Handy Quotes - Page 7

• I wish I had my beta-blockers handy.

  James Black

  Science, Wish, Biographies

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• God has come again and again in various Forms, has spoken again and again in different words and different languages the Same One Truth - but how many are there that live up to it? Instead of making Truth the vitalbreath of his life, man compromises by making over and over againa mechanical religion of it - a handy staff to lean on in times of adversity, a soothing balm for his conscience or a tradition to be followed.

  Meher Baba

  Adversity, Men, Different

  "The Everything and the Nothing". Book by Meher Baba, 1963.

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• So, I mean to say, as for those who are proving their allegiance with what I would call sickening perseverance, and who are urging the president to brush away the constitution, those I would like to remind of a Russian proverb: "Don't spit into the well, it'll come in handy once you're thirsty.

  Vladimir Posner

  Perseverance, Mean, President

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• Never allow yourself to get caught without a loose million handy.

  Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild

  Money, Caught, Millions

  "Rhodes, The Race for Africa". Book by Antony Thomas, 1996.

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• While perspective is a handy device to construct imagined spaces, it is not useful, and possibly detrimental, to sketching existing environments.

  Paul Laseau

  Space, Perspective, Sketching

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• Trout fishing. One must be a stickler for proper form. Use nothing but #4 blasting caps, or a hand grenade, if handy, or at a pool well-lined with stone, one blast from a .44 magnum will bring a few stunned brookies quietly to the surface.

  Edward Abbey

  Lakes, Hands, Sea

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.38, RosettaBooks

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• Louis XIV was very frank and sincere when he said: I am the State. The modern statist is modest. He says: I am the servant of the State; but, he implies, the State is God. You could revolt against a Bourbon king, and the French did it. This was, of course, a struggle of man against man. But you cannot revolt against the god State and against his humble handy man, the bureaucrat.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Kings, Struggle, Humble

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• You people who have survived childhood don't remeber any longer what it was like. You think children are whole, uncomplicated creatures, and if you split them in two with a handy axe there would be all one substance inside, hard candy. But it isn't hard candy so much as a hopeless seething lava of all kinds of things, a turmoil, a mess. And once the child starts thinking about this mess he begins to disintegrate as a child and turns into something else--an adult, an animal.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Children, Thinking, Animal

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• Human mobile devices that may come in handy and can be used anywhere include: prayer, meditation, a good attitude, compassion, kindness, humor, laughter,  patience, love and a smile. Customize to personal style and taste.

  Jody Watley

  Laughter, Prayer, Attitude

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• Protestant parents still keep a Bible handy in the house, so that the children can study it, and one of the first things the little boys and girls learn is to be righteous and holy and not piss against the wall. They study those passages more than they study any others, except those which incite to masturbation. Those they hunt out and study in private.

  Mark Twain

  Bible, Girl, Children

  Mark Twain (1995). “The Bible According to Mark Twain: Writings on Heaven, Eden, and the Flood”, p.256, University of Georgia Press

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• I slice up a ton of cucumbers, celery, carrots and red and yellow peppers. Keep them in your fridge so you always have something handy to curb your snack attack.

  Summer Sanders

  Snacks, Yellow, Cucumbers

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• I would never put a video in front of my kid. While I don't use videos as a babysitter, they have come in handy on the airplane.

  Sheryl Crow

  Airplane, Kids, Video

  "Sheryl Crow on Motherhood". Interview with Cortney Pellettieri, www.goodhousekeeping.com. May 9, 2011.

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• The two women exchanged the type of glance women use when there is no knife handy.

  Sydney Smith

  Funny, Knives, Two

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• I began to learn a lot of chords and rhythms. It was a bit boring at the time but came in very handy later on.

  Alvin Lee

  Guitar, Boring, Chords

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• It comes in handy in situations like that. People always expect you to be riding around in stretch limousines all the time, but I will sometimes take public transportation if it's convenient, and it does surprise people, you see the heads turn.

  Paul McCartney

  People, Riding, Doe

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• As a reader, I have a very short attention span and a low tolerance for boredom, and I find that comes in handy with my writing. If I get bored writing something, I pity the people who will then try to read it.

  John Scalzi

  Writing, People, Boredom

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• 20-some years ago, I'd have a big old radio with a tape deck, and I'd hit record and try to get something down on the tape, but nowadays, I can use my handy little smart-phone; I sing into the app for voice memo.

  Mary Chapin Carpenter

  Smart, Phones, Years

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I am absolutely desperate to do an action movie. And not to blow my own trumpet or anything, but I actually think I'm good at it. I did it all. I was really into the routines and the choreography. I used to dance when I was younger, and so I think that came in handy.

  Lily James

  Thinking, Blow, Action

  Source: collider.com

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• I think that more so, my wonderful skill of dissociation came in very handy. I care very much what other people think. I'm a total pleaser. I want everyone to like me all the time. I feel like people who don't feel that way on some level are lying, but particularly female memoirists. We want to be seen and we want to be forgiven. So that occurred to me very early on.

  Melissa Febos

  Lying, Thinking, Skills

  Source: therumpus.net

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• It was a great joy for me to develop a strong female character in the spirit of an Icelandic woman. Icelandic women tend to be very strong and very independent, and I think that came in very handy.

  Anita Briem

  Strong, Character, Independent

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• Every time I wake up I have this huge dreadlock in the back, and I don't know why. It's not like I sleep like a maniac or anything. It gets knots out really easy, and it's handy.

  Lara Stone

  Sleep, Wake Up, Easy

  Source: www.elle.com

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• The line between true self and feigned self is blurred on all sides. Which I think is a rather handy metaphor for falling in love.

  Gayle Forman

  Falling In Love, Thinking, Self

  FaceBook post by Gayle Forman from Aug 02, 2013

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• When asked "What do we need to learn this for?" any high-school teacher can confidently answer that, regardless of the subject, the knowledge will come in handy once the student hits middle age and starts working crossword puzzles in order to stave off the terrible loneliness.

  David Sedaris

  Teacher, Loneliness, School

  David Sedaris (2000). “Me talk pretty one day”

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• I’ve told you the four thunderstorms – disappointment, frustration, unfairness and isolation. You cannot avoid them, as like the monsoon they will come into your life at regular intervals. You just need to keep the raincoat handy to not let the spark die

  Chetan Bhagat

  Disappointment, Frustration, Needs

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• Every man always has handy a dozen glib little reasons why he is right not to sacrifice himself.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Sacrifice, Men, Dozen

  "The Gulag Archipelago". Book by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Part I "The Prison Industry", Chapter 1 "Arrest", p. 17), 1974.

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