Ribs Quotes:

Touch me ‘til my ribs become piano keys, ‘til there is sheet music scrolled across the inside of my lungs.

- Andrea Gibson

topic: Keys, Piano, Ribs

In India, it's the rich who have problems with obesity. And the poor are darker-skinned because they work outside and often work without their tops on so you can see their ribs.

- Aravind Adiga

topic: Work Out, India, Ribs

There Adam slept, and God formed the body of woman from one of his ribs, signifying that she should stand at his side as a companion and never lie at his feet like a slave, and also that he should love her as his own flesh.

- Christine de Pizan

source: Christine De Pizan (1982). “The Book of the City of Ladies”, New York : Persea Books

topic: Lying, Feet, Ribs, Signifying

I tried to pretend that I was sitting in the stands with a buddy watching the game - poking him in the ribs when something exciting happened.

- Curt Gowdy

topic: Games, Ribs, Sitting

When you love a woman, you love yourself, and it's terrible really, how it seems perfectly possible to swallow the other. With a man you want to join, you want your ribs to connect like handcuffs. But with a woman if you swallow, she becomes you.

- Darcey Steinke

topic: Love Yourself, Men, Ribs, Handcuffs

One's ribs shouldn't be prison bars.

- David Mitchell

topic: Ribs, Bars, Prison, Prison Bars

I wish Adam had died with all his ribs in his body.

- Dion Boucicault

topic: Funny Valentines Day, Wish, Ribs

Flowers are the fastest way to a woman's heart. Well, actually, the fastest way is through her rib cage, but flowers are a lot less messy.

- Eddie Murphy

source: FaceBook post by Eddie Murphy from Sep 13, 2013

topic: Flower, Heart, Ribs, Rib Cage

I had a major motorcycle accident on CHIPs that gave me a 50-50 chance to live. I broke a lot of bones and fractured ribs and broken wrists.

- Erik Estrada

topic: Broken, Motorcycle, Ribs

Being brokenhearted is like having broken ribs. On the outside it looks like nothing's wrong, but every breath hurts.

- Greg Behrendt

topic: Hurt, Broken, Ribs, Brokenhearted

Would you eat the moon if it were made of ribs?

- Harry Caray

topic: Moon, Ribs, Made

How are my ribs? They're so meaningless it's hard to believe,

- Harry Reid

topic: Believe, Ribs, Hard To Believe

I should get a few ribs taken out, because I'll be in a corset for the rest of my life.

- Helena Bonham Carter

topic: Taken, Ribs, Should, Corsets

I wanted to wear her as you would a piece of clothing, to fold into her ribs, be a stone in her mouth.

- Hisham Matar

source: Hisham Matar (2011). “Anatomy of a Disappearance”, p.13, Penguin UK

topic: Ribs, Pieces, Mouths

You see, dear, it is not true that woman was made from man's rib; she was made from his funny bone.

- James M. Barrie

topic: Funny, Men, Ribs, Funny Bones

This body is yours. No one can ever take it from you, if only you will accept yourself, claim it again--your arms, your spine, your ribs, the small of your back. It's all yours. All this bounty, all this beauty, all this strength and grace is yours. This garden is yours. Take it back. Take it back.

- Jean Hegland

source: Jean Hegland (2016). “Into The Forest”, p.146, Random House

topic: Garden, Grace, Ribs, Bounty

Lina loved her little sister so much that it was like an ache under her ribs.

- Jeanne DuPrau

source: Jeanne DuPrau (2016). “The City of Ember Complete Series”, p.29, Random House Books for Young Readers

topic: Little Sister, Ribs, Littles

The quickest way to a man's heart really is through his stomach, because then you don't have to chop through that pesky rib cage.

- Jeph Jacques

source: "Number 478: I Get Knocked Down". "Questionable Content" Comic Strip, questionablecontent.net.

topic: Heart, Men, Ribs, Rib Cage

I know my husband really loves me because he takes me to have ribs. He says I'm the only girl he ever took out who actually ate anything on her plate, as opposed to pushing it around.

- Julia Barr

topic: Girl, Husband, Ribs, Pushing It

I think I had about a month off when I broke my rib in Australia, which was magnificent.

- Kevin Pietersen

topic: Thinking, Australia, Ribs

Clamorous pauperism feastest While honest Labor, pining, hideth his sharp ribs.

