Caps Quotes - Page 2

• Global warming has melted the polar ice caps, raised the levels of the oceans and flooded the earth's great cities. Despite its evident prosperity, New Jersey is scarcely Utopia.

  Godfried Danneels

  Ocean, Ice, Cities

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• I'm finding myself really angry over spending and the deficit. I'm finding myself really angry over what's happening in the Middle East, the decision to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely. I'm angry about cap and trade. And I've been on record for a long time on the failed war on drugs.

  Gary Johnson

  War, Long, Decision

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• I'm not eager to jump into marriage again. I'm in the corner right now, wearing my dunce cap. That area is obviously a nightmare.

  Lisa Marie Presley

  Marriage, Sunglasses, Nightmare

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• A salute from this corner to President Bush for saying he was willing to investigate raising or eliminating the cap on salaries subject to the Social Security tax.

  Nick Clooney

  President, Salary, Social

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• Most Americans are more concerned about the economy and job creation. And they can't understand why the Obama administration or the Democrat majority in Congress wants to pass a bill like the cap-and-trade tax that will cost us jobs, that will hurt our economy, that will drive up costs for families, as well as for small businesses.

  Haley Barbour

  Hurt, Jobs, Want

  "Barbour Responds to 2012 Chatter". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. July 8, 2009.

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• I spent my childhood eating. The only exercise I got was trying to twist off the cap of a jar of mayonnaise.

  Richard Simmons

  Exercise, Childhood, Trying

  "Richard Simmons On The Best Advice He Ever Got". The Huffington Post Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 27, 2012.

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• The Kyoto treaty has failed, and it's failed even in Europe, which has had cap and tax since 2005.

  Jim Sensenbrenner

  Europe, Kyoto, Taxes

  "POLITICO Q&A: Jim Sensenbrenner" by Lisa Lerer, www.politico.com. December 3, 2009.

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• Some solutions are relatively simple and would provide economic benefits: implementing measures to conserve energy, putting a price on carbon through taxes and cap-and-trade and shifting from fossil fuels to clean and renewable energy sources.

  David Suzuki

  Simple, Energy, Burning Fossil Fuels

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• Found a bunch of old shower caps in my house. Was gonna throw them out but realized they make excellent porta potties for long road trips.

  Bob Saget

  Long, House, Road Trip

  Twitter post from Aug 05, 2013

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• You should never wear a baseball cap when working in close quarters in the attic: You never see that beam above you!

  Alex Trebek

  Baseball, Beam, Should

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• I think we can lower our emissions. I think the world will be better off if we did that, and we can do it without cap and trade.

  Fred Upton

  Thinking, World, Trade

  "GOP Reps Regale Copenhagen with Scientific Knowledge" by Kate Sheppard, www.motherjones.com. December 18, 2009.

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• I am trying to say it all in one sentence, between one cap and one period.

  William Faulkner

  Trying, Periods, One Sentence

  William Faulkner, Joseph Leo Blotner (1978). “Selected letters of William Faulkner”, Vintage

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• The capitalists owned everything in the world, and everyone else was their slave. They owned all the land, all the houses, all the factories, and all the money. If anyone disobeyed them they could throw him into prison, or they could take his job away and starve him to death. When any ordinary person spoke to a capitalist he had to cringe and bow to him, and take off his cap and address him as 'Sir'

  George Orwell

  Jobs, Land, House

  George Orwell (2004). “Nineteen Eighty-Four”, p.83, Penguin UK

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• The traditional dress of the Australian cricketer is the baggy green cap on the head and the chip on the shoulder. Both are ritualistically assumed

  Simon Barnes

  Dresses, Green, Chips

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• Finnish is not a language, it is a way of setting at the end of the bench with your fur cap pulled over your ears.

  Paavo Haavikko

  Over You, Fur, Ears

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• I plan to eliminate the equity cap in investment, and I also plan large-scale deregulation to meet global standards.

  Lee Myung-bak

  Deregulation, Investment, Scales

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• I am reminded of the old court jester who was supposed to entertain his king with interesting stories and antics. He looked at the king who was lolling on his throne, a drunken, filthy rascal, doffed his cap and bells, and said with a mock gesture of obeisance, “O king, be loyal to the royal within you.” And so I say to you young people today, remember your heritage, and be loyal to that royal lineage that you have as members of the church and kingdom of God on the earth.

  Harold B. Lee

  Kings, Children, Interesting

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• Butch repositioned the Sox cap, and as his wrist passed by his nose, he got another whiff of himself. "Ah, V. . . listen, there is something a little weird going down on me." "What?" "I smell like men's cologne." "Good for you. Females dig that kind of thing." "Vishous, I smell like Obsession for Men, only I'm not WEARING any, you feel me?" There was silence on the line. Then, "Humans don't bond." "Oh, really. You want to tell that to my central nervous system and my sweat glands? They'd appreciate the news flash, I'm sure.

  J.R. Ward

  Men, Sweat, Smell

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• One may gain attention by wearing a fools cap. But he would ruin his selling prospects

  Claude C. Hopkins

  Writing, Fool, Attention

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Claude C. Hopkins, John E. Kennedy, Albert D. Lasker “Scientific Advertising Origins”, Lulu.com

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• friends don't threaten friends' distributor caps

  C.E. Murphy

  Distributors

  C.E. Murphy (2009). “Urban Shaman”, p.80, LUNA

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• The feel of a good row stays with you hours afterward. Your muscles glow, your mind wanders from the papers on you desk and goes back, again and again, to that terrific power piece at the end of the workout when it felt as if you and the boat were flying, as if you legs were two cannons and your arms were two oars and the great lateral muscles of your back were pterodactyl wings and the brim of your baseball cap was a harpoon.

  Barry S. Strauss

  Baseball, Workout, Wings

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• Twenty-five years ago I couldn`t walk down the street without being recognized. Now I can put a cap on, walk anywhere and no one pays me any attention. They don`t ask me about my movies and they don`t ask me about my salad dressing because they don`t know who I am. Am I happy about this? You bet.

  Paul Newman

  Salad Dressing, Who I Am, Years

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• One of the things I've become immune to is people talking about market cap and social media platforms.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Media, Talking, People

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• Cows eat grass and silage. This is melting the ice caps and killing us all. So they need a new foodstuff: something that is rich in iron, calcium and natural goodness. Plainly they cannot eat meat so here is an idea to chew on. Why not feed them vegetarians?

  Jeremy Clarkson

  Ice, Ideas, Iron

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• It really is disgusting when a guy in a ball cap with a high school education is the one asking the tough questions.

  Michael Moore

  School, Tough Questions, Guy

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