A Quote by Tracy Lawrence

Sticks and stones may break me, but the words you said just tore my heart in two.

Tracy Lawrence

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Tracy Lawrence
American - Musician
Born: January 27, 1968

It's amazing how words can do that, just shred your insides apart. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me - such bullshit.

Lauren Oliver

I just think that as much as we say sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me - words do hurt.

Camille Kostek

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

Randall Munroe

I hadn't fully realized just how powerful words could be before this. Whoever came up with the saying 'sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me' was talking out of his or her armpit.

Malorie Blackman

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 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

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

Words are really powerful. I don't believe that axiom at all - words can absolutely hurt you. Words can wound. They can do a lot of damage. I think they can do way more damage than sticks and stones. I'll take sticks and stones.

Mary-Louise Parker

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

Rihanna

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

I put a lot of stock in the written word, and the power of it. That's what I love about acting and reading scripts. Words are really powerful. I don't believe that axiom at all - words can absolutely hurt you. Words can wound. They can do a lot of damage. I think they can do way more damage than sticks and stones. I'll take sticks and stones.

Mary-Louise Parker

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

Adam Savage

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.