Stick

Famous quotes containing the word stick:

“Spine hog,
how do you grow?
Little steel wings
that stick into me.
Knitting needles
that stick into me.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I bring up my own children, and this is the principle on which I bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir!”
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

“And when you stick on conversation’s burrs,
Don’t strew your pathway with those dreadful urs.”
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)