Famous Quotes & Sayings

He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

Michael Williams

He has big ears and he's real skinny. People like to pick on him. It was like that as long as I could remember.

He'll reach up and take one of those big old floppy ears and he'll say, 'I can't hear you,' and they'll start that all over again.

Margaret Thatcher

[On Ronald Reagan:] Poor dear, there's nothing between his ears.

Plutarch

The belly has no ears.

John D. Rockefeller

Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed

Phyllis Bottome

... the ears of the hunted grow even keener than a hunter's.

Pericles

It is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.

Joyce Carol Oates

It makes me angry sometimes, it's a visceral thing--how you come to despise your own words in your ears not because they aren't genuine, but because they are; because you've said them so many times, your 'principles,' your 'ideals'--and so damned little in the world has changed because of them.

Joseph Hall

It is a shame for the tongue to cast itself upon the uncertain pardon of other's ears

John Heywood

Went in at the one ear and out at the other.

Malcolm Forbes

. . . the most difficult thing asked by our young is not our earnings but our ears.

James Nachtwey

I'm half deaf. I have nerve damage and a constant ringing in both of my ears, and there are certain times and conditions when I can hardly hear at all.

The day has eyes, the night has ears

John McAfee

Opinions need a willing ear.

A team like the Colts, they have the lead most of the time, a big one, so they get to pin their ears back and go. We haven't been playing with a lot of big leads.

They are the eyes and ears of the court.

It's all between the ears of the listener. Those who are looking to use this as an opportunity to say, 'look, we should not support him,' they're going to use it. Those who are going to say, 'yes, he was speaking what needs to be said,' they're going to look at this as maybe a one time occurrence and sweep it under the rug.

Chris Cleave

In my world death will come chasing. In your world it will start whispering in your ear to destroy yourself. I know this because it started whispering to me when I was in the detention center.

William Shakespeare

Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear

Benjamin Franklin

Great talkers should be cropt, for they've no need of ears.

The mouth is not satisfied by speaking, and the ears are not satisfied by hearing.

Meg Tilly

Now I feel like one of those Rodeo riders. I'm on top of a wild horse that won't stop jumping and kicking, and it is really exciting but I grab on to his ears and his mane and I'm screaming. The result is fun, but it's also scary!

Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. (2 Chronicles 6:40)

Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. (2 Chronicles 7:15)

The wise person has long ears and a short tongue.

The wise man has long ears and a short tongue

That number is very important for Fidelity because eventually it will reach the eyes and ears of investors who will see that Fidelity is putting up strong numbers.

Your eyes should not seek evil sights; your ears should not seek evil tales; your tongue should not seek evil speech; your hands should not seek evil acts; your minds should not seek evil thoughts.

Bryant H. McGill

The talent of a true writer and poet is in the ear.

Lucius Accius

Not at all do I trust augurs, who enrich the ears of others, so that they can enrich their own homes with gold.

Jane Smiley

Hungry ears are sharp ones.

Brad Soderberg

We'll keep our ears open, but nothing is pending. I really was hoping to get him. I don't have a plan B. That's not totally unusual. We've gotten good players in the past in the summer, but it's not ideal.