Glue quotes

Glue

84 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein Philosopher

"Think of the tools in a tool-box: there is a hammer, pliers, a saw, a screwdriver, a rule, a glue-pot, nails and screws.--The function of words are as diverse as the functions of these objects."

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Brené Brown Researcher, author, speaker
Glue

"Through my research, I found that vulnerability is the glue that holds relationships together. It's the magic sauce."

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Teresa Heinz Philanthropist
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"It's time that we acknowledge the wisdom women have acquired by managing the chaos of daily life. Women are realists, the glue that holds society together. They bring a reverence to life that's instinctual, not just intellectual."

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John Crowley Author
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"Learning to decipher words had only added to the pleasures of holding spines and turning pages, measuring the journey to the end with a thumb-riffle, poring over frontispieces. Books! Opening with a crackle of old glue, releasing perfume; closing with a solid thump."

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Ludwig Wittgenstein Philosopher
Glue

"Think of words as instruments characterized by their use, and then think of the use of a hammer, the use of a chisel, the use of a square, of a glue pot, and of the glue."

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Francis Ford Coppola Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Glue

"When I was 13, I worked for Western Union. When the telegrams came in, I would glue them on the paper and deliver them on my bicycle."

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Van Morrison Singer-Songwriter
Glue

"Way over on the railroad, Tomorrow all the tipping trucks will unload together, Every scrapbook stuck with glue, And I'll stand beside you, Beside you, child."

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Sylvester Stallone Actor, Filmmaker
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"I abused my body so much throughout my career that I am literally held together by glue. The stuff I took thickens the bones and reinforces the tendons."

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John Steinbeck Novelist, Journalist
Glue

"There's nothing sadder to me than associations held together by nothing but the glue of postage stamps. If you can't see or hear or touch a man, it's best to let him go."

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"We women. as glue for the family. lead lives that are important and conflicted. What we women choose to give up for our families is important and valid."

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