Famous Quotes & Sayings

H. G. Wells

The darkness grew apace; a cold wind began to blow in freshening gusts from the east, and the showering white flakes in the air increased in number. From the edge of the sea came a ripple and whisper. Beyond these lifeless sounds the world was silent. Silent? It would be hard to convey the stillness of it. All the sounds of man, the bleating of sheep, the cries of birds, the hum of insects, the stir that makes the background of our lives - all that was over.

George Herbert

The first blow is as much as two.

George Herbert

One sound blow will serve to undo us all.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

It thunders, howls, roars, hisses, whistles, blusters, hums, growls, rumbles, squeaks, groans, sings, crackles, cracks, rattles, flickers, clicks, snarls, tumbles, whimpers, whines, rustles, murmurs, crashes, clucks, to gurgle, tinkles, blows, snores, claps, to lisp, to cough, it boils, to scream, to weep, to sob, to croak, to stutter, to lisp, to coo, to breathe, to clash, to bleat, to neigh, to grumble, to scrape, to bubble. These words, and others like them, which express sounds are more than mere symbols: they are a kind of hieroglyphics for the ear.

Michael Malone

If he (Rove) was forced to step down, it would be a pretty big blow to the Bush administration. A weakened Republican president who is seen as pro-business could raise some concern.

If I heard or saw something blow up, I was hoping it was my dog and not one of the soldiers.

Frank Adams

I could see how this could deal a major crushing blow to the building industry and to the green industry in particular.

LeBron James

I don't take too many charges. I took a big blow there.

I do whatever everybody else does I go to a lot of movies, spend time with my girlfriend, try to stay away from the computer. The idea of going and watching 'The Insider' or 'Access Hollywood' at the end of the day makes me want to blow my brains out.

I don't want to say all is lost, but it's going to be a lot of work to get us back by 2012. Maybe 2016 is more realistic. But this is terrible for our sport and for women. It's a huge blow to all of us.

I don't think they'll press him very hard because they don't want to blow the nomination.

Doc Rivers

He's one of the few guys, especially as a rookie, that when he's on the floor, at least to some degree, you breathe, ... Usually when rookies are on the court coaches don't breathe. They hold their breath. But he doesn't play that way. He's not going to blow you away with flash. He's just going to blow you away with solid basketball.

Ron Gardenhire

He's not going to carry that with him. He learned over the past few years to just blow things off. It's over with. You're not going to do anything about it, so you move on. He's fine.

How is that making the border safer? When did you ever see a Mexican blow up the World Trade Center? Who do you think built the World Trade Center?

Richard Roundtree

I constantly deal with being called Shaft, and I vacillate back and forth with people coming up to me about it. But it never ceases to blow me away with the impact that character had on my life and my fans' lives.

I don't necessarily think it'll be a knockout punch, but it'll deliver a blow to economic growth in 2005,

Hunter S. Thompson

When you push a car off a cliff and blow it up, be sure to roll the windows down to avoid shrapnel. Also, strip the license plate so you're not billed for the cleanup.

Hunter S. Thompson

Justice is expensive in America. There are no Free Passes... You might want to remember this, the next time you get careless and blow off a few Parking Tickets. They will come back to haunt you the next time you see a Cop car in your rear-view mirror.

Katrina has blown that outreach away. This has become a powerful emotional issue - a national issue - that will severely limit Bush's future outreach efforts, because the victims in Louisiana and Mississippi have huge family networks scattered all over the country.

Daniel Bruhl

When I went to the 'Rush' audition, I was blown away by the script. I thought it was fantastic.

Avery Johnson

It didn't make any sense to blow this team up and have Dirk come back and not recognize any of his teammates.

Rafael Benitez

It is a blow to us because of the big games in Europe that we have coming up, but we have a good squad and we will have to cope without him.

I was disappointed in my tee shot because it was into the wind and when I started the first hole, the wind was blowing really hard and I tried to hit it hard. I think I was rushing my play. After the third, I tried to slow down and find my rhythm.

Chuck D.

We've been very fortunate not to be a 'firecracker band' that blows up and goes away.

Joseph Abboud

I think we have to have traditional roots, but then make things modern for the 90s. I think it makes us more creative by taking traditional concepts and blowing them out a little bit.

I think it was a huge blow to us. We've got to learn to overcome things like that and continue to play.

Bruce Bochy

He was playing terrific baseball. He was playing great defense and he was one of our hot bats. This is a big blow for us. He's a guy we're going to miss.

Billy Wagner

I didn't want to go out and blow it out because I haven't thrown in about a week or so. It felt pretty good.

I didn't want to go in there and blow up, and I would have. I could tell when I walked around the locker room after the game that they were embarrassed. I know I was embarrassed. Hopefully it never happens again.

Mark Calcavecchia

I'd like to see the wind blow a little harder for the rest of the day. Maybe a little rain will be good, ... slim to none.

I don't know what you guys expect. This is the NCAA Tournament. If you guys think we're going to blow teams out, then you don't have a feel for what we're doing. Are you kidding me? I'm glad we're getting a chance to play one more time. Let's give Penn credit. It was what I expected.

I don't know what's going on. I don't know if the wind has blown something in, or if it has stopped blowing something out.

Mark Gottfried

He is obviously done for the year so that's a tough blow for our team. We're really disappointed for Chuck and sad. I care about him so much. I cried with him the other day -- you hate to see that happen to a young person. And he's just a great guy and he was having a great year.