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- There are things you just can't do in life. You can't beat the phone company, you can't make a waiter see you until he's ready…
- For a long time, I'd been vaguely fascinated by the idea that Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic and Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in…
- To me, the greatest invention of my lifetime is the laptop computer and the fact that I can be working on a book and be…
- Every twenty minutes on the Appalachian Trail, Katz and I walked farther than the average American walks in a week. For 93 percent of all…
- Your pillow alone may be home to 40 million bed mites. (To them your head is just one large oily bon-bon). And don't think a…
- But I got a great deal else from the experience. I learned to pitch a tent and sleep beneath the stars. For a brief, proud…
- I sat on a toilet watching the water run thinking what an odd thing tourism is. You fly off to a strange land, eagerly abandoning…
- Although I was always very happy in Britain, I never stopped thinking of America as home, in the fundamental sense of the term. It was…
- What an odd thing tourism is. You fly off to a strange land, eagerly abandoning all the comforts of home, and then expend vast quantities…
More Home Quotes
- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted… — Karen Armstrong
- I have always drawn strength from being close to home. — Arthur Ashe
- It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk… — Marcel Achard
- Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and… — Rowan Atkinson
- Confronting a stadium audience, you can't see the whites of their eyes. It's just an amorphous mass of noise and, of course,… — Rowan Atkinson
- I think a major element of jetlag is psychological. Nobody ever tells me what time it is at home. — David Attenborough
- It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space, places to… — David Attenborough
- There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort. — Jane Austen
- Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that's where it's really… — Bill Ayers