Related Quotes
batting business express federal government trample whom
The federal government does not trample in jackboots those with whom it does business. It wraps them in cotton batting and, when they express ingratitude, apologizes profusely. Timothy Noah
battered books gratifying love until
What's gratifying is that it's my books that are being read and reread until they're battered over the years. I love that. Isobelle Carmody
bats english-scientist nature pools sipping
Bats drink on the wing, like swallows, by sipping the surface, as they play over pools and streams. Gilbert White
battling imagining minority possibly signed thread weave within
I wanted to weave a green thread through the Conservative party; that's my job, and I signed up imagining that I would be in a very small minority within my party, possibly even on my own, battling away on these issues. Zac Goldsmith
battling decision decisions given life moment start stop supposed work
At any given moment, it's not about where we are supposed to be. It's about what work, which relationship, what decision I take. Every moment counts. Every decision counts. And if we look at our decisions in life as such, we stop battling and start winning. Yehuda Berg
bathroom call conversation heard high pay phone police received school student
The police received a call from a pay phone in the high school that a student heard a conversation in the bathroom about a bomb, ... But someone may not have overheard anything.
baton commercial ease expect housing leadership momentum overall pattern public remains starts taking
The overall momentum in construction remains solid. We expect this pattern to continue, with public and commercial construction taking the leadership baton in 2006 as housing starts ease back moderately.
battle energy full games past prepare ready week
The past two games were battles, so we have to be ready to go to battle (again). We'll prepare this full week for them, we'll come out with a lot of energy and be ready to go.
bath fresh instead love mum rubber since
When I was younger, my mum used to put fresh flowers in bath water instead of rubber ducks, and since then I had a love of perfumes. Virginia Hey
bunch direct earlier enjoy experience helping job life might people somewhere thinking today work
Most of my job life has had to do with welfare, first helping people find work and then as an administrator. The earlier experience was more direct and satisfying, and I enjoy thinking that a bunch of people somewhere are doing better today than they might have done if not for me. Gail Carson Levine
bunch call came elektra songs time written
We had been working. We had a bunch of songs written and it came time to make the record, so we had our lawyer make the call to Elektra and ask for our advance. Then, we got dropped. It was actually exciting. Gene Ween
bunch half large trout
'Mustanging' was like trout fishing. It is always the big ones that get away. When you did get a bunch of them into a corral, you found they did not look half so large and handsome as when they were first sighted on the prairie.
bunch cleverness comedic deeper instead people resonate trying
The more you know about somebody's back story, the deeper you can delve into that well, and the more your comedic choices resonate full-body instead of just being quick, quippy one-liners that are just like a bunch of people trying to be clever. Because after a while, cleverness is just really obnoxious! Constance Wu
bunch music pieces teaches
The pieces can be difficult, but he teaches you how to feel the music and not just play a bunch of notes. Jennifer Jones
bunch guys known sundays taken time
In summer, my Sundays are often taken up with cricket. I play with a bunch of other over-competitive and overenthusiastic guys who I have known for a very long time.
bunch gave good
I gave up bread, and I've lost a bunch of weight, which is very good because I'm diabetic. David Crosby
bunch good love
I love to play. And fortunately, I don't know a lot of musicians that suck. I know a bunch of really good ones, and they're always up for playing. Dave Grohl
bunch comic people room takes time warm witty work
I'm shy. I am. I mean, if I get around, you know, in a room of a bunch of people especially I - you know, I don't know or - it takes me a while to warm up. I'm - and the real me, I'm not as witty as, you know, as the comic Wanda. The comic, she's had time to work on some things. Wanda Sykes
names origin secondary
Most of the names in my books have secondary meaning. Sometimes they foreshadow; sometimes they tell you about the character's origin or back story. Gail Carriger
names feelings stadiums
It's a great feeling to have the stadium rocking and chanting my name. CC Sabathia
names kind hell
What the hell kind of name is Kitty for a werewolf? Carrie Vaughn
names shoes low-self-esteem
You can knock me down, step on my face, slander my name all over the place. Do anything that you want to do, but uh-oh, honey, lay off of my shoes. Carl Perkins
names games laughing
If you can get a laugh out of a name, you're ahead of the game. Carl Reiner
names committed inhumanity
Almost as many inhumanities are committed in the name of love as in the name of religion. Bette Davis
names paris casting
I totally heard by chance that they were doing the casting for a James Bond movie, and that one of the auditions was taking place in Paris. So I tried myself to contact every name involved in the movie I could possibly find on the IMDb! Berenice Marlohe
names middle fraud
I feel like a fraud... My name is not even actually Ashton. Ashton is my middle name. Ashton Kutcher
names giving four
I have been accused of not taking seriously the FA Cup on Saturday. I have won four times the FA Cup. Who has won it more? Give me one name. Arsene Wenger
power
It was an argument of rare power and eloquence. William Henry Moody
power
Power is a tool, influence is a skill; one is a fist, the other a fingertip. Nancy Gibbs
powerful writing sometimes
I have a mess in my head sometimes, and there's something very satisfying about putting it into words. Certainly it's not something that you're in charge of, necessarily, but writing about it, putting it into your words, can be a very powerful experience. Carrie Fisher
powerful empathy needs
Powerful is our need to be known, really known by ourselves and others, even if only for a moment. Carl Rogers
powerful science feel-good
Science is merely an extremely powerful method of winnowing what's true from what feels good. Carl Sagan
powerful grief acceptance
These are all cases of proved or presumptive baloney. A deception arises, sometimes innocently but collaboratively, sometimes with cynical premeditation. Usually the victim is caught up in a powerful emotion -- wonder, fear, greed, grief. Credulous acceptance of baloney can cost you money; that's what P. T. Barnum meant when he said, 'There's a sucker born every minute.' But it can be much more dangerous than that, and when governments and societies lose the capacity for critical thinking, the results can be catastrophic -- however sympathetic we may be to those who have bought the baloney.
powerful beer eight
So, if people didn’t settle down to take up farming, why then did they embark on this entirely new way of living? We have no idea – or actually, we have lots of ideas, but we don’t know if any of them are right. According to Felipe Fernández-Armesto, at least thirty-eight theories have been put forward to explain why people took to living in communities: that they were driven to it by climatic change, or by a wish to stay near their dead, or by a powerful desire to brew and drink beer, which could only be indulged by staying in one place. Bill Bryson
powerful slave internals
I am the slave of an internal power more powerful than my education. Arnold Schoenberg
powerful farewell saying-farewell
Saying farewell is also a bold and powerful beginning. Aron Ralston