Top 100 Head On Quotes
#1. A writer must get beyond the thrill of a byline, plunge deeper than the words themselves, and dive head-on into a bottomless pit where all the good stories are swimming around waiting to be rescued from the soul."
Kathleen M. Rodgers ~ 1998
Kathleen M. Rodgers
#2. Escape is not a dirty word. None of us can face what's happening head-on all of the time.
Sheldon B. Kopp
#3. I've had a lot of therapists, so I've had the opportunity to approach my fear in many different ways. I've faced it head on and sideways and tried to tiptoe up behind it.
Anna White
#4. When your horse follows you without being asked, when he rubs his head on yours, and when you look at him and feel a tingle down your spine...you know you are loved.
John Lyons
#5. Which the experimental participant leaned her head on a chin-and-forehead rest and stared at a camera while listening to prerecorded information and answering questions on the recorded beats of a metronome. The beats triggered an infrared flash every second, causing a
Daniel Kahneman
#6. You can succeed in the future only by facing today's challenges head-on, reframing them as opportunities, and taking advantage of them.
Laura Stack
#7. Let's not mince words: the inside of the Sydney casino looks as if Vegas had an illegitimate child with Liberace's underpants, and that child fell down a staircase and hit its head on the edge of a spade.
Steve Toltz
#8. There is Peter Graf, Steffi's father, with his head on his chin.
Dan Maskell
#9. The scientific effort to inform the public about landslide risks often runs head-on into powerful economic interests.
Bill Dedman
#10. Jonathan's eyes closed, and he went quickly into a sleep, with his head on my shoulder.
Bram Stoker
#11. Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on.
David Brin
#12. And have your mother put my head on a stake? Do you have any notion what that would do to my handsome good looks?
Catherine Gilbert Murdock
#13. You have a character who is wearing a scarf on her head on a billboard in LA, New York, Sydney and Melbourne. That's how I would face barriers being thrown at me.
Lilly Singh
#14. And then, anger gave way to pure and simple job satisfaction. I mean, when I looked at a dead zombie head on a spike, I thought, Hey, I did that. Picasso would have been proud. Especially how I rearranged that eye
Jesse Petersen
#15. One wonders how he is able to keep his head on straight without Miss Granger to reel him in." It took James a moment to realize 'Miss Granger' was Aunt Hermione, whose last name was now Weasley.
G. Norman Lippert
#16. You need to understand that love isn't all romance and flowers and great sex, Violet." I raised my eyebrows, but she didn't stop. "Real love takes work and effort and time. Real love is willing to wait while you sort your shit out, and is still there once you get your head on straight.
Brooke Moss
#17. Remember, having a good head on our shoulders is not just for decoration purposes
Sunday Adelaja
#18. Angel asks me about Josh and I tell her that he likes it when I fall asleep with my head on his chest. I tell her how he keeps me wrapped up in his arms all night. How romantic it is, how he's loved me forever.
She knows how it is with boys. "It's always romantic in the beginning," she says.
Erica Lorraine Scheidt
#19. She rested her head on Esther's shoulder and let the fuzzy warmth of her hug flow through her. It was the kind of warmth that clicked your bones back into place, smoothed out your muscles and made your blood sing a soft lullaby all the way around your body.
Joy Cowley
#20. Her self-respect had suffered a head-on collision with love, a clash that generally only ends one way. Love does not fight fair. In that moment her pride, the gut knowledge that she was right, even her sense of who she was, meant nothing, faced as she was with the prospect of being unloved. Faith
Frances Hardinge
#21. Drawing up my knees, I fold in on myself. I want to make myself as small as possible. Perhaps this nonsensical pain will be smaller the smaller I am. Placing my head on my knees, I let the irrational tears fall unrestrained. I am crying over the loss of something I never had. How ridiculous.
E.L. James
#22. I scowled and stabbed begrudginly at the stack before scooping up a bite with my fork, but it toppled over and plopped into my lap. I groaned and banged my head on the counter.
Mom frowned, 'You have to be smarter than the pancakes, Ellie.
Courtney Allison Moulton
#23. On the hop from Manchester to New York, she and Bill settled into adjoining seats at the front of the jet. They fell asleep, her head on his shoulder and his head propped against hers.
