. It wasn't mine. Votes: 0

I couldn't have been more shocked if he pulled a pink elephant out of his ass! Votes: 0

A friend of mine drowned in a bowl of muesli. A strong currant pulled him in. Votes: 0

Amoebas, once they have themselves well pulled in two, go their ways-they practice divorce, but no remarriage. Votes: 0

I was feeling everything too much. Everything pulled at my eyes. I spent hours floating in pools. Votes: 0

I'm surprised that I actually pulled off the recording, getting all those people at the same time. Votes: 0

The first thing we pulled out was a lump of white gunk. "Wax," Carter pronounced. "Fascinating. Votes: 0

Perhaps I might have resisted a great temptation, but the little ones would have pulled me down Votes: 0

If anything could have pulled me out of retirement, it would have been an Indiana Jones film. Votes: 0

It seems everyone in Hollywood is getting pinched, lifted and pulled. I'm looking weird because I'm not. Votes: 0

I’m restless. Things are calling me away. My hair is being pulled by the stars again. Votes: 0

Son, the greatest trick the Devil pulled was convincing the world there was only one of him. Votes: 0

Two months later at a party, Bernard pulled me into a closet and proposed. I said yes. Votes: 0

I pulled the trigger twice, cutting off his protests, and Finn joined my lover on the floor. Votes: 0

I had done this. I had pulled my life apart. I would never, ever be safe again. Votes: 0

It's hard enough for a person to keep their own socks pulled up, let alone someone else's. Votes: 0

I would have given him everything. I would have pulled down planets to make our life work. Votes: 0

It was bitingly cold up here,and the wind pulled at his clothes like an insistent lover. Votes: 0

The night is a skin pulled over the head of day that the day may be in torment. Votes: 0

She was drowning-in friendliness, in community-and she was starting to think she didn't want to get pulled out. Votes: 0

I enjoy my work so much that I have to be pulled away from my work into leisure. Votes: 0

I do like my hair being pulled from time to time, it's like a pair of reins, innit? Votes: 0

What is technology?" Cian pulled his brother inside, pushed the button for the next floor. "It's another god. Votes: 0

I have not been so much pushed by winds as pulled forward by the force of my decisions. Votes: 0

The greatest trick that the devil ever pulled Was convincing women that they looked Better in their makeup Votes: 0

Thus, races arose from an original coding which God pulled out as needed for adaptation to the environment. Votes: 0

If you are justified, you can no more be unjustified than Christ can be pulled down from heaven. Votes: 0

I've been pulled over five times for speeding - and talked my way out of every single ticket! Votes: 0

I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled myself closer to him until my lips touched his. Votes: 0

I don't understand why or how anyone ever pulled off the whole idea of 'women are inferior.' Votes: 0

All the dead bolts, pulled shades and hidden knives in the world couldn't protect you from the truth. Votes: 0

I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart Will never again, sir, tear us from each other's hearts. Votes: 0

So often the pendulum contines to swing with the side that has just pulled themselves out of the hole. Votes: 0

If your faith isn't rooted in the Bible, it will wither like a plant pulled out of the soil. Votes: 0

Life is a big sea full of many fish. I let down my nets and pulled. I'm still pulling. Votes: 0

Instead of seeing the rug being pulled from under us, we can learn to dance on the shifting carpet. Votes: 0

People are pulled towards the best in themselves, and spotlighting the right is a much stronger approach than nagging. Votes: 0

I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me. Votes: 0

I don't like juries having the wool pulled over their eyes. I don't think that's what the Constitution is about. Votes: 0

In cross examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch. Votes: 0

I pulled out box after box, setting them haphazardly around the room. My organization lacked something -- like, say, organization ... Votes: 0

It's well known that the greatest defense against an intruder is the sound of a gun hammer being pulled back. Votes: 0

In a sacred moment, when attention is pulled inward, rather than continuing in its usual outward direction, silence is realized. Votes: 0

...she yanked open her shoulder bag and pulled out a stake. Boy Scouts and vampire slayers should always be prepared. Votes: 0

Everyday that passes I am pulled from youth as how it has been defined by that culture into something else. Votes: 0

Cameron Diaz was so cute at the MTV Movie Awards when she pulled her skirt up and wiped her armpits. Votes: 0

A black Mercedes Benz 450 SL pulled up. It was your classic hood auto beloved of terrorists, pimps and African dictators. Votes: 0

Once the world was pulled out from beneath your feet, did you ever get to stand on firm ground again? Votes: 0

I feel like I envision a lot of hamstrings getting pulled and a lot of bumps and bruises out there. Votes: 0

I was getting dressed and a peeping tom looked in the window, took a look and pulled down the shade. Votes: 0

I pulled a hamstring during the New York City Marathon. An hour into the race, I jumped off the couch... Votes: 0

She pulled off Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse and settled down in a comfortable leather chair by the fire to read. Votes: 0

