Tails Quotes - Page 3

I got some media coverage for using the tail, the ear, the oink.

I have said, and I repeat, at the risk of appearing sacrilegious, that the gas chambers are a detail of the history of the Second World War.

Peacocks have the bright feathers. Fish have the long tails. Women have the mall.

The life of every individual is really always a tragedy, but gone through in detail, it has the character of a comedy.

Whereas most other modern composers are engaged in manufacturing cocktails of every hue and description, I offer the public cold spring water.

First rule of bodyguard detail: know where your 'body' is at all times.

Short stories can be rather stark and bare unless you put in the right details. Details make stories human, and the more human a story can be, the better.

The Liberals are the flying saucers of politics. No one can make head nor tail of them and they never are seen twice in the same place.

Life is not all high emotion. Some of the most interesting things are when its not highly emotional: little details of relationships and body language.

How come it can’t fly no better than a chicken?’ Milkman asked. Too much tail. All that jewelry weighs it down. Like vanity. Can’t nobody fly with all that [stuff]. Wanna fly, you got to give up the [stuff] that weighs you down.’ The peacock jumped onto the hood of the Buick and once more spread its tail, sending the flashy Buick into oblivion.

I'm working on the intricacies of details of maneuvers that he still doesn't even know the names of.

Say something idiotic and nobody but a dog politely wags his tail.

A bold architectural statement turns a public building into a landmark, but it is in the details where the architect becomes the real storyteller.

Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.

Defeat Them in Detail: The Divide and Conquer Strategy. Look at the parts and determine how to control the individual parts, create dissension and leverage it.

Nothing is less real than realism. Details are confusing. It is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis, that we get at the real meaning of things.

It's not easy when someone pulls your ponytail.

Don't be so familiar and so much into the details. Keep people dreaming. Close the window, and make them wonder.

In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

When I'm not working, I spend a lot of time on my hair. When it's time for my hair to get some rest, I either wear it in a ponytail, bun or my favorite "milkmaid" braid.

I see myself as the mind of the business which takes care of every last detail; if you do not do this you cannot be fast enough.

The beauty of life is in small details, not in big events.

Any one detail, followed through to its source, will usually reveal the general state of readiness of the whole organization.

I had my hair in a ponytail and looked my trademark exhausted.

Going far beyond that call of duty, doing more than others expect, this is what excellence is all about! And it comes from striving, maintaining the highest standards, looking after the smallest detail, and going the extra mile. Excellence means doing your very best. In everything! In every way.