Cuffs Quotes

• There is an old saying: if a man comes home with sand in his cuffs and cockleburs in his pants, don't ask him what he shot.

  Sam Snead

  Home, Golf, Men

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• Well, I can't eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs.

  Oscar Wilde

  Muffins, Importance Of Being Earnest, Calmness

  Charles Osborne, Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Novel for Serious People”, p.100, St. Martin's Press

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• The honors Hollywood has for the writer are as dubious as tissue-paper cuff links.

  Ben Hecht

  Honor, Dubious, Hollywood

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• A certain man once lost a diamond cuff-link in the wide blue sea, and twenty years later, on the exact day, a Friday apparently, he was eating a large fish - but there was no diamond inside. That’s what I like about coincidence.

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Friday, Men, Blue

  Vladimir Nabokov (2012). “Laughter in the Dark”, p.73, Penguin UK

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• Look at my arms, you will find no party hand-cuff on them.

  Davy Crockett

  Party, Hands, Looks

  Davy Crockett, Richard Penn Smith (1923). “The autobiography of David Crockett”

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• Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to it that I was able to grasp simply by watching conductors.

  Carter Burwell

  Missing, Able, Conducting

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• A torn rotator cuff is a cancer for a pitcher and if a pitcher gets a badly torn one, he has to face the facts, it's all over baby.

  Don Drysdale

  Baby, Cancer, Faces

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• Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  William Shakespeare (1826). “Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.226

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• A careless shoe string, in whose tie I see a wilde civility.

  Robert Herrick

  Shoes, Ties, Civility

  'The End'

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• A sweet disorder in the dress
  Kindles in clothes a wantonness
  A lawn about the shoulders thrown
  Into a fine distraction.

  Robert Herrick

  Sweet, Clothes, Dresses

  "Delight in Disorder" l. 1 (1648)

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• ADMINISTRATION, n. An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president. A man of straw, proof against bad-egging and dead-catting.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Men, President, Politics

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.9, 谷月社

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• Don't wear your heart on your sleeve when your remarks are off the cuff.

  Elvis Costello

  Heart, Sleeves, Remarks

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• Let the fairy tale begin on a winter's morning, then, with one drop of blood newly-fallen on the ivory snow: a drop as bright as a clear-cut ruby, red as a single spot of claret on the lace cuff.

  Ellen Kushner

  Morning, Cutting, Winter

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• Now, Mama, Papa, and sir," said Ramses, "please withdraw to the farthest corner and crouch down with your backs turned. It is as I feared; we will never break through by this method. The walls are eight feet thick. Fortunately I brought along a little nitroglycerin--" "Oh, good Gad," shrieked Inspector Cuff.

  Barbara Mertz

  Wall, Eight, Break Through

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• Kiss those cuffs good-bye." Lula from "Hard Eight" By Janet Evonavich

  Janet Evanovich

  Kissing, Eight, Bye

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• My off-the-cuff remarks at the University of Virginia were with regard to global macro traders, who are on-call 24/7 and of whom there are likely only a few thousand successful practitioners in the world today. Macro trading requires a high degree of skill, focus and repetition. Life events, such as birth, divorce, death of a loved one and other emotional highs and lows are obstacles to success in this specific field of finance.

  Paul Tudor Jones

  Divorce, Successful, Emotional

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• Clearly the sight of a well-muscled forearm incited a woman to utter depravity. How else to explain the invention of cuffs?

  Tessa Dare

  Sight, Invention, Depravity

  Tessa Dare (2009). “Goddess of the Hunt”, p.135, Ballantine Books

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• Dani, Dani, Dani." I flinch. I've never heard anyone say my name so gently. It creeps me all kinds of out. He's towering over me, arms crossed over his chest, scarred forearms dark against the rolled-up sleeves of a crisp white shirt. Heavy silver cuffs glint at both wrists. The light is smack behind his head, as usual. "You didn't really think I'd let you get away with it," Ryodan says.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Dark, Thinking, Light

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• Biffy said, off the cuff, "Or we could find a replacement queen." "Volunteering for the position?" "Why, Professor, is that wittiness I detect?" "Only for you." "Charmer." Biffy tapped him on the arm playfully.

  Gail Carriger

  Queens, Volunteer, Arms

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• She asked if we were calm enough for her to take off the cuffs, and McMurphy nodded. He had slumped over with his head hung and his elbows between his knees and looked completely exhausted--it hadn't occurred to me that it was just as hard for him to stand straight as it was for me.

  Ken Kesey

  Mcmurphy, Elbows, Knees

  Ken Kesey (2012). “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.249, Penguin

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• Rachel, my itchy witch," Al said as he tugged the lace at his cuffs. "We've talked about this. You simply must stop collecting nasty little men. How many do you really need, love?

  Kim Harrison

  Men, Needs, Littles

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• Well, I believe she went in to rescue some Raggers from the pits,” Cuffs said. “She wasn’t all that specific.” “She went in to rescue — why would she do that?” Amon gripped the ironwork, studying the streetlord’s face. Was he lying? And if so, what was the purpose? “Guess she’s kind of taken with us,” Cuffs said. “You know, the glamor of the gang life and all. Getting beat up every other day, arrested for crimes you didn’t commit, long nights in gaol, sleeping in the cold and wet. It’s...seductive.” He raised an eyebrow.

  Cinda Williams Chima

  Lying, Believe, Taken

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• Songs, and songwriting keeps me inspired, moving forward. I tend to scribble down notes, lyrics or just random thoughts on pieces of paper, backs of cigarette packs, sometimes on my shirt cuff. Rock n’ roll is closest thing I’ve got to a spiritual power. It’s been the higher voice in my life and it’s never let me down.

  John Waite

  Spiritual, Song, Moving

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• Like a page dipped in ink, your cuff's in my coffee. / You have something to tell with unbuttoned sleeves.

  Mary Jo Salter

  Coffee, Ink, Pages

  Mary Jo Salter (2013). “Open Shutters”, p.68, Knopf

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• If I were to give off-the-cuff advice to anyone trying to institute change, I would say, "How clear is the metaphor?"

  Warren G. Bennis

  Change, Giving, Advice

  "Leadership: Sad Facts and Silver Linings" by Thomas J. Peters, hbr.org. December 2001.

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