If my closet were burning, it'd be my collection of jackets I would save - they always make me feel pulled-together. Votes: 0

Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories. Votes: 0

Graphene is a single plane of graphite that has to be pulled out of bulk graphite to show its amazing properties. Votes: 0

I grew up in Maine working at a video store and found myself being pulled more and more to on-camera stuff. Votes: 0

Some questions cannot be answered. They become familiar weights in the hand, round stones pulled from the pocket, unyielding and cool. Votes: 0

I hear about people getting shot all the time. But most of the guys you hear about getting shot pulled through. Votes: 0

And the prince who had once been a bear pulled close the girl who had once had no name, and kissed her. Votes: 0

I find that most men would rather have their bellies opened for five hundred dollars than have a tooth pulled for five. Votes: 0

I want.." she said, knowing what she wanted, feeling pulled toward it, arching toward it, but hardly knowing how to say it. Votes: 0

You're not cross with me, though?" he said. She pulled her hand away and answered, "No, no, I'm never cross with anyone. Votes: 0

He wished he hadn't pulled me from the path of Tyler's van - there was no other conclusion I could come to. Votes: 0

Schuyler pulled Oliver close and hugged him tightly. "Thank you," she whispered. Thank you for loving me enough to let me go. Votes: 0

What if I pulled through and the pious faction contentedly claimed that their prayers had been answered? That would somehow be irritating, Votes: 0

Most spiritual experiences begin with suffering. They begin with groundlessness. They begin when the rug has been pulled out from under us. Votes: 0

She pulled away from Eric's grasp, knelt before Brian and looked up at him."Let me suck you off," she said. "Please. Votes: 0

I don't recall having a gun. I really don't. I don't think I ever pulled a gun on anyone in my life. Votes: 0

And this is what you get for laughing at me." He pulled her up a few inches until his lips touched hers. Votes: 0

The only reason I'm an actor is that a lady pulled out of a parking space in front of a producer's office. Votes: 0

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was the quarter from behind the ear gag. He would never put the time in. Votes: 0

Ever wonder where you'd end up if you took your dog for a walk and never once pulled back on the leash? Votes: 0

I see you, Ben. I always have. You're in my pack." He pulled away. "What if being packmates isn't enough for me? Votes: 0

Rohinton Mistry's celebrated novel 'Such a Long Journey' was pulled off the syllabus of Mumbai University because local extremists objected to its content. Votes: 0

She had walked to the brink, abandoning all belief, and just before the bitter end, she was pulled from the abyss by faith. Votes: 0

Migrants all over the world are pushed and pulled across borders by hunger, terror and climate change. It happened to my own family. Votes: 0

He pulled out turned west and started driving towards the glow it was thousands of miles away, he started driving towards the glow. Votes: 0

Sebastian never does anything just for fun.” Jace took Clary’s hand and pulled her toward him. “But I do. Votes: 0

As millions of women have done before me, I pulled domesticity over my head like a blanket and found I was still cold. Votes: 0

When I was young I was one of those kids that got pulled onstage at a Green Day concert. That was pretty awesome. Votes: 0

Once I pulled a job, I was so stupid. I picked a guy's pocket on an airplane and made a run for it. Votes: 0

I ignored your aura but it grabbed me by the hand, like the moon pulled the tide, and the tide pulled the sand. Votes: 0

During this time we've been apart, it's you I've thought of when I'm at my weakest, and you who have pulled me through. Votes: 0

I could have rolled the ball up there against Musial, and he would have pulled out a golf club and hit it out. Votes: 0

It was always the power of love that pulled us through, and it was the power of laughter that kept us from falling apart. Votes: 0

I froze, shocked. (And don't try to clam that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.) Votes: 0

What is well rooted cannot be pulled up. What is firmly grasped will not slip loose. It will be honoured from generation to generation. Votes: 0

Mandy tidied the weeds and pulled out some of the summer flowers. It saddened her to do so. She was parting with beloved friends. Votes: 0

Lizzie Pepper is pure fiction! The character is pulled from tabloids. But I think we all look at celebrity marriages and invest in them. Votes: 0

The police pulled me over and asked me if I have anything illegal in my car. I looked at my cousin and I ran. Votes: 0

Wait, so @ToysRUs pulled all of the Breaking Bad figures from their shelves and still sells Barbie? Hmmmm...I wonder what is more damaging? Votes: 0

I do like to drive fast and I have gotten pulled over in the past. I use my skills to get out of tickets. Votes: 0

Religion and science, then, in my analysis are the two great sister forces which have pulled, and are still pulling, mankind onward and upward. Votes: 0

There is something incredibly arousing about being wanted. I pulled my hand back and sucked in a deep breath. “Adam,— I said. Votes: 0

It's strange how memory gets twisted and pulled like taffy in its retelling, how a single event can mean something different to everyone present. Votes: 0

