Handy Quotes - Page 3

• I didn't take up shorthand with any idea of becoming a professional at it. It merely appeared to me to be a good thing to know - something that might come in handy.

  Charles M. Schwab

  Ideas, Might, Becoming

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• It would be far easier to lose weight permanently if replacement parts weren't so handy in the refrigerator.

  Hugh Allen

  Would Be, Weight, Replacements

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• The human race has not devised any way of dissolving barriers, getting to know the other chap fast, breaking the ice, that is one-tenth as handy and efficient as letting you and the other chap, or chaps, cease to be totally sober at about the same rate in agreeable surroundings.

  Kingsley Amis

  Ice, Race, Way

  Kingsley Amis (2010). “Everyday Drinking: The Distilled Kingsley Amis”, p.4, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• When God writes our names in the 'Lamb's Book of Life' He doesn't do it with an eraser handy. He does it for eternity.

  R. C. Sproul

  Book, Writing, Names

  Twitter post from Mar 20, 2016

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• Her old thoughts were going to come in handy now, but new words would have to be made and said to fit them.

  Zora Neale Hurston

  Fit, Made, Said

  Zora Neale Hurston (1937). “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, p.41, University of Illinois Press

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• Cynicism is more than a pose; it's also a handy time saver. By deflating your companion's enthusiasm, you can cut conversations in half.

  Lisa Birnbach

  Cutting, Half, Enthusiasm

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• I read to learn, tech myself stuff and teach myself math and do complex formulas, and it's very, very tough, but I enjoy doing that and keeping my mind active. It definitely comes in handy, I feel I have a pretty good grasp, at more than a lot of musicians, of the business and finance world.

  Jeff Kendrick

  Math, Mind, Musician

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• When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Sarcastic, War, Sarcasm

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• Jackson is the most consummate sketcher I have ever known. These little panels, handy on the trail, could be handled as easily as an expert marksman uses a quiver full of arrows.

  Arthur Lismer

  Arrows, Experts, Use

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• I like to think of myself as some of the Scotch tape that holds things together - I'm very handy to have around. But all that actors really need is a bare stage. Lighting is just one of the luxuries of the theater.

  Jean Rosenthal

  Thinking, Scotch, Luxury

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• We have this handy fusion reactor in the sky called the sun, you don't have to do anything, it just works. It shows up every day.

  Elon Musk

  Sky, Fusion, Energy

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• Learn as much as you can about performing. Live theater, improv classes, music, stand up comedy, dance, anything to make yourself confident and comfortable in front of an audience. It'll all come in handy when auditioning for producers and performing with other actors. The best voice actors all have a live performance background. And are competent, fearless, incredibly creative actors.

  Rob Paulsen

  Class, Voice, Creative

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• So I think there is one rule every host and hostess ought to keep with the comb and nail file and bicarbonate and aromatic spirits on a handy shelf,
  Which is don't spoil the denouement by telling the guests everything is terrible, but let them have the thrill of finding it out for themselves.

  Ogden Nash

  Thinking, Guests, Nails

  Ogden Nash (1941). “The face is familiar: the selected verse of Ogden Nash”, Garden City publishing company, inc

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• Men are just like unlit lamps: in themselves they are no good for anything, but, when lit, they can be handy to have around the house.

  Moderata Fonte

  Men, House, Lamps

  Moderata (Modesta Pozzo) Fonte (2007). “The Worth of Women: Wherein Is Clearly Revealed Their Nobility and Their Superiority to Men”, p.58, University of Chicago Press

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• A sense of humor is so handy, isn't it? It lets you see both sides of a question so that you never need do anything.

  Winifred Holtby

  Humor, Needs, Sides

  Winifred Holtby (2011). “Mandoa, Mandoa!: A Comedy of Irrelevance”, p.190, Hachette UK

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• History can come in handy. If you were born yesterday, with no knowledge of the past, you might easily accept whatever the government tells you. But knowing a bit of history--while it would not absolutely prove the government was lying in a given instance--might make you skeptical, lead you to ask questions, make it more likely that you would find out the truth.

  Howard Zinn

  Lying, Past, Government

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• To think, we have the garment industry instead of nature to thank for the zipper concept when it would have come in so handy for childbirth.

  Jane Wagner

  Thinking, Zippers, Garments

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• When your life has been spent in one war after another for forty-five years, you have to be pretty handy to survive.

  David Gemmell

  War, Years, Forty

  "Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde". Book by David Gemmell, Ch. 7, 1984.

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• Thank you, Dain," she said. "I should like that very much. I've never seen a proper wrestling match before." "I daresay it will be a novel experience all round," he said, gravely eyeing her up and down. "I can't wait to see Sherburne's face when I arrive with my lady wife in tow." "There, you see?" she said, unoffended. "I told you there were other benefits to having a wife. I can come in very handy when you wish to shock your friends.

  Loretta Chase

  Wrestling, Wife, Waiting

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• Maybe there's something new that can document an idea quicker, but pen and paper have always been pretty handy for me.

  Grant Hart

  Something New, Pens

  Source: music.avclub.com

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• People still have a choice, but, if they find it all too confusing, or they just want someone else to make a choice for them, there's a default that works pretty well. That's this concept of libertarian paternalism. And it's handy.

  Esther Dyson

  People, Choices, Confusing

  "After Banner Decade, Peering in on the Future of Technology". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. January 3, 2010.

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• I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when I do stunts.

  Mads Mikkelsen

  Years, Dancer, Gymnast

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• My accountancy experience could come in handy if ever I find myself in the right position. For now, I'm very happy to write.

  Sefi Atta

  Writing, Very Happy, Position

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• Anger is a handy term and words are tricky, as we know. What one man perceives as anger, another person - in my case the deliverer of material - is, "Don't you see it, don't you see how badly you're doing?" It's like shaking a child - which you're not supposed to do.

  George Carlin

  Children, Men, Cases

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• My lucky number is four billion. That doesn't come in real handy when you're gambling. "Come on, four billion! Darn! Seven. Not even close. I need more dice."

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Real, Humor

  "Strategic Grill Locations". 1999.

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