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Dart Quotes

Pub culture, nerve, and a childhood chased by cats.

One line jokes you can pull a dart player away from the pub, but never fully separate the pub from the player, a nod to how deep the game gets into someone's American identity.

Sure, there's pressure when you have one dart at double top when there's a world 'championship to be won, but real 'pressure is what our troops are doing in 'Afghanistan.

Quotes by Adrian Lewis

When I play under bright lights on TV, the reflection off the dart barrel could be distracting. It's not high-tech stuff but I use the flame from the gas cooker at home to blacken the metal and dull them.

Quotes by Adrian Lewis

You can get the dart player out of the pub, but you can't get the pub out of the dart player.

Quotes by Sid Waddell

You always get to stages where you need to hit something with one dart left in your hand. That determines all of us, whether we win or lose. Obviously it's all mental, how mentally strong you can be to deal...

Quotes by Rob Cross

Air Quotes

Dick Dart emerged from the ether during a flight from New York with my wife and children to Puerto Rico.

Quotes by Peter Straub

A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight.

Quotes by Orville Wright

Growing up, when I'd throw out the trash, I'd toss it and dart because all the cats would come running. That's why I still don't like cats.

Quotes by Michael Tubbs

It begins with the kind of story the writers want to tell. We never sit around in those retreats and say, 'We really need to make a change. Let's change this character.' Or throw a dart at the wall and...

Quotes by Jason Aaron

Every time I play darts I try to keep my poker face on and stay focused until that last dart has gone in.

Quotes by Fallon Sherrock

Always Quotes

The average American's day planner has fewer holes in it than Ray Charles's dart board.

Quotes by Dennis Miller

Nothing good bursts forth all at once. The lightning may dart out of a black cloud; but the day sends his bright heralds before him, to prepare the world for his coming.

Quotes by Augustus Hare

My godfather was a man named Justin Dart. Some of you may remember Justin Dart. My younger son's name is Justin, named after Justin Dart. I was executor of his estate, and he was my godfather. I first really got...

Quotes by Arthur Laffer

I didn't ask anyone to make me a poster boy, because poster boys always end up on dart boards.

Quotes by Anurag Kashyap

I have always wanted to do a show where I could stay home. When you make movies, you might as well take a dart and throw it at a map.

Quotes by Alec Baldwin

Frequently Asked Questions

What angles on 'dart' does this collection cover?
It spans the literal, darting away from cats as a kid, and the game of darts and its pub culture, to the figurative, like throwing a 'dart' at the wall as a metaphor for a story decision.
Why do people search for dart quotes?
These get used both by darts enthusiasts, referencing the game's tight bond with pub culture, and by writers looking for the word's more metaphorical sense of a quick, decisive action.
One quote says you can take the dart player out of the pub but not the pub out of the player, what's that getting at?
It's a play on an old idiom, suggesting the culture and habits around darts become part of someone's identity, not just a game they play occasionally.
Do any of these quotes describe darts as a mental game?
Yes, one describes needing to land a shot with one dart left, calling it a test of mental strength as much as physical skill, especially under pressure late in a match.
Is this collection only about the game of darts?
No, it also includes a completely different, everyday use of 'dart' describing a quick sprint, and a metaphorical one about throwing an idea at the wall, showing the word's range beyond the American pub game.

The real test comes down to one dart left in hand, mental strength on the line, a far cry from the childhood image of darting past cats to dodge the trash run.