I didn't expect myself to be perfect my first season because no one ever pulled me aside and said "This is how you walk." Votes: 0

He stopped what he was doing and pulled out his magic phone. Okay, the phone wasn't magic, but it does things my computer struggles with. Votes: 0

The common man, no matter how sharp and tough, actually enjoys having the wool pulled over his eyes, and makes it easier for the puller. Votes: 0

Owning a TVR in the past was like owning a bear. I mean it was great, until it pulled your head off, which it would. Votes: 0

Trying to be a socialist and a libertarian is obviously a very difficult balancing act, which nobody has pulled off too successfully in this century. Votes: 0

I'm solitary as a pulled tooth, Lonely as an unwelcome truth, Lost as a minnow out of school, A genius in a crop of fools. Votes: 0

A cloak of invisibility? This is a highly sensitive piece of field equipment. What does he think? Some warlock pulled it out of his armpit? Votes: 0

I lost my balance when the train pulled away, but a human crumple zone buffered my fall. We stayed like that, half fallen. Diagonal People. Votes: 0

I got pulled over when I was behind the wheel of a Porsche in Philly once for what we call DWB - Driving While Black. Votes: 0

We turned us into wintergirls, and when she tried to leave, I pulled her back into the snow because I was afraid to be alone. Votes: 0

You want to know how Egyptians pulled the brains out of mummies. or built the pyramids, or cursed King Tut's tomb? My dad's your man. Votes: 0

When you open a book it's like going to the theater first you see the curtain then it is pulled aside and the show begins. Votes: 0

Finnish is not a language, it is a way of setting at the end of the bench with your fur cap pulled over your ears. Votes: 0

Adrian looked away from me and down to where my hand covered his. I blushed and pulled away. "Sorry" I'd probably freaked him out Votes: 0

President Bush said global warming is happening much quicker than he thought, and then his staff pulled him aside and said 'It's just springtime.' Votes: 0

I'm not a political guy. I've been a Democrat my whole life, but that didn't mean I went in and just pulled the Democratic ticket. Votes: 0

We can rewrite history all you want, but the simple fact is that we`re in a much more unstable place because America pulled back. Votes: 0

If you can get out in front of people with your ideas and your execution, you'll attract the people who need to be pulled in. Votes: 0

She didn't protest as Hale slid his arm around her and pulled her to rest against his chest. It was somehow softer there than she remembered. Votes: 0

When I was growing up in north-west London, our milkman's cart was pulled by a horse, and cattle still grazed on the meadows near Church Farm. Votes: 0

Each firm held its rope; one by one, they realized that no matter how strongly they pulled, the balloon would eventually lift them off their feet. Votes: 0

We used to have more references to things that we pulled out because they almost felt like they were trying too hard to allude to something. Votes: 0

I think Americans really need to start thinking globally. As resources become more dear, we will be pulled closer to the rest of the world anyway. Votes: 0

I pass my life in preventing the storm from blowing down the tent, and I drive in the pegs as fast as they are pulled up. Votes: 0

Only Jace, Clary thought, could look cool in pajama bottoms and an old T-shirt, but he pulled it off, probably through sheer force of will. -pg. 329- Votes: 0

Well," said Ronan, "I hope he likes it. I've pulled a muscle." Gansey scoffed, "Doing what? You were standing watch." "Opening my hood. Votes: 0

I sure don't think of myself as a fat person, just someone who carries extra weight. I've never seen anyone on the DL with pulled fat. Votes: 0

I pulled the burden from off my back and tossed it into the wind. And stretched my arms toward the sky and let my life begin. Votes: 0

The kidnapping, the kiss. I brought him here, after all. I rescue him an pulled him into this new life, a life of freedom and feeling. Votes: 0

I don't know what he has. A pulled groin. A hip flexor. I don't know. A pulled something. I never pulled anything. You can't pull fat. Votes: 0

Do you reckon the Queen has ever pulled a blanket up so just her head's showing and gone 'Philip, look at me! I'm a stamp!' Votes: 0

It's not that I'm broken, and it isn't that I bleed. But when you pulled the stars from the heavens, it got so hard to see. Votes: 0

Yesterday's tomorrow brought us close....Tomorrow's yesterday pulled us apart again.Between yesterdays and tomorrows, a life lived !We blossomed and wilted, blossomed and wilted again ! Votes: 0

We pulled the seeds out and scattered them on their flossy parachutes, leaving only the leathery brownish yellow tongue, soft as the inside of an elbow. Votes: 0

I like those crisis moments - if you're on top of it and don't get pulled under by panic and fear, it's a very bonding thing. Votes: 0

I came from a real tough neighborhood. Once a guy pulled a knife on me. I knew he wasn't a professional, the knife had butter on it. Votes: 0

I like Thelonious Monk, he's so gnarled, he's like a piece of machinery that's pulled up the bolts on the floor and gone off on its own. Votes: 0