Jonathan Allen
#24. When you find yourself on the edge and see nothing but darkness ahead of you and fear meeting you head on faith is knowing one of two things will happen ... you will either let your fear consume you or push through and soar like an eagle.
Cynthia Roberts
#25. It had a sort of a head on it, like a mushroom, and its color was reddish purple. It looked blunt and stupid, compared, say, to fingers and toes with their intelligent expressiveness, or even to an elbow or a knee.
Alice Munro
#27. When you lay your head on the pillow at the end of the night, can you think of three things you did during the day to make your life better? Did you nourish your body? Your spirit? Your mind? If not, get back up and do something that good for YOU.
Toni Sorenson
#28. There is a fine line between success and failure; both words translate into opportunities and challenges. Opportunities to be taken advantage of and challenges to be taken head on.
Dwaun S. Cox
#29. He was the guy who always won the game of chicken because his opponents suspected he might actually enjoy a head-on collision.
Michael Lewis
#30. Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres!
Jerry Coleman
#31. The individual who has been liberated by reason is always running head-on into a world, a society, whose past in the shape of 'prejudices' has a great deal of power; he is forced to learn that past reality is also a reality.
Hannah Arendt
#32. I'm so short I tread water in the kiddie pool. I need a ladder to get to the bottom bunk. I hit my head on the ground when I sneeze. I need a running start to reach the toilet. And no, I'm not related to Tom Cruise.
Michael Robotham
#33. Don't let writers block push you around. Figure out what the problem is,whether it's with the ms or it's in your personal life, and face it head on. Don't stop writing. Just try really hard to work through it.
Darynda Jones
#34. When I can no longer go forward, even by an inch, I lay my head on the ground and wait to die. I'm too tired to be frightened. Above me is blackness, and all around me is blackness, and the forest sounds are a symphony to sing me out of this world. I am already at my funeral.
Lauren Oliver
#35. Whether you face reality head on and make a life change, or deny your responsibility, you've made a choice. The way I see it you choose either a life of abundant strength and energy, or you're living in the gap, far beneath the quality of life you could be enjoying.
Shawn Phillips
#36. I always thought the saddest feeling in life is when you're dancing in a really joyful way and then you hit your head on something.
Lena Dunham
#37. We should never shy away from the challenges that face us out of fear of failure or an unwillingness to battle the odds. We should confront our problems head on and make no excuses.
Kyle Maynard
#38. This is a historic moment in global public health, demonstrating the international will to tackle a threat to health head on.
Gro Harlem Brundtland
#39. I still have the desire to do the job of acting. It's just a matter of whether I'll be allowed to do the job of acting that remains to be seen. There are only so many brick walls that I'm willing to beat my head on.
Gary Coleman
#40. Modeling is an incredible job for a girl if she approaches it with her head on her shoulders. You travel, you speak to people, and it opens your mind to different things.
Anja Rubik
#41. Practicing yoga does not eliminate life's challenges, and neither does it provide us with a convenient trap-door to escape from life's distractions. Instead, Yoga gives us the skills to meet life head-on with dignity and poise.
Donna Farhi
#42. Stop the press," said Talis. "Ha! I haven't heard that in centuries. 'Stop the presses!' But do." The smile was sharp-edged. "Or I'll have your head on pikes.
Erin Bow
#43. Racism is a refuge for the ignorant. It seeks to divide and to destroy. It is the enemy of freedom, and deserves to be met head-on and stamped out.
Pierre Berton
#44. Do you like blowjobs? "Did you just ask me if I like blowjobs?" he asked in a low voice. "I swear that's what it sounded like." "Yes." She folded her hands in front of her and met his gaze head-on. "I haven't given nearly enough of them but I'd like to practice.
Cari Quinn
#45. I laid my head on his neck, and the two of us-girl and wolf-fell asleep, into a dream within a dream.
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
#46. And the cool kids always had a stop sign in their bedroom. Which means: "I don't care if people die. I want my stop sign." At least the assumption was that they took it down from somewhere and now there are old ladies hitting each other head-on somewhere.
Josh Smith
#47. She places her hands around my neck and rests her head on my shoulder. I can smell the sex on her, and my hope is that she can smell the love on me.
Markus Zusak
#48. Our nation has both an obligation and self-interest in facing head-on the serious environmental, economic and national security threat posed by global warming.
John McCain
#49. What's that supposed to mean? A wolf's head on a stick. Big wolf barbecue tonight? Bring your own wolf?
Eoin Colfer
#50. I fight because it allows me to face my fears head on, and conquer those fears one by one.
Michelle Waterson
#51. Once ye made up yer mind to do somethin', 'tis better t'stumble o'er the small hillock of jump-ahead than t'bash yer head on the jagged rocks of did-nothing.
Old Woman Nora of Loch Lomand to her three wee granddaughtersone cold evening
Karen Hawkins
#52. Filming is always a challenge because I'm not used to it. But I approach it head-on. I'm not technically brilliant, but it's the spirit that counts.
Martin Parr
#53. Young Noah: [humming] Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum.
Young Allie: [laughing] You're a terrible singer.
Young Noah: I know.
Young Allie: [laying her head on his shoulder] But I like this song.
[they continue dancing in the street to I'll Be Seeing You]
Nicholas Sparks
#54. People who don't face their problems head-on are the worst kind of cowards.
Jenny Han
#55. And if I hear 'Your Grace' once more, I'll have your head on a spike. We are more to each other than that." "I had not forgotten," Ned replied quietly.
George R R Martin
#56. Don't they appreciate how hard it is, staying decent, keeping your head on straight when so much is happening to you and your life is so full and eventfull?
David Nicholls
#57. We talk about predestination because the Bible talks about predestination. If we desire to build our theology on the Bible, we run head on into this concept. We soon discover that John Calvin did not invent it.
R.C. Sproul
#58. Now go bring back someone's head on the front of your Lexus for Mommy, okay?
Ellery's mother to him
Amy Lane
#59. If you have issues with family, friends, and people at work, try and solve these issues head on so you can move on and concentrate on having the life you want.
Heidi Klum
#60. By definition, poetry works with qualities and dynamics that mainstream society is reluctant to face head-on. It's an interesting phenomenon that by necessity, poetry is just below the radar.
David Whyte
#61. I hate waking up every morning to my alarm. I always bang my head on the steering wheel.
Scott Wood
#62. I have been very, very consistent. But at the same time I kept kind of hitting my head on the ceiling and I couldn't break through.
Jay Haas
#63. Lust is weak desire. A woman without a good head on her shoulders is nothing but a piece of meat.
Kool Moe Dee
#64. But trust me, it's best to face something head on, smash it, and move on with your life. Lingering and wondering, waiting and worrying ... that kills you.
Jennifer Ashley
#65. She slapped my shoulder playfully. "I've created a monster," she said, then she nestled into the chair and rested her head on my shoulder, "an adorable, sexy monster.
Giselle Fox
#66. Obedience insures greatness, whilst disobedience leads to a repulse. Whosoever possesseth the qualities of righteousness placeth his head on the threshold of obedience.
Saadi
#67. He rested his head on top of mine and whispered, "I'm warning you now. I'm a horrible patient."
I smiled in spite of myself and pulled back. "Of course you are. That's why you're a doctor.
Lisa Kessler
#68. Ever hear of the phrase, Banging you're head on a brick wall?
Ah, but you forget, Darren, vampires can break brick walls with their heads.
Darren Shan
#69. (Discouragement) Can be temporary-or it can destroy our life. The choice is ours. If we refuse to deal with discouragement head-on, we are opening the door for it to completely dominate our life.
Charles Stanley
#70. Face your problems head on. Do what you have to do to take care of it. Develop a good work ethic.
George Chuvalo
#71. Fashionable people can opt out of the fashion stream, but a stylish person never becomes unstylish unless they hit their head on a rock and suffer brain damage.
Douglas Coupland
#72. I think a scarf is the most versatile item. On a plane, it's good to wrap around when you're cold or rest your head on it. I love scarves.
Martha Hunt
#73. Overcoming the obstacle of my diabetes diagnosis was something that forced me tackle the challenge head-on and, with an amazing support system, eventually come out stronger.
Charlie Kimball
#74. The Professor shook his head. 'On the contrary, my motives are most simple, to advance science and to combat evil.
Robert Rankin
#75. You don't have any problem with reality. You face it head on and tackle that bitch to the ground.
Sylvia Day
#76. Resting my head on his shoulder, my gaze turns back to the horizon. "How did you get so smart? Did you, like, eat smart people's brains?"
