Pickin Quotes

#1. Every little boy wanna pick up the mic,
And try to run with the big boys and live up to the real hype.
But that's like pickin up a ball, playin with Mike,
Swingin at Ken Griffey or challengin' Roy to a fight.

LL Cool J

#2. I developed my style by pickin' a lot of cotton, plowin' that ole mule every day. I just got the rhythm, and any rhythm I need I know where it is; I know where to find it.

John Hunter

#3. Well I thought my pickin' would set them on fire, but nobody wanted to hire a guitar man.

Jerry Reed

#4. What's that supposed to mean, 'a passin' hunger?' I ATE my fuckin' girlfriend! An' we ain't talkin' little fuckin' love bites or a bit of a chew - I went wild kingdom on her ass! It was like a pig pickin' after fuckin' Lent-FUCK!

E.V. Iverson

#5. Lorraine, bless her pea-pickin' heart, was carrying a huge, triple-layer, chocolate cake.

Amy Harmon

#6. All I'm focusing on is pickin' 'em up and layin' 'em down.

Stephen King

#7. I was so glad to get out of the cotton patch and stop pickin' cotton, I wouldn't of cared who come by and said, 'I'll take you to Chicago.'

Koko Taylor

#8. A lotta good things about you, honey. One of them is that Ethan's pickin' up your vocabulary. Swear to Christ, before Conner took him to school today, he said he was vexed about something and if I got it right, he used it right seein' as he was annoyed.

Kristen Ashley

#9. I'll hire blacks as long as they can do the cotton-pickin' job.

Evan Mecham

#10. I met that lovely Detroit lady and thought my time had come But just before I said "I do" I said "I got to run" and started to Pickin em up and layin em down, Pickin em up and layin em down, Pickin em up and layin em down, gettin to the next town Baby.

Maya Angelou

#11. Life was just a tire swing. 'Jambalaya' was the only song I could sing. Blackberry pickin', eatin' fried chicken, And I never knew a thing about pain. Life was just a tire swing.

Jimmy Buffett

#12. Feel fee to be a usin' anythin' in the house, an' if there be anythin' thet ya be needin', make a list. I go to town most saturdays fer supplies, an' I can be a pickin' it up then. When ya feel more yerself like, ya might want to come along an' do yer own choosin'.

Janette Oke

#13. If on'y they didn' tell me I got to get off, why, I'd prob'y be in California right now a-eatin' grapes an a-pickin' an orange when I wanted. But them sons-a-bitches says I got to get off-an', Jesus Christ, a man can't, when he's tol' to!

John Steinbeck

#14. Painting is a lot harder than pickin' cotton. Cotton's right there for you to pull off the stalk, but to paint, you got to sweat your mind.

Clementine Hunter

#15. You take these." A pair of bulky blue mittens dropped into Hallorann's lap. "You'll need em when you go off the road again, I guess. Cold out. You wear em unless you want to spend the rest of your life pickin your nose with a crochetin hook.

Stephen King

#16. I opened my mouth, mad enough to spit, and said loudly, "I don't eat iceberg lettuce!" Really? I asked myself. That's what you're going to throw down with? "I don't care what you eat, just don't be pickin' in there!

Piper Kerman

#17. It's like me, I wouldn' take the good ol' gospel that was just layin' there to my hand. I got to be pickin' at it until I got it all tore down.

John Steinbeck

#18. You know my faithfulness to you, never can another own my heart, never - never - never ...

Richard Wagner

#19. Education reform has as its main purpose to make sure that the education delivered is of quality.

Enrique Pena Nieto

#20. But of course it's always gonna be Suicide, our fingerprints, ya know? You can't ever get rid of that.

Alan Vega

#21. Daily the world grows smaller, leaving understanding the only place where peace can find a home.

Huston Smith

#22. Quick! Do a roly, roly poly!

Zayn Malik

#23. Outwitting children isn't difficult, but it takes commitment and energy.

Bijou Hunter

#24. Keep training harder and always challenge yourself.

Jose Aldo

#25. She was tired of playing the dutiful assistant to a great man.

Laurel Corona

#26. Why lock yourself in your own cage when someone is handing you a key?

Gregory Maguire

#27. Whether I feel it or not, I am one with all the love in the universe.

Thaddeus Golas

#28. We need someone who is a strong representative of our value system.

Kenneth Lay

#29. Bravery comes one day at a time.

Courtney C. Stevens

#30. I don't really know how to act that much. I'm quite good at comedy, but it's mostly acting naturally.

T. J. Miller

#31. Adversity is simply part of earth life. From it we can grow and progress if we choose to. Yes, some trials come because of our own disobedience, but many trials are simply part of life.

John Bytheway

#32. Words are like gems to me ... imagine yourself walking through a very shallow stream and picking up beautiful stones that catch your eye ... that's what names are like for me.

Anne Rice