Block Quotes

When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots.

I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him.

Now that the there is a path for the people of Puerto Rico to express their self-determination on Puerto Rico's political status, there are some who seek to block that path.

In a sense there is no 'opposition' in Bahrain, as the phrase implies one unified block with the same views.

The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.

I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away anything you might conceivably use yourself caused a block. I did it, but it remained hard when it had once been easy.

In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain.

The current administration has made the decision to cut dollars going for community development block grants, for various incentives to bring cities back.

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.

It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block.

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.

One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need.

The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of white marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only a hand obedient to the mind can penetrate to this image.

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.

There is a real hunger for information about Obama and a sense that information is not being covered or, in some cases, even being withheld. There is a sense that there are elements of the media that are protective of Obama, that they would rather block a story that is embarassing about Obama than let the American public decide.

There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.

Marriage is all about knowing the ins and outs and the intimate details, and your wife is supposed to be the person you know best. But my brother and I think alike, know everything about one another, and when we get together, we block everything else out. Nothing exists in our world except for us.

I became paralyzed as an artist with writer's block.

I spend days with writers' block. It is a problem.

I live on the same block where I grew up. We belong to the same parish where I was baptized. Janesville is that kind of place.

Once upon a time there was a piece of wood. It was not an expensive piece of wood. Far from it. Just a common block of firewood, one of those thick, solid logs that are put on the fire in winter to make cold rooms cozy and warm.

When I walk through that gate to the court, that's my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.

As a columnist, I realize that whatever amount of corruption I expose, half my readers will block it out, although they may get a frisson of joy in the process.

If we attempt to block the development of new technology, we effectively have ensured that the most responsible parties will not develop them.

Gladio had been necessary during the days of the Cold War but, in view of the collapse of the East Block, Italy would suggest to Nato that the organisation was no longer necessary.

I used to do the beat box. A friend of mine, he was the rapper and after, we'd be doing a block party or something or a house party, and he's gettin' all the attention and I'd end up with a handful of spit, you know, from doing the beats.

I just had to block someone on Facebook who was impersonating my wife.

The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it. Your successful past will block your visions of the future.

I have a cheat-sheet for each one of my characters about their personality, the way they look, etc. So there is no possible way that I could have writer's block.

Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.