Belly – Quotes

Now my belly is

Now my belly is as noble as my heart. Gabriela Mistral

Good is towing the line, being behaved, being quiet, being passive, fitting in, being liked, and great is being messy, having a belly, speaking your mind, standing up for what you believe in, fighting for another paradigm, not letting people talk you out of what you know to be true. Eve Ensler

I sacrifice to no

I sacrifice to no god save myself – And to my belly, greatest of deities. Euripides

I love a visceral

I love a visceral sound, the kind that hits you in the belly. Esa-Pekka Salonen

I’ve not given up

I’ve not given up hope the belly-putter will be banned. The R and A and the USGA are looking at it right now. Ernie Els

Anglers have a way

Anglers have a way of romanticizing their battles with fish and of forgetting that the fish has a hook in his mouth, his gullet, or his belly and that his gameness is really an extreme of panic in which he runs, leaps, and pulls to get away until he dies. It would seem to be … Read more

At school nobody ever

At school nobody ever taught us how to light a cigarette in a storm of rain, nor how a fire could be made with wet wood-nor that it is best to stick a bayonet in the belly because there it doesn’t get jammed, as it does in the ribs. Erich Maria Remarque

A man can gasp

A man can gasp out his life beside you-and you feel none of it. Pity, Sympathy, sure-but you don’t feel the pain. Your belly is whole and that’s what counts. A half-yard away someone’s world is snuffled out in roaring agony-and you feel nothing. That’s the misery of the world. Erich Maria Remarque

The colours of insects

The colours of insects and many smaller animals contribute to conceal them from the larger ones which prey upon them. Caterpillars which feed on leaves are generally green; and earth-worms the colour of the earth which they inhabit; butter-flies, which frequent flowers, are coloured like them; small birds which frequent hedges have greenish backs like … Read more

I’m not Catholic, but

I’m not Catholic, but I gave up picking my belly button for lint. Emo Philips