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Quotes About Throw

By some magic reversal, everything spectacularly useless filled the drawer intended for practical tools. What could you do with a single piece of jigsaw? But, on the other hand, did you dare throw it away?
~ Ian Mcewan
It's one thing as a quarterback to sit there and warm up. And there's one thing to throw routes. And there's another thing when you drop back in the pocket and, when a guy comes open, to really be able to urgently - bam - all of a sudden. That guy's open; your body has to do what your mind's telling you.
~ Alex Smith
What does the quarter-back do after handing off? He runs to the perimeter and blocks. Or tries to block. I tried to throw a block at the cornerback but his knee got me right on the temple. I remember thinking, 'boom.'
~ Oliver Luck
While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reaches out to embrace suffering Syrians, his government seems ready to throw embattled Mexicans under the bus just to appease Mr. Trump.
~ Denise Dresser
A kiss is the only object you can throw at someone without being held criminally responsible.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
I'd been watching only to be sure he actually left; it took nearly all the caution left in me not to throw something down at his head, and I don't mean a token of my regard.
~ Naomi Novik
Then a morsel of snow flew across the river towards the fifth window. It smacked against the wall at a point several yards from its mark. The throw was the idea of a man conjoined with the execution of a woman. No man who had ever seen bird, rabbit, or squirrel in his childhood, could possibly have thrown with such utter imbecility as was shown here.
~ Thomas Hardy
You know, for someone who holds a position of legal authority as high as yours, you sure do like to throw away the rule book sometimes." "Knowing the rules is one thing. Following them blindly all the time is something else again.
~ Kay Hooper
Lots of people throw around phrases of 'no-fly zone,' and they talk about it as though it's just a game - a video game or something. Some people who throw that line out have no idea what they're talking about.
~ William M. Daley
My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.'
~ Paula Poundstone
My house is made out of balsa wood, so when I want to scare the neighborhood kids I lift it over my head and tell them to get out of my yard or I'll throw it at them.
~ Steven Wright
I am happy if I can give them away or donate them. But I can't throw a book in the trash, no matter how hard I try.
~ Susan Orlean
but this is why I have come to believe that books have souls—why else would I be so reluctant to throw one away? It doesn't matter that I know I'm throwing away a bound, printed block of paper that is easily reproduced. It doesn't feel like that.
~ Susan Orlean
I have come to believe that books have souls—why else would I be so reluctant to throw one away?
~ Susan Orlean
I stood facing the horizon over the East Sea. What had become of the seventeen hundred koan-riddles? The sound of waves the sound of waves. Playing with you I threw them away.
~ Ko Un
Her emotions were raw, and she was on edge. Don't let things fester, Gus used to tell him and his sisters as kids. You need to cry, cry. You need to throw something, throw something. Just don't hurt anyone.
~ Carla Neggers
life is too narrow to walk in but wide to run throw
~ Jack Daniels
You have great assets if you're a dual-threat, but you still have to throw from the pocket and do all those types of things.
~ Marcus Mariota
Most umpires are good about letting the argument go, but you can only go on for so long, or go so far. If you don't leave it alone after a minute or two, you're in trouble. They want to keep the game moving, so they've got to throw you out. I had trouble leaving it alone, I guess.
~ Bobby Cox
If there's one thing I can't bear, it's when hundreds of old men come creeping in through the window in the middle of the night and throw all manner of garbage over me. I can't bear that.
~ Peter Cook
The only truths that are useful are instruments to be thrown away.
~ Umberto Eco
Touch is more important than arm strength. You want to really allow the receiver to run underneath the throw. It'll give you a little margin for error if you undershoot it a bit.
~ Aaron Rodgers
He turns on the radio and it's that goddamn song that's on the radio all the time this summer, the one about chasing waterfalls. No one chases a waterfall. You go for a swim and next thing you know, the current catches you and throws you right over.
~ Laura Lippman
In Hollywood, brides keep the bouquets and throw away the groom.
~ Groucho Marx