Geese Quotes - Page 9

• I’m sorry, my lady,” said Geric, rubbing his arm. “But I failed to force an apology out of the offending goose.

  Shannon Hale

  Sorry, Apology, Offending

  Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.186, A&C Black

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• Catherine went still. Her eyes closed against a sudden wet sting. 'Did you accept her proposal?' Leo nuzzled tenderly into the hollow beneath her ear. 'Of course not, pea-goose.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Eye, Ears, Proposal

  Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Married By Morning: Number 4 in series”, p.161, Hachette UK

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• I don’t think I’m making myself very clear Low,” he’d lowered his voice and the effect made goose bumps break out over my body. “I was only interested in one person at that bar last night. I only came to see one person,” he tucked a strand of hair behind my ear and softly caressed my earlobe before tracing the line of my jaw. “I was there for you.

  Abbi Glines

  Night, Thinking, Voice

  Abbi Glines (2012). “Because of Low”, p.47, Simon and Schuster

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• His fingertips slid down from my face, lightly stroking the line of my neck, down toward my shoulder. Everywhere he touched, a trail of goose bumps appeared. How did he keep doing this to me? Marcus—who made every girl in the world swoon—had zero effect on me. But one whisper of a touch from Adrian completely undid me.

  Richelle Mead

  Girl, Zero, Bumps

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• I am terminally curious, so I tend to be attracted to the shiny. That's a mixed blessing, as sometimes it means that I can end up right on the cutting edge, but sometimes it can result in wild goose chases as well. Either way, it makes life interesting!

  Suw Charman-Anderson

  Mean, Cutting, Blessing

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• ... both individuals and companies are using the Netherlands as a haven for productive activity. ... This is good news for all taxpayers. The rich directly benefit, since greedy politicians are unable to seize as much of their money. And the rest of us benefit, since this puts downward pressure on tax rates as governments try to keep the geese that lay the golden eggs from flying away.

  Daniel J. Mitchell

  Government, Eggs, Political

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• Our goal is to turn solar electric technologies into a commodity business like computer chips, and make them ubiquitous in the built environment. I'd couple this with a huge commitment to fundamental research in nanostructure to goose the next generation of more efficient, cheaper, dematerialized cells. And if I'm truly czar, I'd emphasize silicon technologies, as that approach is the one least likely to encounter material constraints in supplying an explosive global demand.

  Denis Hayes

  Couple, Commitment, Technology

  Source: therumpus.net

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• The grounds on which golf is played are called links, being the barren sandy soil from which the sea has retired in recent geological times. In their natural state links are covered with long, rank bent grass and gorse. Links are too barren for cultivation: but sheep, rabbits, geese and professionals pick up a precarious livelihood on them.

  Charles Walter Simpson

  Golf, Sheep, Sea

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• It might sound trite, but happiness is a decision not a destination, and my choices now are all based on whether not a particular action will get me closer to my goals. It's something I'm quite ruthless about, and it helps me avoid the aforementioned wild goose chases!

  Suw Charman-Anderson

  Goal, Choices, Decision

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• Goose Gossage is a friend of mine, and he's definitely a Hall of Fame pitcher in my mind.

  Bruce Sutter

  Mind, Fame, Pitcher

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• The real question is, do you root for the fox in that song? Or are you horrified that the goose and the duck are being dragged off to their death, which is described in detail?

  Chris Thile

  Song, Real, Roots

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• For watching sports, I tend to drink Guinness; early evenings always begin well with a Grey Goose and tonic with plenty of lime; and on a cold winters night, theres nothing quite like a glass of Black Maple Hill... an absolute peach of a bourbon.

  Martin Bashir

  Sports, Winter, Night

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• John Kerry went hunting today. He said he killed a goose. He didn't bring Teresa along because he was a little rusty and he was afraid he might kill the goose that laid the golden egg.

  Jay Leno

  Hunting, Eggs, Littles

  "Trail Tales: Gore Returns to Florida". "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno, www.foxnews.com. October 22, 2004.

