Pound Quotes

405 quotes by 362 authors

Man is the only 150 pound nonlinear servomechanism that can be wholly reproduced by unskilled labor. — Ashley Montagu
From a pound of iron, that costs little, a thousand watch-springs can be made, whose value becomes prodigious. The pound you have received from the… — Robert Schumann
Oh, a bookshop. Why not pop in and buy a little Kant? And perhaps just a quarter-pound of Kafka. Don't bother to wrap it, thanks.… — Frederick Busch
Your least frequent, most extreme exertions will have the greatest influence on your fitness. The peak moments of a workout count far more than the… — Arthur De Vany
I'm sort of in for a penny, in for a pound with Star Trek, It's my life at this point. To deny it would just… — Jonathan Frakes
Sophie, my dog, is the high in the highlights of my life. Even through rain, snow, ice, and general laziness, she is the reason I… — Lauren Bacall
We can often endure an extra pound of pain far more easily than we can suffer the withdrawal of an ounce of accustomed pleasure. — Sydney J. Harris
Was the crew well? Was I not? I had profited in many ways by the voyage. I had even gained flesh, and actually weighed a… — Joshua Slocum
If love could be purchased, everybody would have paid a thousand dollars a pound for it. You know it doesn't work that way. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
I don't know if I'm the best Pound-For-Pound fighter ever. I know I'm close. I gotta be Top 5. — Roy Jones Jr.
The right merchant is one who has the just average of faculties we call common sense; a man of a strong affinity for facts, who… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am tortured too. I am tortured by belly fat and magazine covers about how to please everyone but myself. I am tortured by sheep… — A.S. King
An ounce of sequins can be worth a pound of home cooking. — Marilyn vos Savant
They say that most airline seats on planes today are meant for 170-pound passengers. The last time the average American weighed 170 pounds, the Wright… — Jay Leno
One isn't born with courage. One develops it by doing small courageous things-in the way that if one sets out to pick up a 100-pound… — Maya Angelou
The person who pays an ounce of principle for a pound of popularity gets badly cheated. — Ronald Reagan
I think if you get the opportunity to try and become the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world and you turn your back on it,… — Ricky Hatton
You cannot take away one atom of matter or one foot-pound of force. You cannot add to the universe one atom of matter or one… — Swami Vivekananda
Write your goals down in detail and read your list of goals every day. Some goals may entail a list of shorter goals. Losing a… — Jack Canfield
Therein lies the rub of a place like Berkeley Bowl. You get seduced by an 11-pound apple that turns out to be a fake watermelon… — Jad Abumrad

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