Handy Quotes
137 quotes by 128 authors
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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
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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
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A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.
— A A Milne
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Beauty is a very handy thing to have, especially for a woman who ain't handsome.
— Josh Billings
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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
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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
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I'm awful with directions, and I'm not very handy around the house,
— Taye Diggs
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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
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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
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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
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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
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I always write with my .357 magnum handy. Why? Well, you never know when God may try to interfere.
— Edward Abbey
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Addictions do come in handy sometimes: at least you have to get out of bed for them.
— Martin Amis
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Oh, a very useful philosophical animal, your average tortoise. Outrunning metaphorical arrows, beating hares in races... very handy.
— Terry Pratchett
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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
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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
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Welcome thy neighbor into thy fallout shelter. He'll come in handy if you run out of food.
— Dean McLaughlin
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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
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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
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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
Who Wrote These Handy Quotes
128 authors contributed a total of 137 Handy Quotes, led by these top contributors: