When Push Comes To Shove Quotes

#1. My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn't a social construct but an instinct.

Jodi Picoult

#2. When push comes to shove, a mother takes care of her children from the bottom up.

Barbara Kingsolver

#3. I don't know much,
But when push comes to shove,
I definitely don't believe,
There's such a thing as wrong love.

Chris Colfer

#4. When push comes to shove, we all should know most Americans want the same things, but just disagree on how to get there, which is why it should be okay to not panic if the other party wins.

Matt Taibbi

#5. History has taught us over and over again that freedom is not free. When push comes to shove, the ultimate protectors of freedom and liberty are the brave men and women in our armed forces. Throughout our history, they've answered the call in bravery and sacrifice.

Tim Pawlenty

#6. We know that when push comes to shove, [we can] drive ourselves to save our planet.

Jeff Corwin

#7. Cause when push comes to shove,
You taste what you're made of.
You might bend till you break,
Cause it's all you can take.
On your knees, you look up,
Decide you've had enough.
You get mad, you get strong,
Wipe your hands, shake it off.
And you stand ...

Rascal Flatts

#8. That led me to say that when push comes to shove, I'm against capital punishment.

Scott Turow

#9. When I'm fishing, I feel guilty that I'm not writing, and when I'm writing, I feel guilty that I'm not fishing. But when push comes to shove, I'll always take the writing.

Raymond Carver

#10. I see someone who's really good at saying the right things, but when push comes to shove, doesn't mean a thing he says.

Nicholas Sparks

#11. When push comes to shove, people vote alone.

Meles Zenawi

#12. When push comes to shove, it ain't the science that's going to lift you up - it's the belief, the spiritual side of life, that's going to lift you up, no matter what religion you are.

Kirstie Alley

#13. I love the mentality that when push comes to shove, simply work harder and the results will come.

Greg Plitt

#14. I'm willing to give up a little control but not a lot. So I say I want the money, but when push comes to shove, I'm not sure I'll be able to compromise in order to make the big studio movie. Maybe something in between would be okay, like a low-budget studio film.

Nicole Holofcener

#15. When push comes to shove we can afford to lose an arm or a leg, but I am operating on peoples thoughts and feelings... and if something goes wrong I can destroy that persons character... forever.

Henry Marsh

#16. Family to me is foundation. It's the people that you can call on whether you love them or hate them. When push comes to shove, they're there for you, and that's kind of how this family is.

Constance Marie

#17. Some people say they want things, but when push comes to shove they don't do what is necessary to achieve it.

Natalie Cook

#18. The Cobalt Empire is the largest, known for their regal poise, intellectual prowess, and fierce commitment to one another. Each Cobalt is prideful and passionately unique but when push comes to shove.

They'll band together like an army of one.

Becca Ritchie

#19. When push comes to shove, what's Faust without his pact? Nothing. No one. We'd never have heard of him.

David Mitchell

#20. Criticism can be devastating. When push comes to shove, we are all very sensitive.

Steve Vai

#21. Transparency people talk a lot about, it's a goal everybody ascribes to but when push comes to shove, very few people actually adhere to it.

Keith Rabois

#22. Because when push comes to shove, we really don't want to have sex with our friends ... unless they're sexy. And sometimes we do want to have sex with our blackhearted, soul-sucking enemies ... assuming they're sexy.

Chuck Klosterman

#23. When push-off comes to shove-off, a man must have a reason to get out of bed in the mornings, something more than the threat of bedsores, at any rate.

Stephen Fry

#24. Crowds of questions stream through me like lines of people exiting a soccer ground or a concert. They push and shove and trip. Some make their way around. Some remain in their seats, waiting for their opportunity.

Markus Zusak

#25. If you aren't vigilant, if you aren't daily humbling yourself before Him, seeking His face, discerning His timing, operating under the Spirit's control, you may push and shove and force your way prematurely into that place where God wanted you, but you will not have arrived in His own time.

Charles R. Swindoll

#26. I think the only way we retain credibility with the Arab world is to say, 'When push came to shove, despite the mistakes we made in the past, we are with you in democracy.'

John Fund

#27. There are many words for push, take, shove, carry, load, and no words for love, or happiness, or the sounds which birds make in the morning.

Alexander McCall Smith