Handy Quotes

137 quotes by 128 authors

I have been known to buy e-versions of my books because I was in a hotel room and I needed one right away to look… — Margaret Atwood
I buy smoked mackerel in a vain attempt at being healthy. I do actually really like it, and you don't have to cook it, which… — Jo Brand
A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business. — A A Milne
Beauty is a very handy thing to have, especially for a woman who ain't handsome. — Josh Billings
Humans didn't really fight over skin tone or ideology; those were just handy cues for kin-selection purposes. Ultimately it always came down to bloodlines and… — Peter Watts
I took out a whole fireplace and put in broken glass and installed a burner underneath, so it looks like fire on ice. I did… — Cory Monteith
I'm awful with directions, and I'm not very handy around the house, — Taye Diggs
I would love to have a photographic memory. It would come in handy with the rants I'm given on Scrubs... often on short notice! — John C. McGinley
Whenever I go into Bloomingdales, I head to the womens shoe section and think, Hmm, maybe Ill get my next girlfriend a pair of those.… — Josh Hutcherson
Before I became famous I had a very full life, and that gave me a lot to pick from. I always use everything. It always… — Cyndi Lauper
Newfoundland dogs are good to save children from drowning, but you must have a pond of water handy and a child, or else there will… — Josh Billings
I always write with my .357 magnum handy. Why? Well, you never know when God may try to interfere. — Edward Abbey
Addictions do come in handy sometimes: at least you have to get out of bed for them. — Martin Amis
Oh, a very useful philosophical animal, your average tortoise. Outrunning metaphorical arrows, beating hares in races... very handy. — Terry Pratchett
You never know when an old calendar might come in handy! Sure, it's not 1985 right now, but who knows what tomorrow will bring? — Homer
The line between true self and feigned self is blurred on all sides. Which I think is a rather handy metaphor for falling in love. — Gayle Forman
Welcome thy neighbor into thy fallout shelter. He'll come in handy if you run out of food. — Dean McLaughlin
The [Five Second Rule] has many variations, including The Three Second Rule, The Seven Second Rule, and the extremely handy and versatile The However Long… — Neil Pasricha
I can't even enjoy a blade of grass unless I know there's a subway handy, or a record store or some other sign that people… — Frank O'Hara
The jazz band's chief stimulus, of course, was the rise of the negro 'blues' and their exploitation by the negro song-writer, W. C. Handy. — Bix Beiderbecke

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128 authors contributed a total of 137 Handy Quotes, led by these top contributors: