Monkey On My Back Quotes

#1. It wasn't a monkey on my back, it was Planet of the Apes.

Mick McCarthy

#2. Thank God I never hooked on anything. I never had a monkey on my back. I just wanted to self-medicate, to numb myself through liquor. It's how I dealt with life, reality, stress, change, sadness, memories. The list goes on. I was really trying to feel nothing.

Johnny Depp

#3. Well, there's no monkey on my back,

Kim Clijsters

#4. So." Noah said carefully. I was sitting up cross-legged and tangled in my sheets.
"So." I said back
"Would you like to hear about Curious George's new adventures?"
I shook my head.
"Are you sure?" Noah asked. "He's been such a naughty monkey."
"Pass.

Michelle Hodkin

#5. So, to start with, you might be wondering how this chick with a monkey on her back about the size
of King Kong is running about staking nasties and whatnot. Well, truth be told, I've been stretching the
truth like it was a big handful of raspberry-flavored saltwater taffy.

Kathleen Tierney

#6. The story is even Bill Wilson, a founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, couldn't overcome the sex monkey on his back, and spent his sober life cheating on his wife and filled with guilt.

Chuck Palahniuk

#7. Shaun couldn't hold the sigh back. The disgustingly shaded contents of the pint glass were going to be his only company. His misery was going to have to make good friends with his Monkey Brains.

Sharon Stevenson

#8. Anand, look at the back of my hands. No hair. The sign of an advanced race, boy. And look at yours. No hair either. But you never know. With some of your mother's bad blood flowing in your veins you could wake up one morning and find yourself hairy like a monkey

V.S. Naipaul

#9. If you have talent, but no morality-monkey riding upon your back, then, of course, this is where you should stop.

Kat Lowe

#10. It's kind of good to get that evil monkey off my back!

Stefan Cherneski

#11. Love's like a junkie, addiction's a fact. Passion's a monkey, you can't keep off your back.

Elton John

#12. Once I finished, I got that procrastination monkey off my back! And I started seeing doors opening.

Eric Thomas

#13. My big break was back in the third grade playing the third monkey in 'Horton Hears a Who.'

Sebastian Arcelus

#14. Come back with a healthy monkey, or don't come back at all.

Brian K. Vaughan

#15. For a brief second, I entertained the idea of ripping off my gloves, rushing down the hall, and jumping on Dustin's back like a psychotic monkey.

Jennifer L. Armentrout

#16. You can get the monkey off your back, but the circus never leaves town

Anne Lamott

#17. God, she was two seconds from jumping on his back like a monkey and strangling him.

Jennifer L. Armentrout