Famous Quotes & Sayings

Corporal punishment is prohibited, but it's not a blanket policy that prohibits an employee from ever touching a student. There are situations when an employee may have to intervene physically in situations such as student fights.

Darin Strauss

Constant rejection. No security. Career paths being dictated by freelance reviewers. And of course, the terror of the writing desk, of the blank page. Why is it so hard for our non-writer friends to understand this - that it's a job?

Don't give them just a blanket and a bowl of soup. Give them housing and services, and eventually that person goes out and gets a job.

Mark Shapiro

Vindication is the last thing I feel, ... The only thing I feel is satisfaction that I am no longer being met with blank stares.

This was a blanket release of all claims. And I am not in a position to comment on the veracity of the allegations.

Dave Checketts

What's been done in the past I really have no control over. Frankly, I like the fact that we have kind of a blank canvas with some young talent, some very good draft picks and a chance to really build.

We knew if we let them play their game with all the energy they had, it was going to be a long game for us. We just tried to do the same. We put the blanket on them in the neutral zone, and they got frustrated right off the bat.

Rachel Sklar

Twitter is an astounding platform for information, but it's a total blank slate - which means it's an astounding platform for disinformation, too.

It was very surreal, it was very traditional. We were bringing offerings, and I had a blanket in my hands, offering it to Chief Julio.

Tim Collins

I've been in this gym for five years, and I could not stand seeing that blank wall up there. Every summer we hold a camp, and I tell the fourth- through eighth-graders, 'Look at that wall, who's going to be the first ones to get their year up there?' Thank goodness we don't have to look at that wall anymore.

Scott Hartnell

The shots we had were right there, point blank and tonight we buried them.

Jack Vance

The void is a mouth crying to be filled, a blank mind aching for thought, a cavity desperate for shape. What is not implies what is.

He said it was my fault because I challenged the press, which I didn't do by the way. That never happened. I didn't challenge, I wasn't stupid enough to issue a blanket challenge to the entire media.

Everybody's figuring how they're going to get on with their life. There's probably a shortage of 2,000 boards a week globally now. It'll be months before things are back up to speed where any Joe Blow can get a blank -- maybe even years.

The blanket label of 'tech' does more harm than good for investors.

Richard Blumenthal

Taken as a package, this would be the functional equivalent of blanket immunity,

Ibrahim Hooper

It's irresponsible for the top elected official in any state to suggest blanket wiretapping of houses of worship.

It's a costume that provides a natural look so we can spring from one character to the next. We don't use costumes or sets; it's just a blank canvas.

Jeff Myers

It's a blank slate. My only goal is to promote the game of golf so it should all fall into place.

Bob Hartley

It seems like every game, we have chances to get on the board first but we're not capitalizing. We're firing blanks right now.

It's a very comfortable situation. In Edmonton, I was sort of his security blanket and the guy that he looked to when he needed a first down. Hopefully I can fill that need for him in Hamilton and help this team get some wins.

A wet blanket was provided by the Palm offering.

Before, it was more of a blank stare. Now, he'll turn his eyes to you and look you in the eyes when you talk to him. You can look at his eyes and know if it's him.

Mark Ryan

It's not dissimilar to The Weather Channel where when someone signs on, they don't want to see a blank screen. They want to see what the weather is for their local community.

H. P. Lovecraft

If we were sensible we would seek death--the same blissful blank which we enjoyed before we existed.

Marc Singer

I'd see people in the middle of winter sleeping under a blanket in the snow, ... I'd be looking at them from my window and I would think, 'What's going through that person's mind?'

If depression had settled like a blanket on the minds of most players,

However, it wasn't burnt, neither sold as pulp paper. A few years later, its blank spots were re-used for other sketches.

I don't like giving blanket contracts. This is one of the things the city of Pasadena is losing control over.

Collectors just drop signed blank checks in front of the dolls. You're at these shows, and you're like a rock star. You have people come up with magazines and wanting your autograph.

Carolyn McCarthy

and here we are giving them (the industry) blanket immunity.

James Fenton

The iambic pentameter owes its pre-eminence in English poetry to its genius for variation. Good blank verse does not sound like a series of identically measured lines. It sounds like a series of subtle variations on the same theme.

Richard Blumenthal

The claims are legal blanks -- no more than a lot of noise and smoke.