Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Dickens

The talker has found a hearer but not a listener; and though he may talk his very best for his own sake, you will find that his mental movements are erratic: they have no fixed centre and no definite object. His talk is like the water of a canal whose banks have given way, which rolls aimlessly hither and thither, without fulfilling any useful function, though it is the same water which was so helpful and serviceable, when it was confined within clearly marked limits by the restraining force of its earthy boundaries.

Alan Watts

You can't get wet from the word 'water.'

Alan Watts

Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone.

David Miliband

I abhor anything that constitutes torture. Water-boarding, its perfectly clear to me it is torture. I never supported extraordinary rendition to torture, always said that Guantanamo should be closed. There is no clash of ideals and pragmatism there.

David Knopfler

My faith, inasmuch as I have any, is more like a kind of Joseph Campbell thing, and even that frequently finds itself tested to oblivion in siren waters.

Dave Barry

Sir,” James asked, “what are we going to do?” “We’re going to look for water,” said Alf. “And food?” said Tubby Ted. “Water first,” said Alf. “We can go days without food.” “We can what?” Tubby Ted shouted.

Dave Barry

Turbulence: This is what pilots announce that you have encountered when your plane strikes an object in midair. You'll be flying along, and there will be an enormous, shuddering WHUMP, and clearly the plane has rammed into an airborne object at least the size of a water buffalo, and the pilot will say, "Folks, we're encountering a little turbulence." Meanwhile they are up there in the cockpit trying desperately to clean water buffalo organs off the windshield.

Dave Barry

I shared this insight with some other boat owners, and they all agreed that, definitely, putting your boar into the water is asking for trouble. Most of them have had their boats sitting in their driveways long enough to be registered historical landmarks.

David Stockman

I invest in anything that Bernanke can't destroy including Gold, canned beans, bottled water and flashlight batteries....

Adrian Rogers

It’s what you sow that multiplies, not what you keep in the barn.

Don DeLillo

Once you've seen the signs about the barn, it becomes impossible to see the barn.

Hesiod

Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.

Leonard Cohen

Garages, barns and attics are always older than the buildings to which they are attached.

Larry the Cable Guy

I was obsessed with livestock barns, cattle and hogs. I still love that, and I still do that as a hobby.So I'm a strange person.

Walton Goggins

I quite like antiques. I like things that are old and the history they bring with them. I would rather fly to Morocco on an $800 ticket and buy a chair for $300 than spend $1,100 on one at Pottery Barn.

Sam Rayburn

Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.

Bobby Bowden

If somebody mistreats you, treat ?em good. That kills ?em.

Charles M. Schulz

If you can't beat 'em, cooperate 'em to death!

Bill Watterson

What's the point of wearing your favorite rocket ship underpants if nobody ever asks to see 'em?

Charles Bukowski

Let' em learn or let' em die

Carson Kressley

I am not much about rules, I like to break 'em and don't like to make 'em.

Colin Mochrie

When you kill someone by chopping off their head, rolling 'em up in a carpet and burning it, you'd better make sure they're dead!

Dolly Parton

I bought all those [fitness] videos -- Richard Simmons, Jane Fonda. I love to sit and eat cookies and watch 'em.

Dolly Parton

I know some of the best Dolly Parton jokes. I made 'em up myself.

William Shakespeare

What the vengeance, could he not speak 'em fair?