A Quote by Philip Pullman

Sticks and stones, I'll break yer bones, but names ain't worth a quarrel.

Philip Pullman

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Philip Pullman
British - Writer
Born: October 19, 1946

Sticks and stones can break your bones, but names can kill you.

Philip Zimbardo

Sticks and stones may break our bones, but names will break our spirit.

James Howe

My parents said sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you. But I always felt a sense of exhilaration after a fight; it was the names that really hurt me.

Michael Franti

..and only sticks and stones can break my bones.

Mark Haddon

People say sticks and stones may break your bones, but names can never hurt you, but that's not true. Words can hurt. They hurt me. Things were said to me that I still haven't forgotten.

Demi Lovato

sticks and stones can only break bones; but words can shatter the soul

Adam Savage

Sticks and stones may break bones, but the Gat will kill you quicker.

The Notorious B.I.G.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but chains and whips excite me.

Rihanna

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can make me think I deserved it.

Randall Munroe

Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can hurt like hell.

Chuck Palahniuk

Sticks and stones and small caliber bullets may break my bones... Words will never, et cetera.

Jim Butcher

Sticks and stones may break your bones, but Chinese throwing stars get you a dozen stitches.

Jim Butcher

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will always hurt me. Bones mend and become actually stronger in the very place they were broken and where they have knitted up; mental wounds can grind and ooze for decades and be re-opened by the quietest whisper.

Stephen Fry

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours.

Eric Idle

Colin thought about the dork mantra: sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. What a dirty lie.

John Green

Grown-ups and children are not readily encouraged to unearth the power of words. Adults are repeatedly assured a picture is worth a thousand of them, while the playground response to almost any verbal taunt is 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.' I don't beg so much as command to differ.

Inga Muscio

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