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• Sure, you can choose the safety and predictability of the cage, forfeiting the adventure God has destined for you. But you won't be the only one missing out or losing out. When you lack the courage to chase the Wild Goose, the opportunity costs are staggering. Who might not hear about the love of God if you don't seize the opportunity to tell them? Who might be stuck in poverty, stuck in ignorance, stuck in pain if you're not there to help free them? Where might the advance of God's kingdom in the world stall out because you weren't there on the front lines?

  Mark Batterson

  Pain, Adventure, Ignorance

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• The Bishop has a skin, God knows,
  Wrinkled like the foot of a goose,
  (All find safety in the tomb.)
  Nor can he hide in holy black
  The heron's hunch upon his back,
  But a birch-tree stood my Jack.

  William Butler Yeats

  Feet, Hypocrisy, Safety

  William Butler Yeats (1997). “The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats: Volume I: The Poems, 2nd Edition”, p.260, Simon and Schuster

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• Boy meets girl. Boy marries girl. Boy and girl angst over which family they visit at Thanksgiving and which one in December and whether or not it's best to serve turkey or goose for the family feast. When first faced with the reality that the family you married into does things differently, the warmth of tradition can take on a chill.

  Marge M. Kennedy

  Girl, Boys, Reality

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• There is a little bit of a head vs. heart kind of battle that happens sometimes with the song. There's the goose bump thing, where the melody or whatever it is just gets you and you don't know why. Sometimes, it's in a genre that you didn't think you liked and, all of a sudden, the song hits you and you just say, wow, I feel the hairs on the back of my neck. I love this song.

  Josh Groban

  Song, Heart, Thinking

  "Josh Groban indulges his inner musical theater geek with ‘Stages’". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. October 7, 2015.

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• I don't care if you call it AO for Adults Only, or Chopped Liver or Father Goose. Your movie will still have the stigma of being in a category that's going to be inhabited by the very worst of pictures.

  Jack Valenti

  Movie, Father, Adults

  The New York Times, March 5, 1987.

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• The goose that lays golden eggs has been considered a most valuable possession. But even more profitable is the privilege of taking the golden eggs laid by somebody else's goose. The investment bankers and their associates now enjoy that privilege.

  Louis D. Brandeis

  Eggs, Bankers, Golden

  Louis D. Brandeis (2009). “Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It”, p.12, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Cruel children, crying babies,
  All grow up as geese and gabies,
  Hated, as their age increases,
  By their nephews and their nieces.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Baby, Children, Growing Up

  Robert Louis Stevenson (2005). “A Child's Garden of Verses (Sparklesoup Classics)”, p.18, Sparklesoup LLC

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• Hopefully, there isn't any adjustment at all in terms of what I am doing and what I'm preparing. Obviously, there's going to be goose bumps. There's gonna be an adrenaline rush. I want that excitement. I want that anxiety. Because that lets you know that you're passionate about what you do and that this is important. I'd much rather be in that environment than not.

  Beth Mowins

  Anxiety, Important, Passionate

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• Capitalism, though it may not always give the scientific worker a living wage, will always protect him, as being one of the geese which produce golden eggs for its table.

  John B. S. Haldane

  Money, Eggs, Giving

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• There's no way to tweak your content in order to goose ratings. You do what you're good at and let people follow you.

  Rachel Maddow

  Order, People, Way

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• None of us older writers had gone through such a school. We are all self-taught. And, of course, there is always, in such a school, the danger of goose-stepping, uniformed ranks. But the Serapion Brethren have already, it seems to me, outgrown this danger. Each of them has his own individuality and his own handwriting. The common thing they have derived from the studio is the art of writing with ninety-proof ink, the art of eliminating everything that is superfluous, which is, perhaps, more difficult than writing.

  Yevgeny Zamyatin

  Inspirational, Art, Writing

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• Perhaps the couple got married at 25 and now they're 45 and this is an option. And if a couple is still together, or perhaps finds its way back together, I like to say that it's forever. They belong together, it's a good fit, it's the right pairing. It almost gives me goose bumps.

  Volkmar Sigusch

  Couple, Giving, Forever

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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