Eight Quotes - Page 15

It suddenly seemed to me that I was lonely, that every one was forsaking me and going away from me. Of course, any one is entitled to ask who "every one" was. For though I had been living almost eight years in Petersburg I had hardly an acquaintance. But what did I want with acquaintances? I was acquainted with all Petersburg as it was.

There are eight girls in the house in which I am living, and practically all of them are good looking. You can realize that I am kept busy.

Let's not be too tough on our own ignorance. It's the thing that makes America great. If America weren't incomparably ignorant, how could we have tolerated the last eight years?

The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.

I was only eight when Sputnik was launched, and at that age the boundary between science and fiction is pretty blurry. Whichever way the process ran, I've been a fan of science and SF ever since.

For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work.

I ride a bike and use aerobic equipment twice a week, and work out with a trainer, lifting weights.

If President Nixon's secretary, Rosemary Woods, had been Moses' secretary, there would only be eight commandments.

It required 85 parts by weight of oxygen and 15 parts of hydrogen to compose 100 parts of water.

The best way to lose weight is to know that you are light.

Cut that pizza into six slices instead of eight, I ain't that hungry.

Thus can the demigod Authority Make us pay down for our offense by weight The words of heaven; on whom it will, it will, On whom it will not, so: yet still 'tis just.

My mother paid eight dollars a month for rent. When she had it. Mostly we were evicted, because she couldnt afford to pay the eight dollars a month.

Telling the truth after proper investigation is the height of courage.

sometimes, how a situation is perceived carries more weight than the reality of the matter.

Management has failed miserably at creating increased value for shareholders. Indeed, despite some recent short-term gains, which actually only put us back where we were eight years ago, they have been devaluing our assets, turning a unique institution into just another entertainment company.

I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!

The weight of evidence for an extraordinary claim must be proportioned to its strangeness.

She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.

Censorship is the height of vanity.

Fashion is the healthiest motivation for losing weight.

Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose!

People will work eight hours a day for pay, 10 hours a day for a good boss, and 24 hours a day for a good cause!

If your opponent has you by fifty pounds, winning a fight against him is a dubious proposition, at best. If your opponent has you by eight thousand and fifty pounds, you’ve left the realm of combat and enrolled yourself in Road-kill 101. Or possibly in a Tom and Jerry cartoon.

A diet is a plan, generally hopeless, for reducing your weight, which tests your will power but does little for your waistline.