Judy Blume

When I see kids standing next to their mothers at book signings, clutching a copy of 'Forever,' I know what's coming. They'll say to me, 'How old do I have to be to read this?' hoping I'll give them permission. But I can't do that.

American Author

Joe Paterno

My thing was play as hard as you can, don't be stupid, pay attention to details, and have enough guts in the clutch that you're not afraid to make a play. Some things I thought were important for a young man to know.

American Coach

Joseph Brodsky

As failures go, attempting to recall the past is like claiming to grasp the meaning of existence. Both make one feel like a baby clutching at a basketball: one's palms keep sliding off.

American Poet

Jef I. Richards

Is advertising a profession, like law or medicine? How many new parents clutch their baby to their breast and declare, 'I want this child to grow up to be a media planner'?

American Educator

Trevor Paglen

When you look at the number of satellites, what they're doing and what they represent, it is really a vision of trying to have the world in your clutches.

American Artist

Emily Giffin

Well, shoes, bags and clutches are usually my big weaknesses - my husband always laughs when I call them 'investment pieces.

Julian Barnes

Often the grind of book promotion wearies you of your own book - though at the same time this frees you from its clutches.

English Writer

Jennifer Grant

He was an amazing father. I clutched my memories of him to my heart for so long, but he's a part of the world.

American Actress

Kemp Muhl

I think it's now really feminine, jaunty-cool to carry a little clutch like you would a football.

American Singer

DeAndre Jordan

Everybody wants to play late, everybody wants to be clutch.

American Athlete

Clutch is essential for controlling vehicle speed and starting or stopping smoothly.

Vehicle Control

In machinery, 'clutch' enables the connection or disconnection of moving parts.

Machine Operation

Describes an instance of grabbing something quickly due to urgency or need.

Urgent Hold

'Clutch' implies a desperate or urgent action to hold onto something.

Desperate Action

A 'clutch' is often a stylish accessory at formal events.

Fashion Accessory

Refers to important actions taken in high-stress moments, often in sports.

High Pressure

A 'clutch' refers to all the eggs laid by an animal at once.

Wildlife Reproduction

 every living adult sea turtle has overcome the odds, existing as a consequence of chance, skill, and capability. The gauntlet each sea turtle faces in the course of its lifetime goes First, deposited as a clutch of leathery, ping-pong ball-sized eggs

The Survival of the Sea...

 ever known I trust blindly and I love unconditionally and I held my sister's hand in that hospital even though I had no idea what would happen it was the toss of a coin the roll of a dice but why clutch the last scraps of reason

Life is messy. Embrace...

 and uncomfortable. I found myself several times at parties clutching my glass of wine, without understanding a single word of what was being said around me. And of course, I'd smile as if I understood everything.

Martina Flor: The secret...

 our deepest core, because we are able to archive the past and some of it becomes hard to forget, even as the current moment is increasingly unmemorable. We want to clutch, and we are left instead

Abha Dawesar: Life in...

 Called the clutch, these large egg deposits help ensure the survival of sea turtle hatchlings. Once a female lays her eggs, she returns to the sea, leaving her hatchlings to fend for themselves.

Sea Turtles 101 PIPE...

 an old man came in clutching a bundle of rags. And he walked in, and somebody said something to him, we realized he was deaf, and we looked into the rags, and there was this pair of eyes.

Joan Halifax: Compassion...

 even so it can still take hours sometimes days to hammer its way out of a shell this egg and this newly hatched little chick are part of a clutch that was laid on

The Miracle of Hatching...

 inside her burrow the female Synod aunt has laid a fresh clutch of eggs one day in the distant future this strategy of investing in their young will pay off

The Age of the Dinosaur...

 It was at that moment that I clutched my pearls -- and said, "Who is going to speak for me?" Who is going to speak for me?

How to find the person...

 there are several clutches on the leaf and those at the top the most recently laid are barely a day