When he remembered, his indrawn breath pulled her scent into his mouth, coating his tongue with her taste. He swallowed that delicious flavor as his heartbeat sped. Votes: 0

The English Puritans pulled down church and state to rebuild Zion on the ruins, and all the while it was not Zion, but America, they were building. Votes: 0

I do not want to see a society where, should I ever have any, my granddaughters have their fingernails pulled out because they are wearing nail varnish. Votes: 0

Living in Dallas, I root for the Mavericks and the Stars and the Cowboys, but I've always pulled for the Chicago Cubs. I enjoy watching them play. Votes: 0

Girls are small and polite and smiley. They wear dresses and their hair is long and it's pulled into shapes behind their heads or on either side. Votes: 0

All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness, but with energy and above all with illusions, I pulled through them all. Votes: 0

A weapon, I told Horus. I need a weapon. I reached into the Duat and pulled out an ostrich feather. "Really?" I yelled. Horus didn't answer Votes: 0

If you work with people that are bringing you up constantly - really bright, really passionate people - you can't help but get pulled in that direction. Votes: 0

That's right, Sadie. For our first real date, I picked up Zia in a boat pulled by a deranged griffin. So what? Like your dates aren't weird? Votes: 0

The faster I write the better my output. If I'm going slow, I'm in trouble. It means I'm pushing the words instead of being pulled by them. Votes: 0

A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane Votes: 0

Music is pretty much the lifestyle, not the music itself. The lifestyle really pulled me off the street. Made me want to do something organized and positive. Votes: 0

[T]hat I could find company and consolation and hope in an object pulled almost at random from a bookshelf--felt akin to an instance of religious grace. Votes: 0

Peeta" I said "Stay with me" I heard him say one word before the drigs pulled me under, I realised later that what he said was 'always Votes: 0

I pulled a book by Robinson Jeffers off the shelf one day. It was powerfully moving. Tears ran down my face. That's when I became a poet. Votes: 0

Dark matter has a gravitation effect on other objects. You can't see it, you can't feel it, but you can watch something being pulled in its direction. Votes: 0

I was pulled out of Omaha when I was younger because my father started to work, when he was done serving as county commissioner, at Archer Daniels Midland. Votes: 0

This editor is a critic. He has pulled out his carving-knife and his tomahawk and is starting after a book which he is going to have for breakfast. Votes: 0

That dude scored 8 points in the last 19 seconds, pulled out a miracle win at the Garden. He made me choke on a chicken bone that day. I'm serious. Votes: 0

Loss is the absence of something we were once attached to. Grief is the rope burns left behind, when that which is held is pulled beyond our grasp. Votes: 0

The male image has been so pulled down by situation comedy in the last 15 years, it is frightening. I don't like what has happened to the American male. Votes: 0

This whole urban rap thing needs to be pulled back some. The ghetto is being glorified, and there's nothing good about the ghetto except getting out of one. Votes: 0

You can feel whether an audience is tightened up and pulled back. Of course the opposite is an audience like we've been having in LA, which is fabulous. Votes: 0

Oh, yes, that feels so good," I moaned, and instead of punching Ian, pulled him closer. Breath tickled my neck as he laughed. "I know. I'm truly gifted. Votes: 0

But then it was over too quickly and they pulled away. She knew they couldn't stand there and kiss like a couple on the run in a thriller. Votes: 0

For 'American Born Chinese,' my first graphic novel with First Second Books, I did mostly 'memory' research. It's fiction, but I pulled heavily from my own childhood. Votes: 0

Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it inspires is what counts. Votes: 0

I really pulled back on my career when the kids were young and my husband and I made a pact never to work while the other one was. Votes: 0

I hope we get pulled over, he says. I'd like to see how the cop responds to a black man wearing a Confederate T-shirt over a black dress. Votes: 0

Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled. Pleasure and pain. Sometimes it's like making love while having a tooth pulled. Votes: 0

Home is where the heart is, until we get a chance to bury it. Home is where the heart pulled the nails out of its feet, and fled. Votes: 0

And I tried it and I felt, I guess I must have been pulled in by the red light of television and now I've been on TV since 1992. Votes: 0

Back in early 1983, my dad was tasked with keeping unions from organizing in his company's distribution centers. His work pulled him away from home for months on end. Votes: 0

..and when he let her go, it was as if she had been filled and didn't realize it until he pulled away and the absence rushed back in. Votes: 0

We're getting so pulled in by computers and technology, and our kids have their face in the computers all day. The human relationship is being diminished by this. Votes: 0

I'm like this wiry freak they pulled out of a bar two months ago and said, 'Let's throw it on the wall and see if it sticks.' Votes: 0

My hat was pulled down and this girl said 'Are you really him?' I whispered 'Yeah, I'm really him.' She screamed, 'Mom! Dad! It's Heath Ledger! Votes: 0

