Famous Quotes & Sayings

David McCullough

Morality only is eternal. All the rest is balloon and bubble from the cradle to the grave.

Dianne Feinstein

An inflated balloon -- impressive to look at but hollow at the core and easily punctured.

Bret Easton Ellis

We buy balloons, we let them go.

Shortly before the clock strikes 12, everyone is invited onto the rink. We hand out noisemakers and at midnight, everyone yells, makes a lot of noise and we drop balloons onto the crowd. It's a lot of fun for everyone.

We're an American Legion post, so we're emphasizing the red, white and blue. But we're also using lavender and silver balloons to acknowledge our connection with the community.

Harvey Pekar

I was influenced by autobiographical writers like Henry Miller, and I had actually done some autobiographical prose. But I just thought that comics were like virgin territory. There was so much to be done. It excited me. I couldn't draw very well. I could write scripts and storyboard style using stick figures and balloons and captions.

We want to have a relaxed atmosphere, so we will have music, and will offer our customers snacks and drinks when they enter the store. Folks won't be able to miss our grand opening. We plan to hang banners, have balloons out front and have some live entertainment.

Leon Bridges

One time, when I was about eight, these guys started throwing water balloons at me. That really did ruin my summer.

Allan Gregg

If I was Harper right now, I'd go right into Quebec and hold big rallies. Big balloons and marching bands and just feel-good stuff.

Brian Giles

It balloons up a little bit, ... There's enough mobility to play. It'd be nice if you got to hit home runs and didn't run the bases.

Al Groh

He kind of looked like one of those balloons in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade,

Jennifer Freeman

I think the balloons should hang from the ceiling and drop down.

For this one, the real critical test was making a string strong enough. We made a cable that was stationed by the balloons at a mile high for 6 hours?it was rock solid.

We each made two cards for him and let them go on balloons at his stone. He touched everyone's life who knew him.

Joe Gold

I couldn't pronounce Arnold Schwarzenegger, so I called him Balloon Belly.

They had balloons in the rafters, ready to go down after they won. To see their fans after that loss, it was pretty amazing. Of course, Oklahoma did the same thing to us last year on senior night.

It's a balloon, not a bubble. Balloons inflate and deflate; bubbles burst.

Herman Melville

There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.

Fiona Apple

I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.

Steve Fossett

So while I've been tied up with my balloons and my gliders, I've lost considerable ground in terms of maintaining longevity in sailing records,

Paul Tagliabue

Can we sit here and say once we get a second season under our belt we're going to blow up some balloons and say we've got some big new conclusion? I don't know. It may take two, three, four, five years, who knows? Until you see something different, you don't know what you're looking at. ... There's no urgency in terms of any immediate need to try and fix something that's not broken, and is the best in sports.

They could be gusty at times. I guess for the balloons it's going to be not that nice.

AT&T-SBC has been putting up trial balloons for the past six months, giving policy makers the opportunity to shoot darts at it. There has been real little opposition that has been voiced from the administration.

The ceremony where they release the balloons was so touching, and we knew we wanted to have our own team.

Robyn Hitchcock

Every so often you have to increase your profile so you can let it lower again, like a balloon.