Quotes About Dynamite

I had learned a little about writing from Soldier's Pay - how to approach language, words: not with seriousness so much as an essayist does, but with a kind of alert respect, as you approach dynamite; even with joy, as you approach women: perhaps with the same secretly unscrupulous intentions.

He began to breathe deep. He could feel himself breathing deep, as if each time his insides were afraid that next breath they would not be able to give far enough and that something terrible would happen, and that all the time he could look down at himself breathing, at his chest, and see no movement at all, like when dynamite first begins, gathers itself for the now Now NOW, the shape of the outside of the stick does not change

altered Asia, jaundiced the Jews, riled the Romans, taught the teachers, and pitied prison jailors. This man Paul, and another preacher called Silas, dynamited the prison walls—with prayer—and cost the taxpayers a load in order

It's a powerful instrument, dynamite -- nothing like it for a convincing argument!

Religion is the most important problem of life, and we can ignore it as little as a reckless storage of dynamite in crowded parts of great cities.

He's cute, I said. Uh-huh, the grey man agreed, and so's dynamite.

You know we'd be dynamite together. We touch, and I pretty much implode." Her whole body was trembling, but Sarah locked her knees. "That kind of desire is dangerous." "Aw, pretty Sarah, that kind of desire is addictive.

There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives.

Now came details of Goldby's adventures with the Cooks and their band. "Chicken, Dynamite Dick, The Verdigris Kid. I wish these fellows read something other than Ned Buntline's Own. Why haven't I heard of this Goldsby before this?

So we get a plan, I said. Any suggestions? Blow up the building, Kincaid said without looking up. That works good for vampires. Then soak what's left in gasoline. Set it on fire. Then blow it all up again. For future reference, I was sort of hoping for a suggestion that didn't sound like it came from that Bolshevik Muppet with all the dynamite.

Several tons of dynamite are set off in this picture; none of it under the right people.

There are books of the same chemical composition as dynamite. The only difference is that a piece of dynamite explodes once, whereas a book explodes a thousand times.

We were sent to Afghanistan to carry out hugely dangerous missions. But we were also told that we could not shoot that camel drover before he blew up all of us, because he might be an unarmed civilian just taking his dynamite for a walk.

She raised her face to the canopy and took a deep breath, as if trying to hold on to her temper. He wondered if she'd succeed. His Tally had always been very quiet…except with him. He alone had known that she was neither shy nor particularly calm. The girl had a temper like a stick of dynamite. Quick to heat, quick to blow over.