Quotes and Sayings About Hook

Pop is a little bit theatrical. That's the whole vibe. That's the point - is that it's great music, great melodies, great hooks. But, on top of it, it's a presentation. There's a showmanship about it. And that's why I wanted to be a pop star.
-- Adam Lambert

#Stars #Hook #Littles

BAIT, n. A preparation that renders the hook more palatable. The best kind is beauty.
-- Ambrose Bierce

#Preparation #Bait #Hook

When we search for something larger than our own selves to hook into, we can come through whatever life throws at us.
-- Anne Lamott

#Self #Hook

I kept asking God for help, and after a while I realized something -- that Josh was not enjoying this either. He was just trying to take care of himself, and I made the radical decision to let him off the hook.
-- Anne Lamott

#Decision #Trying #Hook

God seems to have left the receiver off the hook and time is running out.
-- Arthur Koestler

#God #Running #Hook

My new novel 'Red Hook Road' began many years ago as a short article in the newspaper.
-- Ayelet Waldman

#Years #Hook #Red

You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.
-- Bear Bryant

#Horse #Adversity #Hook

Dentists tell you not to pick your teeth with any sharp metal object. Then you sit in their chair and the first thing they grab is an iron hook.
-- Bill Cosby

#Iron #Teeth #Hook

I didn't want to take the guitar solos down note-for-note, but more or less use them as a map, and keep all the hooks from the guitar playing, and let myself come through.
-- Brian Setzer

#Guitar #Hook #Use

I've made mistakes, I clearly did, but what I was hoping for was that some other dumbass would get on the front page and take me off the hook. I miss Lane Kiffin.
-- Bruce Pearl

#Mistake #Missing #Hook

The bolt of Tash falls from above!' 'Does it ever get caught on a hook halfway?
-- C. S. Lewis

#Fall #Doe #Hook

...her cry is a hook and it catches me in the throat.
-- Catherynne M. Valente

#Hook #Cry #Throat

Beauty, devoid of grace, is a mere hook without the bait.
-- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

#Grace #Bait #Hook

Let's hook up and just bring fiery death.
-- Charlie Sheen

#Hook #Hook Up

The more hooks an idea has, the better it will cling to memory.
-- Chip Heath

#Memories #Ideas #Hook

For whatever reason, we relate to anything godlike with an English accent. The English are very proud of that. And with anything Roman or gladiators, they have an English accent. For an audience, it is an easy trick to hook people in.
-- Chris Hemsworth

#People #Hook #Proud

The Democrats are as much a part of the war machine as the Republicans. We can't let Democrats get off the hook because they're Democrats.
-- Cindy Sheehan

#War #Machines #Hook

A song without a hook is like a train without rails. It skitters all over the place, bangs into everything. Boom! Crash! There goes Grand Central Station. Crushed by a train.
-- David Lee Roth

#Song #Bangs #Hook

An enlightened entertainer, via story, casts her line into the souls of others, hooks their heart, and pulls their greater potential to the surface.
-- Derek Rydall

#Heart #Soul #Hook

You should listen to songs and listen to what works. Listen to why a song is a hit. Check it out-not to imitate it, but there are certain things that work-hooks and melodies. Hear what works through the ages.
-- Diane Warren

#Song #Age #Hook

I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by using the many gifts of the English language to intrigue and hook a reader.
-- Dick Schaap

#Clever #Games #Hook

It’s hard to land a devastating jab/cross/hook/uppercut combo to your reader’s imagination when you’re telegraphing your punches.
-- Don Roff

#Land #Imagination #Hook

If pornographers can hook adolescents when their hormones are raging, they know they'll have an ongoing consumer base for life.
-- Donna Rice Hughes

#Hook #Ongoing #Rage

I remember hitting Sarah Michelle Gellar with a right hook during my first week on the job. It was awful. They usually pair actors with stunt doubles to avoid things like that.
-- Eliza Dushku

#Jobs #Hook #Actors

I attempted to fish in Scotland and I managed to hook a dog. It was a horrible moment but the dog turned out to be fine.
-- Emily Blunt

#Dog #Scotland #Hook

Once you find the truth, no one can hurt you. You can let them off the hook. That is hard! Until then, keep distance, preserve the peace. Eventually it’s like you weren’t hurt.
-- Erich Schiffmann

#Hurt #Distance #Hook

Taint no use to sit and whine 'Cause the fish ain't on your line; Bait your hook an' keep on tryin', Keep a-goin'!
-- Frank Lebby Stanton

#Perseverance #Hook #Use

Forgiveness isn't about letting the other person off the hook - it's about releasing ourselves.
-- Gabrielle Bernstein

#Hook #Persons

Someday, we’ll run into each other again, I know it. Maybe I’ll be older and smarter and just plain better. If that happens, that’s when I’ll deserve you. But now, at this moment, you can’t hook your boat to mine, because I’m liable to sink us both.
-- Gabrielle Zevin

#Love #Running #Hook

People tell me it was a great left hook, but I wouldn't know. I never saw it
-- Gene Fullmer

#People #Boxing #Hook