Quotes Tagged "trap"

A trap is only a trap if you don't know about it. If you know about it, it's a challenge.

He turned to Frank who was trying to pull his fingers out of the Chinese handcuffs… “Okay,” Frank relented. “Sure.” He frowned at his fingers, trying to pull them out of the trap. “Uh, how do you—” Leo chuckled. “Man, you’ve never seen those before? There’s a simple trick to getting out.” Frank tugged again with no luck. Even Hazel was trying not to laugh. Frank grimaced with concentration. Suddenly, he disappeared. On the deck where he’d been standing, a green iguana crouched next to an empty set of Chinese handcuffs. “Well done, Frank Zhang,” Leo said dryly, doing his impression of Chiron the centaur. “That is exactly how people beat Chinese handcuffs. They turn into iguanas.

Sometimes playing stupid opens your eyes to the truth.

Sometimes, we feel conscious but unable to move our body. The first thing to do is focus in a prayer, then start to wink frequently. By this way, slowly but sure our body can be moved totally by our persistent willpower.

Don’t rely on previous valiance to carry you over to the next day. This traps you in the past. Every day can be the best day of your life. Your best days are ahead of you.

I didn't want to fall into the trap of complacency.

We've fallen into a trap of ever-widening orbits of contact, and there is a total disregard for the present moment.

When I did 'Parent Trap,' I was ten. I was thrown off by the whole fame thing.

A waffle is like a pancake with a syrup trap.

Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.