Brushing Quotes:

I don't mess around when it comes to brushing my teeth. Properly brushed, twice a day, every day, to get my day started.

- Victor Cruz

source: Source: www.ebony.com

topic: Teeth, Mess, Brushing

There is no finer sensations in life that which comes with victory over one's self. Go forward to a goal of inward achievement, brushing aside all your old internal enemies as you advance.

- Vash Young

topic: Self, Goal, Achievement, Brushing

Cinema in India is like brushing your teeth in the morning. You can't escape it.

- Shahrukh Khan

topic: Morning, India, Teeth, Brushing, Brushing Your Teeth

Evil is near. Sometimes late at night the air grows strongly clammy and cold around me. I feel it brushing me. All that the Devil asks is acquiescence not struggle, not conflict. Acquiescence.

- Suzanne Massie

topic: Struggle, Night, Air, Brushing

Start with a clean grill. Keep it clean by brushing with a wire brush after preheating, and again after cooking. Make sure to oil your grates and your food before putting it on the grill to keep it from sticking.

- Emeril Lagasse

topic: Oil, Cooking, Wire, Grate, Brushing

The discovery of a grey hair when you are brushing out your whiskers of a morning—first fallen flake of the coming snows of age—is a disagreeable thing.... So are flying twinges of gout, shortness of breath on the hill-side, the fact that even the moderate use of your friend's wines at dinner upsets you. These things are disagreeable because they tell you that you are no longer young—that you have passed through youth, are now in middle age, and faring onward to the shadows in which, somewhere, a grave is hid.

- Alexander Smith

topic: Morning, Wine, Hair, Flakes, Gout

I don't have a daily routine, beyond brushing my teeth. It changes every day.

- Paloma Faith

topic: Routine, Teeth, Daily Routines, Brushing

When I remember you, Randy, I'm going to smile, not cry. You're a part of me. One of the best parts. I just wanted to tell you that." She stopp up, brushing the headstone once more. "And if you meet someone called Giselda," she whispered, "tell her she's still part of Spade, too. A beautiful part. Please thank her for that.

- Jeaniene Frost

topic: Beautiful, Remember, Cry, Brushing

Holly died without a friend to hold her hand. Artemis felt her go, another gift of the magic. He kept on counting, brushing away the tears on his cheeks.

- Eoin Colfer

topic: Hands, Hollies, Magic, Brushing

Oak, granite, Lilies by the road, Remember me? I remember you. Clouds brushing Clover hills, Remember me? Sister, child, Grown tall, Remember me? I remember you.

- Gail Carson Levine

topic: Children, Clouds, Lilies, Oaks, Brushing

I closed my eyes and he kissed my eyelids, barely brushing them with his lips. I felt safe, at home. I felt as if here, against his body, was the only place in which I belonged. The only place I had ever wanted to be. We lay in silence for a while, holding each other, our skin merging, our breathing synchronized. I felt as if silence might allow the moment to last for ever, which would still not be enough.

- S.J. Watson

topic: Eye, Home, Breathing, Brushing

What irritated her most was that they kept brushing off her arguments with patronizing smiles, making her feel like a teenager being quizzed on her homework. Without actually uttering a single inappropriate word, they displayed towards her an attitude that was so antediluvian it was almost comical. You shouldn't worry your pretty head over complex matters, little girl.

- Steig Larsson

topic: Girl, Attitude, Teenager, Comical, Patronizing

The only other person I have fallen in love with that way is Jesus, and I hope that goes more smoothly. I hope I remember, when I'm bored with Him, and antsy, and sick of brushing my teeth next to the same god every morning, I hope I remember not to leave Him. I am not so worried that He will leave me. The Bible, after all, is full of stories about God sticking with His Bride, no matter how stiff-necked and prideful and unfaithful she may be.

