Foil Quotes

41 quotes by 40 authors

My mother won't admit it, but I've always been a disappointment to her. Deep down inside, she'll never forgive herself for giving birth to a… — Erma Bombeck
Some months ago we discovered that certain light elements emit positrons under the action of alpha particles. Our latest experiments have shown a very striking… — Frederic Joliot-Curie
I need thy presence every passing hour; What but thy grace can foil the tempter's power? — Henry Francis Lyte
A second variety concentrated on presumed major transformations of the capitalist system as of some recent point in time, in which the whole earlier point… — Immanuel Wallerstein
Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge. Books are less often made use of as… — William Hazlitt
If I want to walk out in the desert and heat up a can of beans on a fire, I still can. In those movies… — Tom Waits
Cooking Tip: Wrap turkey leftovers in aluminum foil and throw them out. — Nicole Hollander
I dont have aluminum foil on my windows anymore. — Rick James
Every step you take, a million doors open in front of you like poppies; your next step closes them, and another million bloom. You get… — Mark Slouka
You teach kids how to succeed when they successfully foil the educational system. — Arlo Guthrie
Give me good books, good conversations, and my Trek Y-Foil, and I shall want for nothing else. — George Plimpton
It's not common for a woman on television, especially if she's the mom of the family, to be funny. She's usually a straight man or… — Martha Plimpton
When you're not playing the hero of the story, then you have to know that you're always a foil for the good guy. I love… — Jessalyn Gilsig
Wrap the turkey up in aluminum foil, my brother like to masturbate with baby oil. — Adam Sandler
I told [Kruesi] I was going to record talking, and then have the machine talk back. He thought it absurd. However, it was finished, the… — Thomas A. Edison
Full many a lady I have eyed with best regard, and many a time Th' harmony of their tongues hath into bondage Brought my too… — William Shakespeare
My pencil is like a fencer's foil. — Andrew Wyeth
Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge. — William Hazlitt
I'm a pretty convenient foil for a lot of people. — Kevin Costner
I like to do designs on the side of my face, or cut out foil stickers from the crafts store and put them on my… — Khloe Kardashian

Who Wrote These Foil Quotes

40 authors contributed a total of 41 Foil Quotes, led by these top contributors: