Noses Quotes

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A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone. — Benjamin Franklin
PERORATION, n. The explosion of an oratorical rocket. It dazzles, but to an observer having the wrong kind of nose its most conspicuous peculiarity is… — Ambrose Bierce
And to kill time while awaiting death, I smoke slender cigarettes thumbing my nose to the gods. — Jules Laforgue
The first man . . . ventured to call food and nourishment the parts that had a little before bellowed and cried, moved and lived.… — Plutarch
With a short lens I can reveal the hidden things near at hand, with a long lens the hidden things far away. The telephoto lens… — Andreas Feininger
Do not desire, for what you desire you get, and with it comes terrible bondage. It is nothing but bringing "noses on us," as in… — Swami Vivekananda
Those partial to drink were hiding faults and dishonesty. They were sloppy souls, even the ones with pleasant manners and fine noses. — Sarah Hall
He was an Afghan Hound name Kabul. Since him I have had other Afghan Hounds.... Perhaps I am looking for his ghost. He is the… — Pablo Picasso
Just Enough Soil for legs Axe for hands Flower for eyes Bird for ears Mushrooms for nose Smile for mouth Songs for lungs Sweat for… — Nanao Sakaki
I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say,… — Al McGuire
The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin. — Herodotus
I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine; every man for himself, and God for us… — Miguel de Cervantes
This is a story of a period between two World Wars â€” an interim in which insanity cut loose. Liberty took a nose dive, and… — Charlie Chaplin
No! Beauty is emotional! That's why plastic surgery never works. Women who want to change their nose, lips, they don't understand that they are doing… — Mario Testino
My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
That is what we are, what we do: nose a net, push push, a net that never exists. The knots in the mesh as strong… — Peter Heller
RESPIRATOR, n. An apparatus fitted over the nose and mouth of an inhabitant of London, whereby to filter the visible universe in its passage to… — Ambrose Bierce
We are as we are. How can you claim to know what life I was meant to lead, let alone threaten to force me into… — Robin Hobb
If you keep your nose to the grindstone, you donâ€™t have any nose, — Les Wexner
The conversation ran as fluidly as the tea out of the samovarâ€™s crooked nose. — Ella Leya

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