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Teeth Quotes

Grit, growth, and a little bite.

Teeth here are mostly metaphor — sharpened during a childhood spent in one formative neighborhood, or gritted through a long-held goal, a resilience echoed on the Big quotes page.

Historical records show that Abenakis and other Natives encountered European explorers and traders in Canada looking for sources of ivory to compete with the Russian trade in Siberian fossil mammoth ivory - these traders routinely asked about ivory 'horns' and...

Quotes by Adrienne Mayor

In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth.

Quotes by Yasser Arafat

The East Village is where I cut my teeth as a kid. I ran around here on a skateboard.

Quotes by Wylie Dufresne

Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.

Quotes by William R. Alger

About Quotes

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

Quotes by Walter Bagehot

It is guaranteed to put all teeth on edge, including George Washington's, wherever they might be.

Quotes by Vincent Canby

I always wanted to be a dentist! I thought I was going to be fixing teeth and making beautiful smiles.

Quotes by Tori Bowie

Maybe it's the hair. Maybe it's the teeth. Maybe it's the intellect. No, it's the hair.

Quotes by Tom Shales

If I could change my appearance, I would have the gap between my front teeth put back in.

Quotes by Thandie Newton

Always Quotes

I had braces for six years! Kids would call me 'big teeth' or 'rabbit teeth.'

Quotes by Tamron Hall

Brush your teeth often.

Quotes by Sherry Yard

I've tried repeatedly, but I just cannot sink my teeth into the WWE product.

Quotes by Shane Douglas

I loved the Rumble that Shawn Michaels won. Bulldog threw him over, and he hung on by the skin of the teeth and dumped Bulldog - that was one of my favourite ones.

Quotes by Seth Rollins

I'm a very ritualistic person. I have to wash my face twice, and on the second wash before I rinse, I brush my teeth, then I rinse, then I floss, then I put on moisturizer. I'm ritualistic. Jewishness is very...

Quotes by Sarah Silverman

Big Quotes

I do love the idea of ritual. I'm a very ritualistic person. I have to wash my face twice, and on the second wash before I rinse, I brush my teeth, then I rinse, then I floss, then I put...

Quotes by Sarah Silverman

I'm glad acting sunk its teeth into me, because now I can't imagine doing anything else.

Quotes by Ryan Kwanten

In my first year as governor, we solved some of the problems that had begun to undermine the Open Records Act. We gave the act teeth by providing criminal penalties for knowing violations.

Quotes by Roy Barnes

It's nice to get my teeth into something that isn't a stereotypical female role.

Quotes by Rose Leslie

The old Inquisition had its rack and its thumbscrews and its instruments of torture with iron teeth.

Quotes by Rose Schneiderman

Brush Quotes

I told my dentist my teeth are going yellow. he told me to wear a brown tie.

Quotes by Rodney Dangerfield

Frequently Asked Questions

Are these quotes literally about dental health?
No, almost all of them use teeth as a figure of speech, for things like early experience, gritty determination, or sharp critique.
What does 'cut my teeth' mean in this collection?
It refers to gaining early, formative experience in a particular place or field, as one quote describes about a childhood neighborhood.
Is there a quote about writers?
Yes, one compares writers to teeth, dividing them into two contrasting types based on how they approach their craft.
Why would someone search for teeth quotes?
Usually for expressive, metaphor-rich language about persistence, growing up somewhere formative, or sharp wit rather than dentistry itself.
What page matches this gritty, resilient tone?
The Big quotes collection carries a similar bold, determined energy.

For more everyday, reflective lines in this same spirit, see the About and Always collections.