Squeezing Quotes

• Do you take me for a sponge, my lord? hamlet: Ay, sir; that soaks up the king's countenance, his rewards, his authorities. But such officers do the king best service in the end: he keeps them, like an ape, in the corner of his jaw; first mouthed, to be last swallowed: when he needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and, sponge, you shall be dry again. rosencrantz: I understand you not, my lord. hamlet: I am glad of it: a knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear.

  William Shakespeare

  Kings, Sleep, Apes

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• He believes in romance. He isn't merely going through the mechanical movements of a man in an exciting situation. He is, vitally and positively squeezing the last drop of delight from living the best life he knows in the best way he can.

  Leslie Charteris

  Believe, Men, Romance

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• I certainly don't agree with the bodybuilders who say you can get big forearms just by squeezing the dumbbell handles when doing curls. In a few cases this may be true, but those guys would build big forearms by merely eating eggs in the morning. Most bodybuilders, myself included, have to work very hard for any kind of meaningful forearm development.

  Lou Ferrigno

  Meaningful, Morning, Eggs

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• I am tired, Beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little inkdrops, And posting it.

  Amy Lowell

  Missing You, Missing Someone, Tired

  Amy Lowell, Melissa Bradshaw (2002). “Selected Poems of Amy Lowell”, p.52, Rutgers University Press

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• I noticed that all the prayers I used to offer to God, and all the prayers I now offer to Joe Pesci, are being answered at about the same 50% rate. Half the time I get what I want, half the time I don't... Same as the four-leaf clover and the horseshoe...same as the Voodoo Lady who tells you your fortune by squeezing the goat's testicles, it's all the same: 50-50. So just pick your superstition, sit back, make a wish, and enjoy yourself.

  George Carlin

  Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

  "You Are All Diseased". Book by George Carlin, 1999.

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• When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out, because that's what's inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what is inside.

  Wayne Dyer

  Life, Anger, Grieving

  "Dr. Wayne Dyer Lives On" by Stephanie Seibel, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 3, 2015.

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• I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walks.

  Barack Obama

  Girl, Morning, Car

  "Barack Obama misses stubble since becoming US president". www.mirror.co.uk. April 12, 2011.

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• I think love is caramel. Sweet and fragant; always welcome. It is the gentle golden colour of a setting harvest sun; the warmth of a squeezed embrace; the easy melting of two souls into one and a taste that lingers even when everything else has melted away. Once tasted it is never forgotten.

  Jenny Colgan

  Sweet, Thinking, Love Is

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• Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear.

  Karl Kraus

  Justice, Criminals, Human Nature

  Karl Kraus (1976). “Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms”

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• After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd, went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze.

  Adelbert von Chamisso

  Journey, Together, Crowds

  Theodor Storm, Adelbert von Chamisso, Adalbert Stifter (2005). “Famous German Novellas of the 19th Century”, p.36, Mondial

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• I'm not squeezing the balls. That's not part of my process.

  Tom Brady

  Balls, Process

  Tom Brady Press Conference at Gillette Stadium, www.courant.com. January 22, 2015.

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• Everyone can get a little sloppy with cash and it's smart to notice. But what's squeezing you is the big stuff you ladle onto your credit cards.

  Jane Bryant Quinn

  Smart, Cards, Credit

  Jane Bryant Quinn (2006). “Smart and Simple Financial Strategies for Busy People”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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• The blues is an impulse to keep the painful details and episodes of a brutal experience alive in one's aching consciousness, to finger its jagged grain, and to transcend it, not by the consolation of philosophy but by squeezing from it a near-tragic, near-comic lyricism. As a form, the blues is an autobiographical chronicle of personal catastrophe expressed lyrically.

  Ralph Ellison

  Philosophy, Details, Alive

  Ralph Ellison (2011). “The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison: Revised and Updated”, p.129, Modern Library

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• Watch a French housewife as she makes her way slowly along the loaded stalls... searching for the peak of ripeness and flavor... What you are seeing is a true artist at work, patiently assembling all the materials of her craft, just as the painter squeezes oil colors onto his palette ready to create a masterpiece.

  Keith Floyd

  Patience, Art, Food

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• Last night I woke up with someone squeezing my hand. It was my other hand.

  William S. Burroughs

  Night, Hands, Lasts

  William S. Burroughs (2007). “Naked Lunch: The Restored Text”, p.56, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• When you squeeze an orange, you'll always get orange juice to come out. What comes out is what's inside. The same logic applies to you: when someone squeezes you, puts pressure on you, or says something unflattering or critical, and out of you comes anger, hatred, bitterness, tension, depression, or anxiety, that is what's inside. If love and joy are what you want to give and receive, change your life by changing what's inside

  Wayne Dyer

  Orange, Giving, Joy

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Sep 06, 2015

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• My main ambition as a gardener is to water my orange trees with gin, then all I have to do is squeeze the juice into a glass.

  W. C. Fields

  Ambition, Orange Trees, Glasses

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• I've found that people with flexible ears are the least rigid in life. Best way to find yourself a perfect partner may be as easy as squeezing their ears.

  Siddharth Katragadda

  Perfect, People, Finding Yourself

  "The Other Wife: A Novel in Verse". Book by Siddharth Katragadda, 2003.

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• I am open to squeezing in whatever I can in this wonderful life. Instead of asking, "Is that all there is?" I seem, lately, to be always saying, "Wow!"

  Denise Duhamel

  Asking, Wow, Wonderful

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Please, please, please, please, please...,", squeezing his eyes shut because it somehow made the words more pure.

  Mitch Albom

  Eye, Made, Please

  Mitch Albom (2012). “The Time Keeper”, p.38, Hachette UK

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• It is not the job of the Department of Education to maximize profits for the government at the cost of squeezing students who are struggling to get an education.

  Elizabeth Warren

  Jobs, Struggle, Government

  "State AGs Urge Federal Forgiveness Of Student Loans Tied To Dodgy For-Profit Chain" By Shahien Nasiripour, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 9, 2015.

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• You cannot carry on forever squeezing the productive bit of the economy in order to fund an unprecedented engorgement of the unproductive bit.

  Daniel Hannan

  Order, Forever, Economy

  "Hannan Rips PM Brown; Obama on Same Path?". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. May 20, 2009.

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• Aside from the obvious, Francesca, what do you want in return for supplying information?” Bones asked, getting back to the subject. “You to take me,” she replied at once. “Not gonna happen!” I spat, squeezing him possessively. Three sets of widened eyes fixed on me. That’s when I realized that what I had a firm grip on was no longer his hand.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Eye, Hands, Three

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• We do express our emotions, our reactions to events, breakups and infatuations, but the way we do that - the art of it - is in putting them into prescribed forms or squeezing them into new forms that perfectly fit some emerging context. That’s part of the creative process, and we do it instinctively; we internalize it, like birds do. And it’s a joy to sing, like the birds do.

  David Byrne

  Breakup, Art, Creative

  David Byrne (2012). “How Music Works”, p.35, Canongate Books

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• Don't put off joy and happiness. Strive to live each day to its fullest, squeezing all the joy you can out of each moment. Instead of measuring your life's value by your progress toward a single goal, remember that the direction you're headed in is more important than temporary results.

  Tony Robbins

  Goal, Joy, Progress

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