Noses Quotes

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  Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.

  Sam Ewing

  Motivational, Success, Attitude

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  In the land of the skunk the man with half a nose is king!

  Chris Farley

  Kings, Reality, Land

  "Fictional character: Jimmy". "Dirty Work", www.imdb.com. June 12, 1998.

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• It's not the size of the nose that matters, it's what's inside that counts.

  Steve Martin

  Matter, Size

  FaceBook post by Steve Martin from Sep 17, 2011

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• A smile is happiness you'll find right under your nose.

  Tom Wilson

  Happiness, Smile, Laughter

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• A nose that can see is worth two that sniff.

  Eugene Ionesco

  Two, Smell, Sniffing

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• Keep your eyes on the horizon and your nose to the wind.

  Clint Eastwood

  Eye, Wind, Horizon

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  Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.

  Julie Andrews

  Hard Work, Past, Opportunity

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• A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man.

  Cyrano de Bergerac

  Witty, Men, Mark

  Cyrano de Bergerac (1965). “Other Worlds: The Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon and the Sun”, London : Oxford University Press

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• You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose.

  John Green

  Inspiring, Friends, Picks

  John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.5, Penguin

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• My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.

  Jonathan Swift

  Wine, Kissing, Kiss Me

  Jonathan Swift (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated)”, p.766, Delphi Classics

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• Ambition may be defined as the willingness to receive any number of hits on the nose.

  Wilfred Owen

  Funny, Ambition, Numbers

  Wilfred Owen (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Wilfred Owen (Illustrated)”, p.479, Delphi Classics

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• He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it.

  Thomas Fuller

  Thinking, Appearance

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• The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Time, Imagination, Literature

  1849 'Marginalia', in the Southern Literary Messenger, Jul.

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• It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.

  W. H. Auden

  Lying, Littles, Talent

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• Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.

  Kanye West

  Song, Heart, Sky

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  Put your nose into the Bible everyday. It is your spiritual food. And then share it. Make a vow not to be a lukewarm Christian.

  Kirk Cameron

  Faith, Christian, Spiritual

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• I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine; every man for himself, and God for us all.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Food, Men, Cooking

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1771). “The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.258

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• When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends.

  Orson Welles

  Inspirational, Funny, Friends

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• And that love that wrinkles your nose touches my foolish heart.

  Fred Astaire

  Heart, Wrinkles, Foolish

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• Michael Jackson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It caused quite a controversy, because his nose isn't eligible for another fifteen years.

  Conan O'Brien

  Rocks, Years, Rock And Roll

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• I do not know how to kiss, or I would kiss you. Where do the noses go?

  Ingrid Bergman

  Girly, Kissing, Tolls

  "Fictional character: Maria". "For Whom the Bell Tolls", www.imdb.com. July 14, 1943.

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• Lead the audience by the nose to the thought.

  Laurence Olivier

  Theatre, Audience

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• For some reason most critics have a hard time fixing their minds directly under their noses, and before they see the object that is there they use a telescope upon the horizon to see where it came from.

  Allen Tate

  Hard Times, Mind, Horizon

  allen tate (1953). “the man of letters in the modern world”

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• Censor: A self-appointed snoophound who sticks his nose in other people's business.

  Bennett Cerf

  Business, Self, People

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

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• I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.

  Woody Allen

  Funny, Life, Thankful

  "Positive Words, Powerful Results". Book by Hal Urban (p. 105), 2004.

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