Sometimes it seems like most people are being pulled into a negative energy, but then you meet strong individuals or strong leaders and they are free from it. Votes: 0

We didn't stow away!" Dan protested. "You sunk our boat and pulled us out of the canal!" "Good point," Ian agreed. "Return them to the canal. Roughly, please. Votes: 0

Sweden is an open, liberal, secular and democratic country. We strive towards achieving equality; we are forward-looking and refuse to be pulled back by social constructs such as religion. Votes: 0

Two special agents at the front door pulled me outside. By that time, they had already had the house surrounded with loaded weapons, machine guns, shotguns... about 25 federal agents. Votes: 0

The work all comes from a psychological need. See the images that I make... It's really a psychological need. I'm just jerked around by it. I'm pulled by it. Votes: 0

Many Americans have a romanticized view of trains, rooted in a bygone era of elaborately adorned rail cars lit by flickering gas lamps and pulled by smoke-belching steam locomotives. Votes: 0

When I was born ... the doctor came out to the waiting room and said to my father ... I'm very sorry. We did everything we could ... but he pulled through. Votes: 0

Yeah, you're probably right," I admitted and slowly pulled myself out from underneath the covers. "You know, I really wish you'd catch onto the fact that I'm always right. Votes: 0

President Bush left for Canada today to attend a trade summit. Reportedly, the trade summit got off to an awkward start when the president pulled out his baseball cards. Votes: 0

If there's one thing white men have never had a problem with in this clubby, white marble enclave of Washington, it's getting pulled up the ladder by other men. Votes: 0

I'm still pulled over... We were nominated for two Oscars for 'Monster's Ball,' and I almost didn't make the Oscars because I got pulled over in Beverly Hills. Votes: 0

My great-grandfather was a coal miner, who worked in Pennsylvania mines when carts were pulled by mules and mines were lit by candles. Mining was very dangerous work then. Votes: 0

How many times can our emotions be tied to someone else's - be pulled and stretched and twisted - before they snap? Before they can never be mended again? Votes: 0

He pulled away to say he's sorry, and she shook her head no, because even though she really want him to be sorry, she wanted to kiss him more. Votes: 0

The ties that bind us to life are tougher than you imagine, or than any one can who has not felt how roughly they may be pulled without breaking. Votes: 0

It may sound funny, but I got a thrill when I was pulled into a crowd once. It was like 'How am I going to get out of this?! Votes: 0

I guess when I was a kid I wasn't the type of person playing a lot of pranks. I was the type of person upon whom pranks were pulled. Votes: 0

Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long as it stays I am ironic if it is pulled out I shall die. Votes: 0

A lot of people didn't realize that with the carpet being pulled out from under me in such a short time frame I got to such a bad place. Votes: 0

It says 'Bet you were expecting a heart, shaped like a compass' Jack paused and pulled the note off the bow tie. And then he drew a frowny face. Votes: 0

I think every young actor in Los Angeles went up for that role. It was between Frankie Muniz and me, and he pulled out, so I got the role. Votes: 0

When it's going well, stand-up is the best thing in the world, but when it's not, it feels like all your toes are being pulled off one by one. Votes: 0

Are you OK? I asked.I think so. Logan stared at me, and a smile pulled up his lipsBut maybe you should give me mouth-to-mouth, just to make sure. Votes: 0

I never pulled a loaded pistol on anybody, but it got around that I did. It got turned into lore. It's a myth. There's so much bad gun stuff. Votes: 0

I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more. Votes: 0

Are you OK?" I asked. "I think so." Logan stared at me, and a smile pulled up his lips. "But maybe you should give me mouth-to-mouth, just to make sure. Votes: 0

I pulled the oxygen tubes from my nostrils and raised the tube up over my head, handing it to Dad. I wanted it to be just me and just him. Votes: 0

Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other. Votes: 0

I moved my hand in and out of the shadow and pondered life and death. Then I put on my lipstick, pulled up my pants, and got back to work. Votes: 0

She pulled down the blanket and aimed baby Sophie's bottom at him like she might unleash a fusillade of weapons-grade poopage such as the guileless Beta Male had never seen. Votes: 0

Matty blinked. 'You're passing up whips for shopping?''You're bitching about shopping?' Rob countered.'I feel so torn!' Matty pulled at his hair. 'Oh my god. You suck. Votes: 0

Houdini used to pull rabbits out of a hat, but he never tried to make a living out of selling them when he had pulled them out of the hat Votes: 0

If I held a revolver to your head, James, and pulled the trigger, would it really matter if I did not know that there were not bullets in the chambers? Votes: 0

One time a cop pulled me over for running a stop sign. He said, "Didn't you see the stop sign?" I said, "Yeah, but I don't believe everything I read" Votes: 0

When I was in Van Halen I was hitting notes that were out of my range. I never went for those registers before until Eddie pulled it out of me. Votes: 0

