Grasping Quotes

(about being a child star:) "My childhood success came and went real fast. Between 12 and 16, I grew -- as much as I was going to, anyway -- and no longer looked the same. Like most child actors, I found it a difficult adjustment. Still, I`ve done so many things that I wasn`t associated with one thing. I`m an actor, not a celebrity. When recognition became an issue a few years ago, part of me felt undeserving. Desperate to maintain my popularity, I was performing all the time. Then, I caught a glimpse of myself at the MTV Music Awards -- dressed in leather, grasping for jokes -- and set about changing my habits. Now that I`ve stopped trying so hard, I`m more comfortable in my skin."

Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.

People are just sort of grasping at straws. I mean, the truth is that the citizens of the state are pretty perceptive, and non-issues don`t get them all stirred up,

Radical simply means "grasping things at the root."

I`m grasping and pulling. ... It`s coming out very easily. ... Beautiful.

I`m grasping it and I`m pulling it and it`s coming out very easily. Beautiful. Nice, ... It looks like this big patient is cured.

Watching him and seeing all of the excitement and grasping the culture and the language. ... I could live through his eyes.

I think we lost a great deal of sympathy and support with the way in which the crisis was handled, most importantly I think when we appeared to be grasping for too much at one time instead of identifying our priorities in a much more responsible fashion.

It was my dream that I had clenched in a fist of discontent and wouldn`t release. But time had now pried every finger open. There is peace in an open and upraised hand that isn`t grasping for anything.

We`re no closer to identifying these bones than when we started. We`re just drawing a blank. We`ve done I don`t know how many DNA tests and nobody is matching these bones. We`re grasping at straws here.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.