Quotes of: Picking Keyword

What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns him only until he picks up his pen, and it begins to concern him again as soon as he lays it down.

John Ciardi

The cops picked me up for attempted murder. I can still see the detectives, licking their chops. Thought they had me. Two weeks later, the cat came out of a coma and told the truth. I was innocent.

Barry White

Mr. Frank Shirley: [picks up the phone receiver] Get me somebody. Anybody. And get me somebody while I'm waiting.

Christmas Vacation

Tawny: There's no elevator, I can't make it. Seth Brundle: No, there's an elevator. [picks her up in his arms] Seth Brundle: There, don't you feel elevated?

The Fly

El Indio: When the chimes end, pick up your gun. Try and shoot me, Colonel. Just try.

For a Few Dollars More

Danny: Oh, Hendley. I need a pick. Big, heavy one. Hendley: Only one? Danny: Two would be better.

The Great Escape

Kim: [horn honks] Hey good looking! We'll be back to pick you up later! Lee: [Jasper laughs] Gulp.

Grindhouse

[Frank D'Amico is about to shoot Hit-Girl, sees Dave] Dave Lizewski: [pointing a bazooka at Frank] Why don't you pick on someone your own size?

Kick-Ass

Young Simba: Hey! Why don't you pick on somebody your own size? Shenzi: Like... you? Young Simba: Oops.

The Lion King

Ugluk: What is it? What do you smell? Mauhur: Man flesh. They've picked up our trail.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Danny: Thirteen million and you drive this piece of shit cross country to pick me up? Rusty: Blew it all on the suit.

Ocean's Eleven

Jeff: She's like a queen bee with her pick of the drones. Lisa: I'd say she's doing a woman's hardest job: juggling wolves.

Rear Window

Joe: So you got pinched in the elevator, so what? Would you rather be picking lead out of your navel?

Some Like It Hot

Kathy: [picks up a cake] Here's one thing I learned from the movies! [Throws it at Don but hits Lina]

Singin' in the Rain

Nick Naylor: You know the guy who can pick up any girl? I'm him. On crack.

Thank You for Smoking

Peter Falk: Yellow star means death. Why did they pick yellow...? Sunflowers. Van Gogh killed himself...

Wings of Desire

Some musical directors have more chutzpah. They pick up the phone and talk people into giving. I prefer to call and say 'thank you' after the money has been contributed.

Zubin Mehta

I saw the Village as a place you could escape to, to express yourself. When I first went there, I wrote and performed poetry. Then I drew portraits for a couple of years. It took a while before I thought about picking up a guitar.

Richie Havens

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

Desmond Tutu

NASA was going to pick a public school teacher to go into space, observe and make a journal about the space flight, and I am a teacher who always dreamed of going up into space.

Christa McAuliffe

Bonnaroo has kind of become the granddaddy of all American festivals. The thing I love about it most is that it wasn't born out of picking the top ten bands off the Billboard chart and creating a festival around it.

Michael Franti