I'm a hard worker and love my work. I have felt pulled toward work. And it's a pull I have ferociously had to counter to make room for my family. Votes: 0

My disease is one of the best things that has happened to me; it has pulled me out of a quietly desperate life toward one full of love and hope. Votes: 0

I don't think anyone who falls in love has a choice. You're just pulled to that person like true north, whether it's good for you or bound to break your heart. Votes: 0

One time in your lifeYou've got the route in hand But the map is stuckThey said it's not your fault The tires are tired the camera movesAnd your driver's been pulled Votes: 0

(Talon pulled another beignet from the sack and held it up for her to eat.) That stuff is hazardous to your health. (Sunshine) Baby, life is hazardous to your health. (Talon) Votes: 0

It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand. Votes: 0

It's going to be like herding stray cats, and the political leaders who can do it will be remembered as the same kind of geniuses who pulled off the American Revolution. Votes: 0

We all pulled together at the right time, unfortunately, we were down 3-0 to the Yankees when we decided to do it, but we did it. And we shocked the world. Votes: 0

Holly, I understand that you are upset because Gemma pulled down your ants, but why did you think pouring motor oil inside her backpack is the way to solve the problem? Votes: 0

When she reached the shallow end, Kingsley held out his hand and pulled her up, but she lost her step and fell into his arms, her body crushing momentarily against his. Votes: 0

Man staggers through life yapped at by his reason, pulled and shoved by his appetites, whispered to by fears, beckoned by hopes. Small wonder that what he craves most is self-forgetting. Votes: 0

Some nights stay up till dawn, as the moon sometimes does for the sun. Be a full bucket pulled up the dark way of a well, then lifted out into light. Votes: 0

We humans are destined to live with our feet on the earth and our heads in the heavens, and we can never be at peace because we are pulled both ways. Votes: 0

She took my hand and pulled me after her, her shoulders giving off a sweet peppermint concoction that the bodies of young women sometimes produce to make my life more difficult. Votes: 0

One moment you appear to be riding the crest of a wave, only to have the rug pulled away from you, bringing you back down to earth with a sickening thud. Votes: 0

I always thought I had a problem socially, because I was pulled out of school so early. I had a tough time talking to other kids and being comfortable with them. Votes: 0

How many times already had I encountered the painful lesson that although we may wish for the barb to be pulled from our flesh, it leaves a welt that doesn't heal? Votes: 0

I had a body wax. It's the most painful thing I have ever done in my life. I had every single hair on my body pulled out, and I really bruised. Votes: 0

Repression in the human psyche is tightly bundled. When it has been pulled out of the sprung package so often it is perhaps difficult to push it back in the box. Votes: 0

A secretary is not a thing Wound by key, pulled by string. Her pad is to write in, And not spend the night in, If that's what you plan to enjoy. Votes: 0

No doctor is going to do an abortion on a live fetus. That doesn't happen. Doctors don't do that. If they do, they'll get their license pulled, as well they should. Votes: 0

I consider myself to be a very good skateboarder, but the difficulty when you're being pulled behind any car, when there's only a 20-ft. line, is that you can't see the potholes. Votes: 0

Hope, however, isn't all that's needed to achieve change. Hope is a hand extended, but two hands are required to be pulled out of this deep hole. The second hand was faith... Votes: 0

Is it a shame that I can't accept love? Am I too burned out to move towards what will keep me alive or too smart to get pulled into someone else's world? Votes: 0

Since I was cut from the reedbed I have made this crying sound. Anyone separated from someone he loves understands what I say. Anyone pulled from a Source longs to go back. Votes: 0

But why allow someone to make a bad choice when a little information might engender a better one? It's hard to wake up and see the sun if the blinds are pulled. Votes: 0

I can't do this to you,' he said, drawing back. Emily put her hand on his and pulled the gun to her temple. 'Then do it for me,' she said. Votes: 0

Rae burned me. She has matches or something. Look, look..." Tori pulled down the collar of her T-shirt. "Leave your cloths on, Tori," Simon said, raising his hands to his eyes. "Please. Votes: 0

Gay guys love women who are tough, who are survivors. They always call me a diva. And I am a survivor; I've pulled through everything and I've not become bitter about it. Votes: 0

I always felt like the rug could be pulled out from under me at anytime. And coming from a racially mixed background, I always felt like I didn't really fit in anywhere. Votes: 0

The guy who finally pulled the trigger on Osama bin Laden is not patting himself on the back. He's giving as much credit to his teammates who got him to that position. Votes: 0

The essence of your awareness field definitely goes on after death. It goes through death, it goes into non-physical states for a time, and then eventually is pulled back and it reincarnates. Votes: 0

When you go out skating with your friends, you need one friend who knows how to take a good picture. Without the picture, there is no proof that you pulled the trick. Votes: 0

I was made to believe there was a plan in place for ending Donald's previous marriage. I pulled away because I wanted to allow him the time to deal with his wife. Votes: 0

