A Quote by Holly Black

It's starting to sink in," Corny said. "I can almost look at you without wanting to bang my head against the wall.

Holly Black

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Holly Black
American - Writer
Born: November 10, 1971

When I read passages like this, I want to look for the nearest wall to bang my head against.

S. T. Joshi

I wasn't accepted the first time I tried to get into drama school. I said, 'I'll give this one more shot... and if that doesn't work, I won't bang my head against this painful brick wall.'

James Purefoy

Don't bang your head against the wall about what you can't do.

Ethan Coen

You should be willing to bang your head against a wall until you find the solution.

T.V. Mohandas Pai

Insect politics, indifferent universe. Bang your head against the wall, but apathy is worse.

Don Henley

I certainly had no feeling for harmony, and Schoenberg thought that that would make it impossible for me to write music. He said, 'You'll come to a wall you won't be able to get through.' So I said, 'I'll beat my head against that wall.'

John Cage

The secret for an artist is to make that a subject and not bang your head against the wall and give up. But to turn it into and treat the new subject matter, which is one's own vanishing.

Clive James

There is a deep camaraderie of insecurity between us actors. You rehash choices you've made among those who are close to you and inevitably bang your head against the wall when you finally figure out the scene... a day after you shot it!

Lela Loren

Hooray!" said the Chief of the Army. "Let's blow everyone up! Bang-bang! Bang-bang!

Roald Dahl

Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a concussion in the head than a hole in the wall.

Sydney J. Harris

After I had been studying with him for two years, Schoenberg said, ‘In order to write music, you must have a feeling for harmony.’ I explained to him that I had no feeling for harmony. He then said that I would always encounter an obstacle, that it would be as though I came to a wall through which I could not pass. I said, ‘In that case I will devote my life to beating my head against that wall.’

John Cage

It's like banging my head against the wall, except if I were actually banging my head on a wall, I'd be able to make myself stop.

Cassandra Clare

Bang! Bang! Bang! Sorry Mr. Yipes, sir, she won't budge!' Put your back into it, man, give it all you've got!' Bang! Bang! Bang!

Patrick Carman

Something doesn't look right," Vee said. "Is the tire supposed to look like that?" I banged my head against the nearest tree trunk. "So we've got a flat," Vee said. "What now?

Becca Fitzpatrick

Having hit a wall, the next logical step is not to bang our heads against it.

Stephen Harper

I think writers always want to be taken seriously as writers, but it's not always possible. There's a difference between persistence and banging your head against the same wall a hundred times. Sometimes it's better to look away from the wall and see what else might be available that's easier.

Chris Kraus

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