“sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will make me cry by myself in a corner for hours.”
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Eric Idle 6
British comedian, actor, singer and writer 1943Related quotes
“as my mother told me sticks and stones may break my bones but words don’t hurt me.”
23 August 2015
2015
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“Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts.”
Source: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1986)
Context: Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts.
“Sticks and stones may break your bones, but watch out for those damn words.”
Variant: Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can hurt like hell.
Source: Lullaby (2002), Chapter 14
“Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can hurt like hell.”
Source: Lullaby (2002), Chapter 14
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1986)
“Styx and The Stones may break my bones but 'More than Words' will never hurt me”
Source: Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
“Sticks and stones will break your bones, but failure will get you killed.”
Source: Narcissus in Chains