In itself, I spent a year writing, you know all these different songs and when it came to recording the record, I just pulled out all the tracks I liked the most. Votes: 0

Trace of Magic caught me up fast and pulled me in tight for a fun, action-and-sass adventure full of deadly magic and dangerous romance. Diana Pharaoh Francis delivers a downright terrific read. Votes: 0

I do think there's something about the digital age that is increasingly dehumanising us. We're in this very weird place where we're being pulled into experiences that aren't really experiences at all. Votes: 0

He [Death] pulled a pure-black iPad from thin air. Death tapped the screen a few times and all Frank could think was: Please don't let there be an app for reading souls Votes: 0

I flipped the good doctor the bird. Snorting, Gideon caught my hand and pulled me back down the hall. "What is it with you and giving people the finger?" "What? It's a classic. Votes: 0

He wrapped his lips around her finger and sucked hard as he slowly pulled the digit free, and that secret entrance deep between her thighs clenched like the mouth of a drawstring purse. Votes: 0

When she spoke again it was in the thin, careful and above all brave voice of someone who has pulled themselves together despite overwhelming odds but might let go again at any moment. Votes: 0

We're not necessarily the ski boat, we're the skier. There are countries like Japan and Korea and others who are the ski boat at this point, but we're getting pulled right behind them. Votes: 0

I moved around a lot when I was a child; two of the houses I grew up in have totally disappeared. One was burnt in a riot, and the other was pulled down. Votes: 0

[This kind of strange mythology about me.] I've pulled a huge steamboat over a mountain; I've done a feature film with all the actors acting under hypnosis - things that are very unusual. Votes: 0

I've always had an inquisitive mind about everything from flowers to television sets to motor cars. Always pulled them apart - couldn't put 'em back, but always extremely interested in how things work. Votes: 0

We ought to deploy a missile defense shield to the Czech Republic and Poland, which Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama pulled back on out of not wanting to offend the Russians back in 2009. Votes: 0

How I have yearned for the sound of your sweet voice," Tyrion sighed to her. "How I have yearned to have that eunuch's tongue pulled out with hot pincers," Cersei replied. Votes: 0

You hurt any of us or those we love again and so help me, I won't stop until I've pulled you into so many pieces, you'll think you've been through a grinder. (Fang) Votes: 0

I took part of Alan Silvestri's theme on the original [movie], which I really liked, and I pulled it into it new theme, which became kind of a hybrid. I really enjoyed that. Votes: 0

That was the first time I've drawn anything for seven years. I feel like I had been held underwater, and someone finally reached down and pulled my head up so I could breathe. Votes: 0

I love you, Jonathan," she whispered. A long arm snaked around her, and he pulled her against his side. "I know," he said. "I just wanted to be sure you knew it, too. Votes: 0

One night I was driving and so infatuated with dipping French fries into my milk shake that I drove right through a stop sign. The cop who pulled me over had no mercy. Votes: 0

I pulled myself from his mind, day by day, piece by piece, memory by memory, until there was nothing of Ruby left to weigh him down or keep him bound to my side.. Votes: 0

When I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, 'Do you think I'm Charlie the Tuna, like a sucker?' After that, they called me Tuna. Votes: 0

In the arms of the angel, fly away from here....you are pulled from the wreckage, of your silent reverie, you're in the arms of the angel, may you find some comfort here... Votes: 0

I resist thinking of myself as a teacher. I think of myself as a writer who has pulled a fast one and hoodwinked this institution into giving me a job and health insurance. Votes: 0

The Carrie in the plot was too much like the Carrie in the book. She smoked, she swore a lot, she was very hard, very cynical. I could never have pulled it off. Votes: 0

Remember that guy who got gored by a bull and the bull pulled his underwear off and he had to run around the ring naked? If that footage comes out, I'll run that. Votes: 0

I got pulled over by a cop, and he said, 'do you know the speed limit here is 55 miles per hour?'. So I said, 'oh, that's OK, I'm not going that far.' Votes: 0

I have jobs that I've preferred more than others simply because I've gotten to meet and make friends with great people. I've pulled at least one very close friend from every project I've done. Votes: 0

While Michael Angelo's Sistine roof, His "Morning" and his "Night" disclose How sinew that has been pulled tight, Or it may be loosened in repose, Can rule by supernatural right Yet be but sinew. Votes: 0

He dropped the tavern apron in a heap on the floor and pulled the freshly laundered one up and over his head, tied it with slightly tremoring fingers. The vast whiteness felt like absolution. Votes: 0

Cabin Fever was murder. There was a lot of psychological stress, like not knowing if we were going to finish the movie. The day we arrived to start rehearsals, our main investors pulled out. Votes: 0

There you are, diligently swimming a straight line, minding the form of your strokes, when you look up and see, always a shock, the currents you can't even feel have pulled you off course." Votes: 0

