Matsuo Basho
Poet
"A flute with no holes is not a flute."
Holes quotes
Holes
247 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"A circle is a round straight line with a hole in the middle."
Ted Hughes
Poet
"where are the gods the gods hate us the gods have run away the gods have hidden in holes the gods are dead of the plague they rot and stink too there never were any gods there’s only death"
Nas
Rapper, Songwriter
"God gushed me out his nuts, the devil swallowed me up and I burnt a hole in his guts"
Albert Einstein
Physicist
"When I was young I found out that the big toe always ends up making a hole in a sock. So I stopped wearing socks."
Explore further
Topics related to Holes
Browse quotes that often appear alongside holes — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Holes quotes (page 1 of 13)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"Keep all ur troubles in ur own pocket. But, make sure that the pocket has a hole!"
Read quote
24 likes
"There is a God-shaped hole in the life of every man."
Read quote
22 likes
"It was a hobbit hole, and that means comfort"
Read quote
20 likes
"I was on the verge of jumping into one of those holes in life out of which we emerge a bit tattered and bloody, though we remain sure nonetheless that we had to make the jump."
Read quote
16 likes
"This rule I propose, Always have an ace in the hole. Always try to arrive at Having an ace some place private . Always have an ace in the hole."
Read quote
15 likes
"Why O why did I ever leave my hobbit-hole?" said poor Mr. Baggins, bumping up and down on Bombur's back."
Read quote
15 likes
"I am the hole on the flute that Gods breath flows through."
Read quote
12 likes
"Opinions are like a**holes, everybody has one."
Read quote
11 likes
"In all relationships, there are always aching holes and that's where the impossible wishes come into it."
Read quote
11 likes
"If you want to bless me you can bless my bottom, for it is sticking out of the hole."
Read quote
10 likes
"There were so many fewer questions when stars were still just the holes to heaven."
Read quote
10 likes
"I was cold, hungry, and in a hole in the ground. But at least I had my elven porn, damnit!"
Read quote
10 likes
"Nobility of character manifests itself at loop-holes when it is not provided with large doors."
Read quote
10 likes
"If love eats the donut, does time eat the hole?"
Read quote
9 likes
"What use are socks? They only produce holes."
Read quote
8 likes
"A mine is a hole in the ground with a liar on top."
Read quote
8 likes
"Caught one a live by poreing a great quantity of Water in his hole."
Read quote
8 likes
"We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any of us want to dig ourselves out of this hole created by this economic crisis."
Read quote
7 likes
"Make the doors upon a woman's wit, and it will out at the casement; shut that, and 'twill out at the key-hole; stop that, 'twill fly with the smoke out at the chimney."
Read quote
7 likes
"I have seen the day of wrong through the little hole of discretion, and I will right myself like a soldier."
Read quote
7 likes