Poking Quotes

“As I would soon learn myself, cleaning up what a parent leaves behind stirs up dust, both literal and metaphorical. It dredges up memories. You feel like you’re a kid again, poking around in your parents’ closet, only this time there’s no chance of getting in trouble, so you don’t have to be so sure that everything gets put back exactly where it was before you did your poking around. Still, you hope to find something, or maybe you fear finding something, that will completely change your conception of the parent you thought you knew.”

“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.”

“I love poking fun at myself. I have a rather mean sense of humor.”

“Since the very beginning, Emeril's had a sense of humor about me calling him names and poking fun at him.”

“To enter the past is like poking a baseball bat into a spiderweb: it can't be done subtly or delicately.”

“You cannot go poking skeletons in the closet without making maggots wriggle." - Springfield Road”

“I'll drive. But don't you be turning into a dragon while you're in the car. I don't want those claws poking holes in my nice upholstery.”

“Are you just gonna stare at Jack or are we gonna go?" Milo asked, poking his head into the bedroom.”

“So curious you must be. Like little calves poking their heads through the fence with big eyes and a headful of curiosity.”