Jonny Kim

I was pretty much nonexistent on the Internet before NASA, and that was really because I've been inspired by amazing sacrifices of people who did amazing things - jumping on grenades or sacrificing their lives or doing the most crazy, brave things without hesitation and never, ever seeking recognition for it. That was always very powerful for me.

American Astronaut

Neill Blomkamp

What I do is spend too much time thinking. Most of the time I just walk around annoyed. Would I describe myself as relatively happy, I suppose, but society gets to me. And the people that have mastered life seem to not care, and then they die, and then the grenade goes off.

South African Director

Nadine Labaki

I was watching TV and saw people with masks, weapons, and grenades. I thought, Is that really possible? Could we be here yet again? And go into civil war one more time?

Lebanese Actress

Thomas Vinterberg

The success of 'The Celebration' was like a hand grenade exploding in my face. It suddenly gave me so many opportunities to explore things I had never done before.

Danish Director

Yann Martel

It's true, too, that I'm tired of using books as political bullets and grenades. Books are too precious and wonderful to be used for long in such a fashion.

Canadian Author

Terry Teachout

For the critic, the word 'best' is like a grenade without a pin: Toss it around too freely, and you're likely to get your hand blown off.

American Critic

Sam Richardson

Like a real dumb idiot, I believed that to avoid a grenade that drops in the water, you could just jump in the water, and you'd be fine.

American Actor

Ruth Westheimer

I am a very good sniper, and I can put five bullets into that red circle and I know how to throw hand grenades.

American Celebrity

Kyle Carpenter

I jumped on the grenade that was thrown at myself and my friend. I don't recommend it.

American Soldier

Cory Booker

I'd gladly take a grenade, if it meant saving Newark.

American Politician

A grenade is a weapon, so using it in similes implies something dangerous or harmful.

Dangerous Object

Speaking about grenades usually means quick action is needed because of the immediate danger they present.

Immediate Action

Grenades are serious and deadly weapons; they should be spoken about with caution and respect.

Not a Toy

As a metaphor, 'grenade' suggests causing a big, sudden problem or starting a conflict.

Metaphorical Use

In discussions, a 'grenade' can describe a comment that disrupts and causes discord.

Conversation Disruptor

Use 'grenade' to dramatically emphasize the impact of an action or statement.

Dramatic Effect

 But just ask yourselves, is it plausible that every single time for your entire life, when you did something nice for somebody else, all you were doing was maximizing your own utility? Is it plausible that when a soldier jumps on a grenade to defend fellow soldiers, they're just promoting their narrow self-interest?

The dirty secret of...

 The German camp guards, they've got bored. They've taken to just firing into the prison camp at random for fun. On one particular occasion, one of the guards threw a grenade into the prisoners' lavatory while it was full of prisoners. He said he heard suspicious laughter.

Tim Harford: Trial,...

 justice, equality, freedom, dignity, prosperity -- but the path we've chosen looks so much like the one I walked away from four years ago. We've broken the world into us and them, only emerging from our bunkers long enough to lob rhetorical grenades at the other camp.

I grew up in the...

 I had spent my entire life trying to not disappoint these people, and now I was turning the world upside down on purpose. I was burning the pages of the script we had all followed for so long, but if you do not throw that grenade, it will kill you.

Ash Beckham: We're all...

 and headed south, or wherever he was. I was running across the street, and the only thing that I actually remember is feeling like a grenade went off in my head. And I remember putting my hands on the ground and feeling my life's blood

Ramona Pierson: An...

 I was running across the street and the only thing that I actually remember is feeling like a grenade went off in my head and I remember putting my hands on the ground and feeling my life's blood

An unexpected place of...

 to throw a flash bang grenade into the crib of a little boy, exploding near his face and maiming him for life. The fact is, most violence everywhere happens to people on the wrong side of town

A path to security for...

 they're both bleeding profusely dangerous life-threatening wounds even so the injured castle fires back taking down an insurgent the insurgents above throw grenade into the room castle

Battle for Fallujah PIPE...

 is titled grenade there's no rehearsal to turn flesh into dust so quickly a hair-trigger

Poetry for the Red White...

 but surprisingly sergeant Nick boost Hazen isn't throwing hand grenades or