- Martin Farquhar Tupper

topic: Ribs, Honest, Pining

I always thought filet mignon was the steak to beat, but the fat content in a rib eye is fantastic.

- Neil Patrick Harris

topic: Eye, Ribs, Fantastic, Filet Mignon

When the going gets tough, the tough eat ribs.

- Nora Roberts

topic: Ribs, Tough, Inspirational Office, Libraries And Librarians, Getting Through Hard Times

The fact is, woman was taken from a rib.

- Pope Francis

topic: Taken, Facts, Ribs

I fell off stage and bruised some ribs. The worst part was that the audience didn't realize I was gone.

- Richard Marx

topic: Gone, Ribs, Realizing, Bruised

My heart is a protest that I let rally against my ribs.

- Shane Koyczan

topic: Heart, Ribs, My Heart

I heard that I have three ribs, that I have more surgeries than Cher - whatever they say, they say; I know who I am.

- Thalia

topic: Who I Am, Ribs, Three

Love is stealthy hiding under ribs.

- Veda Hille

topic: Love, Love Is, Ribs

Another time I cracked two of the vertebrae in my back and broke a rib.

- Zakk Wylde

topic: Time, Two, Ribs

I can be whatever it takes to be a folksinger. Folk music to me, if we had to have a definition, is portable music. A lot of what I do is flash, gesture, athletics, but what it comes down to is getting across a melody that will help it stick to your ribs, and being able to take it from town to town.

- Vance Gilbert

topic: Ribs, Gestures, Definitions

When Adam found his rib was gone He cursed and sighed and cried and swore And looked with cold resentment on The creature God has used it for.

- John Hollander

source: John Hollander (1978). “Spectral emanations: new and selected poems”

topic: Ribs, Gone, Resentment, Cried

I have a strange feeling with regard to you. As if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly knotted to a similar string in you. And if you were to leave I'm afraid that cord of communion would snap. And I have a notion that I'd take to bleeding inwardly. As for you, you'd forget me.

- Charlotte Bronte

topic: Somewhere Under, Feelings, Ribs

Once again I feel beneath my heels the ribs of Rocinante. Once more, I'm on the road with my shield on my arm.

- Che Guevara

source: Ernesto Guevara, David Deutschmann (2003). “Che Guevara Reader: Writings on Politics & Revolution”, p.384, Ocean Press

topic: Ribs, Arms, Shields

I have a huge rib cage, which is why I can hold a note out until I'm blue in the face... because I have such a big lung capacity.

- Jessica Simpson

topic: Blue, Ribs, Faces, Rib Cage

Yeah, I do all the stuff I can. Let’s be frank, if you are in an action film, you are not in it for the characters, you are in it for the action – the stunts. If they take that away from you, it’s a sad story. Ha ha! I have damaged everything: knees, elbows, ribs. But I’m an old gymnast. I know how to survive.

- Mads Mikkelsen

topic: Character, Ribs, Stories, Action Films, Sad Story

It still hurts," she whispered. "Even when you're doing it for someone else, that doesn't stop your ribs from getting cracked, or your wrist swelling, or your cuts from bleeding.

- Jodi Picoult

source: Jodi Picoult (2002). “Picture Perfect”, p.315, Penguin

topic: Hurt, Cutting, Ribs, It Still Hurts

The fact is that woman was taken from a rib.

- Pope Francis

source: "Pope Francis jokes 'woman was from a rib' as he avoids vow to reform church". www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2014.

topic: Taken, Ribs, Facts, Wince

Touch me ‘til my ribs become piano keys, ‘til there is sheet music scrolled across the inside of my lungs.

- Andrea Gibson

source: Andrea Gibson (Poet) (2013). “Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns”, p.37, SCB Distributors

topic: Keys, Piano, Ribs, Piano Keys, Sheet Music

Touch me 'til my ribs become piano keys.

- Andrea Gibson

source: Andrea Gibson (Poet) (2013). “Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns”, p.37, SCB Distributors

topic: Keys, Piano, Ribs, Piano Keys

Rumors, stories... I'm used to them. I got my ribs removed, I was on 'The Wonder Years'... You know there's a different story every day.

- Marilyn Manson

topic: Years, Rumor, Ribs, Wonder Years

A rib... loaves and fish... some spit... God can do a lot with a little.

