Quotes by Lumps Lumps are caused by one thing and one thing alone - the improper addition of a starch. Alton Brown lumps one-thing I'm viewed as this weird, crippled character. But you got to take your lumps. Billy Corgan crippled lumps character Poets are the leaven in the lump of civilization. Elizabeth Janeway lumps poet civilization You can't make a sculpture until you've got a lump of rock. Eran Creevy lumps sculpture rocks Get up, you useless lump, get up! J. K. Rowling lumps get-up useless Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it. James Stephens lumps finality perfect The U.S. should come out openly and say to the world, "We are the only imperial power, and we're going to rule you, and if you don't like it you can lump it." Tariq Ali lumps should world A lump in the throat is worth two on the head. Walt Kelly lumps throat two