“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will always hurt me.”
Stephen Fry book Moab Is My Washpot
Source: Moab Is My Washpot
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will always hurt me.”
Stephen Fry book Moab Is My Washpot
Source: Moab Is My Washpot
“as my mother told me sticks and stones may break my bones but words don’t hurt me.”
Philip Hammond (1955) British Conservative politician
23 August 2015
2015
Source: http://en.trend.az/iran/politics/2426555.html
Source: http://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/580077--hammond
Source: http://www.tehrantimes.com/Index_view.asp?code=248893
“sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will make me cry by myself in a corner for hours.”
Eric Idle (1943) British comedian, actor, singer and writer
“Styx and The Stones may break my bones but 'More than Words' will never hurt me”
Chuck Klosterman book Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
Source: Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
Bruce Parry (1969) British documentarian
As quoted in "Do you really want to be in our tribe?" in The Telegraph (1 March 2005)
Mark Haddon book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Source: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
“Love is the bone and sinew of my curse.”
Sylvia Plath book The Colossus and Other Poems
Source: The Colossus and Other Poems