Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jules Verne

I have always fancied that the end of the world will be when some enormous boiler, heated to three thousand millions of atmospheric pressure, shall explode and blow up the globe. ... They [the Americans] are great boilermakers.

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

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.

Giacomo Casanova

When you fool a fool you strike a blow for intelligence.

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

Colorado State didn't end up offering me but they were blowing me smoke.

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.

Hugo Weaving

It's great to blow the image that people have of me out of the water.

Howard Stern

I can't imagine the biggest blow to me was that marriage not working out. That just flipped me out.

Honore de Balzac

Poles offer a mobility like that of the wind that blows over the immense plains and marches of Poland. Show a Pole a precipice, and he will leap headlong over it.

He blows the top off defenses. He does a great job of pushing tempo. When he comes in, it's like defenses have to prepare for another team.

He can blow by anybody. He's always the fastest player on the court.

Kevin Garnett

He really is something, ... He not only has met all those incredible expectations, he has blown them out of the water. He has built the expectations for the next generation.

Horatio Nelson

I am ill every time it blows hard, and nothing but my enthusiastic love for the profession keeps me one hour at sea.

Jeremy Affeldt

If I start this year, I'll be throwing my cutter a little bit. And I'll blow the dust off my changeup and bring it back.

Pat Robertson

If I could just get a nuclear device inside Foggy Bottom, I think that's the answer. I mean, you get through this (book), and you say, 'We've got to blow that thing up.'

If I didn't blow two motors, he wouldn't have been close. It wasn't the motor guy's fault, it was mechanical stuff that broke.

Brian Roberts

If I didn't blow out on that one, I ain't blowing out I guess. I was a little scared. I looked up at Jay to make sure everything was still attached.

Brian Roberts

If I didn't blow out on that one, I ain't blowing out I guess.

If he guessed wrong, there would have been a gaping hole. He felt in his heart of hearts they were going to run a certain play, and he knew this would blow it up. And it did.

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.

I definitely want to go one up on him. I think it will be an emotional night. But once that whistle blows I'm going to want to kick his butt, to be honest.

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.

If EA blows it, gamers will look for other experiences from other companies,

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.

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.

He's got a fire to him. He's out there just blowing people up.