- Lauren F. Winner

source: Lauren F. Winner (2002). “Girl Meets God: On the Path to a Spiritual Life”, p.27, Algonquin Books

topic: Morning, Jesus, Sick, Brushing

“Run,” he whispered. “Run.” “No, Rand,” I said, brushing the dirt from his face. “I’m tired of running.” “Forgive me, please.” He clutched my hand as his eyes beseeched me through tears of pain. “You’re forgiven.” He sighed once, then stopped breathing. The shine in his brown eyes dulled. I pulled his hood over his head.

- Maria V. Snyder

source: "Poison Study". Book by Maria V. Snyder, October 2005.

topic: Running, Pain, Tired, Brown Eyes, Please Forgive Me

Ew, no!' Laurel said, brushing past him. Dracula covered half his face with his cape, shunned vampire-style, and scooted away to his perch behind the counter.

- Sara Shepard

topic: Past, Style, Vampire, Brushing

I was reborn," she said, her hot breath brushing his ear. "You were reborn," Tengo said. "Because I died once." "You died once," Tengo repeated. "On a night when there was a cold rain falling," she said. "Why did you die?" "So I would be reborn like this." "You would be reborn," Tengo said. "More or less," she whispered quietly. "In all sorts of forms.

- Haruki Murakami

source: Haruki Murakami (2011). “1Q84:”, p.113, Random House

topic: Rain, Fall, Night, Rain Falling, Brushing

Summer is a prodigal of joy. The grass Swarms with delighted insects as I pass, And crowds of grasshoppers at every stride Jump out all ways with happiness their guide; And from my brushing feet moths flit away In safer places to pursue their play. In crowds they start. I marvel, well I may, To see such worlds of insects in the way, And more to see each thing, however small, Sharing joy's bounty that belongs to all. And here I gather, by the world forgot, Harvests of comfort from their happy mood, Feeling God's blessing dwells in every spot And nothing lives but owes him gratitude.

- John Clare

topic: Summer, Gratitude, Blessing, Prodigals, Grasshoppers

Some days I woke up and got out of bed and brushed my teeth like any normal human being; some days I woke up and laid in bed and looked at the ceiling and wondered what the hell the point was of getting out of bed and brushing my teeth like any normal human being.

- Ned Vizzini

topic: Teeth, Normal, Bed, Brushing

I love eating in it, brushing my teeth and swallowing the toothpaste in it. I love punching the ceiling with my fists when I'm lost or I can't find a parking space.

- Laura Kightlinger

topic: Lost Love, Space, Ceilings, Toothpaste, Parking Space

Somebody warned me early on to be very careful about brushing up against the chocolate....

- Geena Davis

topic: Chocolate, Careful, Brushing

We were the chosen rejects. We chose not to be apart of the popular crowd. I mean, I can rember a lot of times the more popular people, the 'jock type' of people who were into sports, and staying clean, and brushing there teeth all the time, they always asked me if I wanted to join their little club, and i decided not to, you know, I would rather hang out with the people who didn't get picked for the baseball team, you know, who smoke cigarettes and listen to rock 'n' roll music.

- Kurt Cobain

topic: Sports, Baseball, Team, Baseball Team, Rock N Roll Music

If I dreamt this, while walking, walking in the London streets, the subconscious of each and every other life, past and present, brushing me in passing, what makes it real? Writing it down.

- Nadine Gordimer

topic: Real, Writing, Past, Brushing

There are tiny choices that everyone can make that profoundly affect our collective water use. Like not having the tap on while brushing your teeth, not starting your shower ten minutes in advance, not doing laundry until you have a full load. In this particular issue, education really is power.

- Kristen Bell

topic: Issues, Water, Choices, Brushing, Brushing Your Teeth

Over the years I must have spent thousands of hours silently brushing on the liquid coatings, preparing each sheet in anticipation of reaching the perfect print.

- Irving Penn

source: Irving Penn, Virginia Heckert, Anne Lacoste, J. Paul Getty Museum (2009). “Irving Penn: Small Trades”, p.18, Getty Publications

topic: Years, Perfect, Liquid, Brushing

Prejudice: Sometimes it's like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.

