Dry Quotes

• We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

  Thomas Fuller

  Ocean, Sea, Oil And Water

  "Gnomologia". Book by Thomas Fuller, 1732.

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• Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Single, Spring, Women

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• When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Rain, Rivers, Water

  Benjamin Franklin (1998). “Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom”, p.53, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• Expect to have hope rekindled. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Hope, Spring, Rain

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (2012). “Simple Abundance”, Random House

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• People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold.

  John Jay Chapman

  Happiness, Worry, People

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• Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.

  Oliver Cromwell

  Faith, Evil, Powder

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• There's no taking trout with dry breeches.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Fishing, Effort, Trout

  Miguel de Cervantes (2016). “Don Quijote de La Mancha / Don Quixote of La Mancha: edición bilingüe / bilingual edition - español / english”, p.2974, BOLCHIRO

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• Economically, unfair trade will benefit nobody in the long run, as poorer countries will be bled totally dry and will become unable to produce anything.

  Chris Martin

  Running, Country, Long

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• A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Men, Lists, Towns

  Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Familiar Letters (Annotated Edition)”, p.261, Jazzybee Verlag

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• I did what we call dry for wet effects, some of the miniatures work and two animation sequences.

  John Hench

  Two, Animation, Miniatures

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• The island Mayo is generally barren, being dry, as I said; and the best of it is but a very indifferent soil.

  William Dampier

  Islands, Soil, Barren

  William Dampier (1703). “A New Voyage Round the World”, p.21

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• I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me.

  Jack Brickhouse

  Sports, Firsts, Documentaries

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• I'm really, really dumb about describing wine, but I like wine that's full-bodied and dry.

  Esai Morales

  Stupid, Wine, Dumb

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• But even if I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.

  Olivia Wilde

  Journey, Feelings, Ends

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• A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.

  Joseph Stalin

  Military, Iron, Water

  Joseph Stalin (1953). “1907-1913”

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• You're making a movie, not a documentary. If you made a film like the historians would like you to make, you're not going to go and see it. I'd rather see paint dry.

  Dougray Scott

  Documentaries, Film, Like You

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• Doing a TV show, you're on an assembly line and it's as cut and dry as that. There are some shows that are exceptions. There are producers that want really special things.

  James Darren

  Cutting, Tv Shows, Special

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• My dad was great. He was very droll, very dry.

  Albert Finney

  Dad, My Dad

  Interview with Paul Fischer, "Dark Horizons", December 2, 2003.

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• Records have images. There are wet records and dry records. And big records.

  Art Garfunkel

  Records, Bigs, Wet

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• In those days it was pretty cut and dry. If you had a record company believing in you enough to cut an album then you had better have the ability to work the album on the road.

  Lou Gramm

  Believe, Cutting, Albums

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• Have faith in God but keep your powder dry.

  Louis L'Amour

  Have Faith, Faith In God, Powder

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• You have to eat oatmeal or you'll dry up. Anybody knows that.

  Kay Thompson

  Dry Up, Oatmeal, Knows

  Kay Thompson (2015). “Eloise: Book & CD”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

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• Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas.

  Paul Samuelson

  Money, Vegas, Saving

  "Paul Samuelson's Words of Wisdom" by Larry Swedroe, www.cbsnews.com. December 17, 2009.

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• A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth.

  Frank Luntz

  Stories, Compelling, Recitation

  "Memo exposes Bush's new green strategy". Republican Party Memo, www.theguardian.com. March 04, 2003.

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• Stegosaurus was common only on well drained, dry soil.

  Robert T. Bakker

  Soil, Common, Wells

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