There you are, diligently swimming a straight line, minding the form of your strokes, when you look up and see, always a shock, the currents you can't even feel have pulled you off course. Votes: 0

« Barabas pulled Christopher out of the cage. The man stared up at him. "I died, didn't I? Are you an angel?" "Sure," Barabas said. "Follow me to the Heavenly Shower » Votes: 0

When I jerked it out the head remained in my leg, where it remains still. There were a couple of inches of blood on the shaft of the arrow when I pulled it out. Votes: 0

Well, " I began,"I've been roped into shenanigans."Without preface, Catcher muttered a curse ,then leaned over slipped his wallet from his jeans, and pulled out a twenty-dollar bill, which he handed to Mallory." Votes: 0

My wife drives the wrong way on a one way street. The cop pulled her over and asked, "Where are you going?" My wife said, "I must be late, everyone is all coming back!" Votes: 0

It’s really over, isn’t it?” He laughed and pulled me into his lap. “That’s the beauty of it all. Nothing’s over. It’s just a new start. Votes: 0

If she wasn't careful, she'd slide without a ripple into the gently flowing stream of her old life, pulled back under the current without a wimper of protest. Another housewife lost in the flow. Votes: 0

We live in a very tense society. We are pulled apart... and we all need to learn how to pull ourselves together.... I think that at least part of the answer lies in solitude. Votes: 0

Guilt is intense. Suffocating. A brick, tied quietly around your ankles while you sleep. You never fall slowly into guilt-you wake up with little time to take your last breath before being pulled under. Votes: 0

The excitement really didn't start to build until the trailer - which was carrying me, with a space suit with ventilation and all that sort of stuff - pulled up to the launch pad. Votes: 0

He moved to run a hand through her cornrows, then pulled back remembering the one time he's tried that-Connie had lectured him on the Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not touch thy black girlfriend's hair. Ever. Votes: 0

We thought Donald Trump was leaving that world of entertainment and climbing over the wall into politics. In fact, what he did was he pulled the world of politics into the world of reality television. Votes: 0

Some people are like psychic sponges, they drain power form others constantly. They lower your awareness because they are at a lower level. If you spend too much time with them, you get pulled down. Votes: 0

We've got our heads pulled low inside of our hooded sweatshirts and our eyes are shifty. We look exactly like you'd expect someone to look if they were minutes away from committing a major crime. Votes: 0

A glassy calm replaced the storm surrounding their boat.The distant thunder struck a note, white-hot and remote.An invisible magnet seemed to steer their course.The island pulled them in with its dreamy force." Votes: 0

Running fills a need so we make fewer demands on others. Running reveals the roots of negative thinking, so the weeds can be pulled. Running reconnects the soul to the source, inspiring hope and creativity. Votes: 0

When he realized who he'd pulled over, the policeman shook his head in disbelief. He told me of all people I should know better. He gave me a real dressing down, but let me go. Votes: 0

He'd pulled back a little, just with his lower half, and I was afraid the scorch in my cheeks would set fire to the rest of me, because I an idea why. Wow. Oh wow. Votes: 0

Adrian sifted through the bags and pulled out a slice of coconut cream. "If I were a dragon, this is what I'd go for." I didn't argue, mainly because that statement had no logical argument. Votes: 0

What gets frustrating for some people is the fact that you might get very high, but you find yourself pulled down again. There are forces of illusion or maya that cause us to make mistakes. Votes: 0

This wasn't the first time I'd been pulled out of bed for a crucial mission. It was, however, the first time I'd been subjected to such a personal line of questioning. "Are you a virgin? Votes: 0

I'm very happy and being raised Catholic I assume it will end tomorrow. The rug will be pulled out from under me and someone will say, now go to your real job, shoveling poop somewhere. Votes: 0

Sarah Palin had a big op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal, and she said she's against death panels. And I thought, 'Really? She's the one who pulled the plug on the McCain campaign.' Votes: 0

She cried the first time she was pulled over by a cop. I explained to her that there is no reason to cry when getting pulled over--unless you're coming directly from from a crime scene. Votes: 0

I loved drawing, but I just couldn't do it to the level that some of my friends could. That pulled me up unconsciously because I wanted to be like them, and I wanted to draw. Votes: 0

Experience constantly proves that every man who has power is impelled to abuse it; he goes on till he is pulled up by some limits. Who would say it! virtue even has need of limits. Votes: 0

It's fun to be in California. The police are kind of weird here. They ask you stupid questions. 'Do you know why I pulled you over?' Because I have pot in the glove compartment? Votes: 0

I was no longer troubled when he pulled out a machete in a crowded bar, tried to pick up schoolgirls, or threatened to scalp us, then rip off our heads and scoop out our brains. Votes: 0

Animated films are so precisely engineered - right down to forming lines of dialogue with words pulled from several different takes - how do you translate that spontaneity from the live-action to the digital realm? Votes: 0