- Marian Anderson

topic: Hate, Hair, Prejudice, Brushing

The spiritual path is one of falling on your face, getting up, brushing yourself off, turning and looking sheepishly at God and then taking the next step.

- Sri Aurobindo

topic: Spiritual, Fall, Soul, Brushing

Workouts are like brushing my teeth; I don't think about them, I just do them. The decision has already been made.

- PattiSue Plumer

topic: Fitness, Workout, Thinking, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running

All it takes is to pick up that one piece of trash you pass everyday on your way to work. Or to turn the water faucet off when you're brushing your teeth from afar. Or to compost. Or to buy 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper. Or to utilize vintage stores and secondhand markets. Or to fully devote yourself to only buying vegetables from local sources. It is remarkably easy to incorporate sustainable choices into our everyday, busy lives.

- Shailene Woodley

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Vegetables, Suicidal Thoughts, Recycled

Well, on that day I ceased cleansing my body. No more brushing my teeth, no more washing my hair, no baths, no soap, no water. Thirty days of debris build. I stopped shavin’ and I was 18, had a little scraggly beard, really looked like a hippie…Then two weeks before, I stopped eating any food with nutritional value…Then a week before, I stopped going to the bathroom. I did it in my pants. poop, piss the whole shot. My pants got crusted up.

- Ted Nugent

source: "Dee Snider Reminds Republicans Ted Nugent Allegedly Dodged Vietnam Draft In Gross Way" by Cavan Sieczkowski, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 24, 2013.

topic: Brushing

Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to build upon for the next generation.

- Raquel Cepeda

topic: Block, Hands, Generations, Grains Of Sand, Brushing

Intimacy doesn't have all that much to do with backseats of cars. Real intimacy is brushing your teeth together.

- Gabrielle Zevin

topic: Real, Car, Together, Brushing, Brushing Your Teeth

feel Tobias brushing my hair back before the first simulation. I hear him telling me to be brave. I hear my mother telling me to be brave(...) I am brave.

- Veronica Roth

topic: Mother, Hair, Brave, Brushing

Two weeks until your cure" she says finally. "Sixteen days" I say, but in my head I'm counting: Seven days. Seven days until I'm free and away from all these people and their sliding superficial lives brushing past one another gliding, gliding, gliding from life to death. For them there's hardly a change between the two.

- Lauren Oliver

source: Lauren Oliver (2015). “Delirium Trilogy: Delirium, Pandemonium, Requiem”, p.265, Hachette UK

topic: Past, Two, People, Gliding, Brushing

By our pontifical assertions, our superior impatience, and our casual brushing aside of their curiosity, we do not encourage their inquiry, for we are rather apprehensive of what may be asked of us; we do not foster their discontent, for we ourselves have ceased to question.

- Jiddu Krishnamurti

topic: Love, Life, Truth, Truth Love, Brushing

Americans have known about mounting inequality and king-sized Wall Street bonuses for years. But we also had an entire genre of journalism dedicated to brushing the problem off.

- Thomas Frank

topic: Kings, Wall, Years, Brushing

Enlightenment is part of everything and so our minds have to be very big to encompass all things, to understand all things - To see the tao in a grape, the act of sexuality, meditation, work, play, taking a shower, brushing your teeth, being sick and hurting.

- Frederick Lenz

topic: Hurt, Play, Sick, Being Sick, Brushing

I believe people should study a little bit every day. It should become habitual, like brushing your teeth, combing your hair, having a shower or getting dressed. Study the mind, the laws of the universe and paradigms. There's enough information on those subjects to keep a person studying forever.

