Limb Quotes

I may be going out on a limb here, but I`m guessing Howard Finkel does not get a lot of chicks!

(on being intrigued by the part of the tortured Charlie in the TV series "Lost" (2004):) "The frustration of Charlie`s situation means he has a lot going on in his head. He lives in his head quite a lot. He`s a drug addict, and drug addicts, by nature, are a selfish lot. It`s a little like life imitating art. I`m not there now, but I can remember what it was like, being a little bit out there on a limb. He had it all, and now he`s facing all this (stuff). (Dom`s word was probably "shit.") Knoxville News-Sentinel, Sept 24, 2004

British people don`t seem to ask each other out on dates. If someone asked you out they`re really going out on a limb, whereas in America it happens all the time. Someone will come up to you and ask you for dinner and you`ll say, "Sure!" It`s no big deal and no weight should be attached to it. It`s only dinner, for God`s sake. Yet in Britain, mostly what happens seems to be that people meet at work. If there`s a little something there, then they hang out together and, all of a sudden, they`re boyfriend and girlfriend.

The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was an actor.

(1983) Release of book, "Out on a Limb".

Our feeling is that the most important thing on a set is that actors have enough confidence to try different things. If there`s stress or tension, they won`t go out on a limb because they won`t want to embarrass themselves if they don`t feel completely comfortable.

You know, even though you have a limb severed, the signals keep running down the nerves so I still get an itch on my elbow or whatever.

You know, even though you have a limb severed, the signals keep running down the nerves so I still get an itch on my elbow or whatever.

As soon as I heard we might be able to get him, I told him to keep in touch. This morning he called me and he said, `Yeah, it happened. It`s true.` Chicago is going to fall in love with this guy. He is the hardest-working guy I have ever seen. He`ll play 162 games unless he breaks a limb. He is going to bring energy to our team. He`s just the type of guy that we have needed. He is going to set the table offensively.

There is not a word in the world to describe how it feels to watch your child die. I lost part of myself then; it`s like losing a limb,

You lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln`s bier, You, who with mocking pencil wont to trace, Broad for the self-complacent British sneer, His length of shambling limb, his furrowed face.

Basically, I just try to keep myself from getting bored, but in doing so, at times I`m going out on a limb, not being sure how things will work.

Why not go out on a limb? Isn`t that where the fruit is?

Memory that yearns to join the centre, a limb remembering the body from which it has been severed, like those bamboo thighs of the god.

A "modern" man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the dead limb of time like lice.

How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away

The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task, courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance.

We owe our troops the opportunity to serve in the best-planned, best-equipped, and best-led military force in the world, and we owe them the peace of mind that comes from knowing that they and their families will be taken care of if they sacrifice life, limb or the ability to sleep without war`s nightmares. We owe them not just thanks and best wishes, but action, and action in our nation`s capital.