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Nickels Quotes

Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.

Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.

Ezra Pound
Fighting, Flags, Nickels

Eat, drink and love...the rest is not worth a nickel

Lord Byron
And Love, Drink, Nickels

Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time!

Phyllis McGinley
Christmas, Dimes, Nickels
Phyllis McGinley (1946). “Stones from a glass house: new poems by Phyllis McGinley”, Viking Press

They're making a ton of money, and no one is getting a nickel.

Ruben Blades
Making Money, Nickels

I took some sense and made a nickel of it.

Drake
Humble, Made, Nickels
Song: Paris Morton Music

History doesn't turn on a dime; it turns on a plugged nickel.

Jeff Greenfield
Dimes, Nickels, Turns
Jeff Greenfield (2011). “Then Everything Changed: Stunning Alternate Histories of American Politics: JFK, RFK, Carter, Ford, Reaga n”, p.9, Penguin

I hate nickels; they're quarter impersonators.

Gary Gulman
Hate, Nickels, Quarters

When a deposit bottle is broken, you don't get your nickel back.

Arthur Miller
Broken, Bottles, Nickels
Arthur Miller (2015). “The Penguin Arthur Miller: Collected Plays (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.167, Penguin

For years, broadcasters didn't get a nickel out of retransmission consent. But broadcast content is what the cable industry was selling to customers.

Gordon Smith
Years, Selling, Nickels

You cannot get one nickel for commercial flying.

Inglis M. Uppercu
Flying, Aviation, Nickels

I'm pissed at a nickel because it isn't a dime.

Gene Simmons
Dimes, Nickels

A nickel is not worth a penny more.

Yogi Berra
Pennies, Nickels

It is curious and interesting to notice what an attraction a fussy, mincing, nickel-plated word has for you.

Mark Twain
Interesting, Curious, Nickels
Mark Twain (2010). “Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1: The Complete and Authoritative Edition”, p.177, Univ of California Press

You know if I had nickel for every time Bush has mentioned 9/11, I could raise enough reward money to go after Bin Laden.

Jon Stewart
Rewards, Enough, Nickels

I've been readen th Bible an a hunten God fer a long while-off an on- but it ain't so easy as picken up a nickel off the floor.

Harriette Simpson Arnow
Long, Easy, Nickels

It's the person who would sell his soul for a nickel, who is loudest in proclaiming his hatred of money.

Ayn Rand
Hatred, Soul, Nickels
Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.1447, Penguin

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