- Bob Proctor

topic: Believe, Hair, Law, Brushing, Brushing Your Teeth

Finally, imagine that you've really worked hard on yourself and become a level 10 person. Now, is this same level 5 problem a big problem or a little problem? The answer is that it's no problem. It doesn't even register in your brain as a problem. There's no negative energy around it. It's just a normal occurrence to handle, like brushing your teeth or getting dressed.

- T. Harv Eker

topic: Brain, Teeth, Negative, Getting Dressed, Brushing

Take all the hype out of the exercise and think of it as brushing your teeth.

- Nicole Ari Parker

topic: Brushing, Brushing Your Teeth

With three boys in the house, my mother was always on us when growing up about keeping our faces clean, washing behind our ears, and brushing our teeth. So I still take my morning routine seriously.

- Cam Newton

source: "Cam Newton Wants to Teach You How to Wear a Sweater". Interview with Nic Screws, www.bloomberg.com. December 29, 2015.

topic: Morning Routines, Brushing

Every time I've gone to Brazil I've gotten sick upon return. You know, it's just a different situation there. And I take every precaution - eating cooked foods and staying away from tap water, brushing my teeth with bottled water - and yet I still manage to get sick. So I'm just going to stay on point, bring my probiotics.

- Kerri Walsh

source: "37-year-old Olympian explains how she stays so dominant at an age when most athletes retire". Interview with Emmett Knowlton, www.businessinsider.com. March 1, 2016.

topic: Sick, Water, Brazil, Probiotics, Tap Water

I don't think it's man's function to write. I don't think it's a normal thing like teeth-brushing and going to the bathroom. It's a supered position on the animal.

- Rod Serling

source: Source: www.rodserling.com

topic: Writing, Animal, Men, Normal Things, Brushing

Ten minutes before you go onstage and you begin singing that torchy blues song, you may just be drinking a glass of water and brushing your teeth and doing some deep breathing.

- Ronee Blakley

topic: Song, Drinking, Glasses, Deep Breathing, Brushing

I used to hate my hair. Now I love it. I spend hours brushing my hair out after it dries. I love it when it's big.

- Petra Collins

topic: Hate, Hair, Hours, Brushing

I use an app called ChoreMonster. The kids earn points for brushing teeth or picking up the dog poop. It's genius.

- Julie Bowen

source: "Julie Bowen: Fellow Mom Reese Witherspoon 'Saved My Life'". Interview with Alissa Schulman, www.usmagazine.com. August 9, 2016.

topic: Dog, Kids, Poop, Brushing

It's easy to get depressed and think, "Well, what's the point?" But it's the same as, "Well, we're all going to die, so what's the point in brushing my teeth or even saying hello to anyone or obeying traffic lights." You can do that, but that's certainly not going to take you anywhere.

- Viggo Mortensen

source: Source: www.progressive.org

topic: Thinking, Light, Saying Hello, Traffic Light, Brushing

If I'm really working on something, writing or painting or really concentrating, I don't even think about brushing my hair.

- Patti Smith

source: "Rocker Patti Smith, 'Dream Of Life'". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. December 30, 2009.

topic: Writing, Thinking, Hair, Brushing

You have no time for the prayer meeting, but you have time enough to be brushing your hair to all eternity; you have no time to bend your knee, but plenty of time to make yourselves look smart and grand.

- Charles Spurgeon

source: Charles H. Spurgeon (2012). “The Spurgeon Series 1855 & 1856: Unabridged Sermons In Modern Language”, p.1032, New Leaf Publishing Group

topic: Prayer Meeting, Brushing

Ritual which could entail a wedding or brushing one's teeth goes in the direction of life. Through it we reconcile our barbed solitude with rushing, irreducible conditions of life.

- Gretel Ehrlich

topic: Rushing, Solitude, Teeth, Brushing

If you are capable of brushing your teeth in mindfulness, then you will be able to enjoy the time when you take a shower, cook your breakfast, sip your tea.

- Nhat Hanh

source: Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com.

topic: Tea, Teeth, Mindfulness, Brushing, Brushing Your Teeth