Quotes of: Rake Keyword

He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

American

Yes. And when a rake finally falls, he falls forever.

The Perfect Rake

Climb every mountain , Ford Every stream Follow every rainbow ,'Till you find your dream

A Rake's Vow

Did he know she could barely think, let alone speak, for awareness of proximity of his fingers? Of course he knew. He was a rake. This is what he did.

The Perfect Rake

Other times you had a rake of our lads killed, and a rake of the old grey-suited devils, and you wouldn’t know who had won the fucking thing, sure how could you tell boys?

Sebastian Barry

Some guys step on a rake in the dark, and get mad and go punch somebody. Others step on a rake in the dark and fall down laughing at themselves. I know which kind of guy I'd rather be. So do my friends.

Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

I think: I would like to take N back to a story right now, like a rake. I would say, "Oh, this rake is uneven. Do you have any where the tines go straight across?" I would like to do a straight exchange. But there are things that cannot be returned. ...

Split: A Memoir of Divorce

A woman never argues with a compliment.

Ruined by a Rake

Running from the presence of God has the futility of "trying to shovel smoke with a rake".

Paul Tripp

There is filth on the floor, and it must be scraped up with the muck-rake.

Theodore Roosevelt

While playing golf today I hit two good balls. I stepped on a rake.

Henny Youngman

Many Hindi films that are Tamil remakes rake in huge moolah in Bollywood.

Mithun Chakraborty

I love the business of business; I love the risk raking.

Felix Dennis

The stoic contemplates fallen leaves; the epicure rakes them into a loveseat.

Some Inspiration for the Overenthusiastic

Jack: That sand's not gonna rake itself, Hiroshi.

Thank You for Smoking

So -- I confess I have been a rake at reading. I have read those things which I ought not to have read, and I have not read those things which I ought to have read, and there is no health in me -- if by health you mean an inclusive and coherent knowl...

The Merry Heart: Reflections on Reading Writing & the World of Books

I’m frozen in place as his eyes rake over me.

Night Games

Lord Carradice managed to look wicked, smug, and saintly, all at the same time.

The Perfect Rake

To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and inconsiderate notion, That a reformed rake makes the best husband!

Samuel Richardson

If you were mine, I'd never leave you, Prudence. I couldn't.

The Perfect Rake