Straw Quotes

160 quotes by 145 authors

Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers. — Lord Byron
The only tactic liberals have is to try to intimidate people into thinking that the Tea Party is racist. The Tea Party is not a… — Herman Cain
Day after day we looked for rain, and day after day we saw nothing but the sun. Lavender that we had planted in the spring… — Peter Mayle
Pardon me," I answered, as I placed a bundle of straw upon the fire and slightly stirred it. Then I turned quickly but already we… — Francois Laurent d'Arlandes
Private prayer is like straw scattered here and there: If you set it on fire it makes a lot of little flames. But gather these… — John Vianney
I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest. — John Buchan
About midnight the fog shut down again denser than before. One could almost "stand on it." It continued so for a number of days, the… — Joshua Slocum
When the race is ended, and the play is either won or lost, and ye are in the utmost circle and border of time, and… — Samuel Rutherford
If he [Thomas Edison] had a needle to find in a haystack, he would not stop to reason where it was most likely to be,… — Nikola Tesla
The scene fascinated me: a round straw hat; the funnel leaning left, the stairway leaning right; the white drawbridge, its railings made of chain; white… — Alfred Stieglitz
If this is a war, my side has the nuclear bomb. We have K Street. We have Wall Street. Debbie doesn't have anybody. I want… — Warren Buffett
Climate experts say we should tell villagers in developing countries to reduce the amount of cooking smoke they generate to help fix global warming. You… — Jay Leno
I think we can provide common-sense approaches to the issue of illegal guns that are ending up on the streets. We can make sure that… — Barack Obama
You can tell a horse owner by the interior of their car. Boots, mud, pony nuts, straw, items of tack and a screwed-up waxed jacket… — Helen Thompson Woolley
Don't condemn the gangbangers, they've got guns that are trafficked, that are not enforced, that are straw purchased and they come into places even that… — Sheila Jackson Lee
God is so omnipresent. . . . God is an angel in an angel, and a stone in a stone, and a straw in a… — John Donne
If you have a milkshake and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw and my straw reaches across the room and starts to… — Daniel Day-Lewis
The air conditioning in Lamborghinis used to be an asthmatic sitting in the dashboard blowing at you through a straw. — Jeremy Clarkson
I did a play called Throne of Straw when I was 11, at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. It became really clear to me… — Kiefer Sutherland
I can write no more. All that I have written seems like straw. — Thomas Aquinas

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