"Well, if I did, you'd certainly be safe from me.
L.A. Fiore
#77. They turned and found themselves facing a bullet head on an ICBM body lumpily stuffed into a black shirt and a brown suit. It was as though King Kong were making a break for it, hoping to smuggle himself back to his island disguised as a human being.
Donald E. Westlake
#78. It was overwhelming for a girl who'd been raised in a trailer park in Cumby, Texas. (Go Trojans!) I took another hit of oxygen and got dizzy. Then I stumbled and fell. Then I hit my head on the clicky ball thing and the desk and collapsed onto the floor
Countess Von Fondle
#79. He slid an arm around me and pulled me to him. I rested my head on his chest, and he nuzzled my hair and kissed me just above the ear.
Janet Evanovich
#80. You keep running and whatever you're running from is just going to keep running right after you. Only way yo stop it is to turn around and cut it off head on." ~ Lyrik
A.L. Jackson
#81. Then he blushed and seemed to fade where he stood ... When the musical star moved on, Lotto turned to her and silently docked his head on her shoulder for two moments, recharged he turned to face the others.
Lauren Groff
#82. It's like banging my head against the wall, except if I were actually banging my head on a wall, I'd be able to make myself stop.
Cassandra Clare
#83. The threat from terrorists - from extreme ideologies - needs to be challenged head-on.
George Osborne
#84. Very rarely do I talk off the top of my head on stage. I'm not an improv guy. I'm a writer-guy who presents what he's written.
Steven Wright
#85. Then let's cheat god!!!!!
Let's cut the cycle of Rebirth, let's Distort Nature!!
The Himan technique that challenges the second law of thermodynamicts head on!!!!
Thai is know as Medicine!!!!!
As if i'd give my precious friend away to some god!!!
Syun Matsuena
#86. To other people, it sometimes seems like nothing at all. You are walking around with your head on fire and no one can see the flames.
Matt Haig
#87. The creatures, or men, took off in the direction of the hills. We shot as many as we could in the back. Fuck honor. Dying was dying and it made no difference whether you took it head on or looking away.
Hunter Shea
#88. Take advantage of the years of pioneering efforts. You might find this boring, as the young want to rush head on, as it were.
Edmund Hillary
#90. Damen pushed himself up on an elbow, and propped his head on his hand, his fingers in his hair. He saw that Laurent was looking at him. Not watching him, as he did sometimes, but looking at him, as a man might look at a carving that has caught his attention.
C.S. Pacat
#91. Today, a couple with 'just married' tags collided head-on with a hearse carrying two coffins in the back, both of a married couple that had previously
died in a car accident.
Anthony Liccione
#92. She dropped on his chest with both knees and vengefully banged his head on the floor, once to knock him out and twice because it made her feel better.
Kerry Greenwood
#93. Cyberspace is the battlefield of tomorrow ... Instead of confronting us head-to-head on the traditional battlefield, adversaries will confront the U.S. at its point of least resistance- our information infrastructure.
Fred Thompson
#94. Sin and grace, absence and presence, tragedy and comedy, they divide the world between them and where they meet head on, the Gospel happens.
Frederick Buechner
#95. Clay lifted his head under my hand, and I reigned in my emotions, knowing he could sense my melancholy. "I'm fine," I said as I met his gaze. "How are you doing?" He scooted forward to lay his head on my lap in response. Yeah, that was pretty much how I felt. The
Melissa Haag
#96. Chudo-Yudo chuckled and moved over to lay his huge head on Jenna's foot, generously allowing her to scratch his favorite spot under his chin in case it made her feel better. Barbara
Deborah Blake
#97. My face is rather like a collision waiting to happen: head-on I can be borne, but turn sideways, and it is all calamity.
Michelle Franklin
#98. At some point you just have to turn around and face your life head on.
Chris Cleave
#99. In dialogue, there is opposition, yes, but no head-on collision. Smashing heads does not open minds.
Deborah Tannen
#100. Yes, it's true, what I said earlier: A real life doesn't mean geting what you want; the achievement, the privilege, too, is knowing what you love.But getting what you love? Having what you love love you back? Oh, my friend, it's miracle: your one tiny life's head-on collision with divinity.
Marisa De Los Santos