- Mark Hart

source: Mark Hart (2013). “Tweet Inspiration: Faith in 140 Characters (or Less)”, p.9, Franciscan Media

topic: Ribs, Littles, Spit

I pointed at the little kids goading each other to jump from rib cage to shoulder and Gus answered just loud enough for me to hear over the din, 'Last time, I imagined myself as the kid. This time, the skeleton.

- John Green

source: John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.233, Penguin

topic: Kids, Skeletons, Ribs, Gus, Rib Cage

Adam, who said to our Lord in the Garden of Eden, I got more ribs - you got more broads? Never got a dinner!

- Red Buttons

topic: Garden, Eden, Ribs

I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death.

- John Milton

source: 'Comus' (1637) l. 560

topic: Soul, Ribs, Ears, Hearing Music

Should God create another Eve, and I Another Rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart; no no, I feel The Link of Nature draw me: Flesh of Flesh, Bone of my Bone thou art, and from thy State Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.

- John Milton

source: 'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 9, l. 914

topic: Art, Loss, Ribs, Paradise Lost Book 1, Paradise Lost Book 9

The sound of a jet, an engine warming up, even the clopping of shod hooves on pavement brings on the ancient shudder, the dry mouth and vacant eye, the hot palms and the churn of stomach high up under the rib cage.

- John Steinbeck

source: John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.8, Penguin

topic: Eye, Sound, Ribs, Warming Up, Rib Cage

It's okay," I said soothingly. "You're just getting your stride back. Once you're up to full power, I'll go crack a rib or something so we can test it." She groaned. "The horrible part is that I don't think you're joking.

- Richelle Mead

source: Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.432, Penguin

topic: Thinking, Ribs, Cracks

The ribs are the wings of the body. Open your wings.

- B.K.S. Iyengar

source: B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.110, Shambhala Publications

topic: Wings, Ribs, Body

I used to routinely break my ribs doing stupid things onstage, but I have a healthy fear of breaking my bones now.

- Michael Gira

source: Source: pitchfork.com

topic: Stupid, Healthy, Ribs, Healthy Fear

How are you?" "Perfectly fine," he said. "Are your ribs broken?" "Probably not. Cracked at most. We fought very carefully." "Did this settle anything?" "It made me feel better," he said, sitting up. "Did you see me kick him in the kidneys?" "I saw.

- Ilona Andrews

topic: Feel Better, Broken, Ribs, Sitting Up

Fat paunches have lean pates, and dainty bits Make rich the ribs, but backrout quite the wits.

- William Shakespeare

topic: Ribs, Eating, Rich, Dainty

I'm not saying eating babies should be legal, but when they're so delicious, what's the harm in it? I don't know what tastes better, their innocence or their gooey rib butter.

- Zach Braff

topic: Baby, Ribs, Taste

Did you accomplish anything in your meeting with Kynan and Arik?” Limos, looking proud of herself, bobbed her head excitedly. “I broke Arik’s ribs.” Reaver exhaled on a deep sigh. “Anything else?

- Larissa Ione

topic: Ribs, Limos, Proud, Reavers

Funny how time heals. Like that bullet in my ribs. It's there, I know it's there, but I can barely feel it at all anymore.

- Lauren Oliver

topic: Ribs, Bullets, Time Heals

Used to be that my whole body was my canvas-hot cuts licking my ribs, ladder rungs climbing my arms, thick milkweed stalks shooting up my thighs.

- Laurie Halse Anderson

source: Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.52, Penguin

topic: Cutting, Climbing, Ribs, Milkweed, Self Injury

You'll find people who rib you about their age are petrified about getting old. It doesn't bother me.

- Noel Gallagher

topic: People, Age, Ribs

Her heart ached as though a knife had quietly slipped between her ribs.

- Catherynne M. Valente

source: Catherynne M. Valente (2014). “The Fairyland Series”, p.186, Macmillan

topic: Heart, Knives, Ribs

I’m so sorry! Are you okay? (Shahara) Other than the fact that I feel like my rib just punctured a lung, sure, I’m all right. (Syn)

- Sherrilyn Kenyon

source: Sherrilyn Kenyon (2016). “The League: Nemesis Rising, Books 1-3: Born of Night, Born of Fire, Born of Ice”, p.726, Macmillan

topic: Sorry, Ribs, Facts, I'm So Sorry

When I was fighting Tyrell Biggs, Tyson was telling me at ringside to hit him to the ribs. We always had a mutual respect for each other since we sparred those early times. We got that over with.

- Lennox Lewis

topic: Fighting, Ribs, Tyson