Thumb Quotes

253 Thumb quotes by 210 unique authors

If I fell into a barrel of boobs, I'd come out sucking my thumb — Ian Holloway
There was an ape in the days that were earlier, Centuries passed and his hair became curlier; Centuries more gave a thumb to his wrist… — Mortimer Collins
And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use a stick no… — Patricia Ireland
I know that [Mike] Tyson talked about wanting to eat his opponent's children, but I don't think he ever had the balls to do it.… — Zach Braff
Four circles to the kissing come, The smaller are the benter. The bend is just the inverse of The distance from the centre. Though their… — Frederick Soddy
One of the great pressures we're facing in journalism now is it's a lot cheaper to hire thumb suckers and pundits and have talk shows… — Walter Isaacson
To a database person, every nail looks like a thumb. Or something like that. — Jamie Zawinski
If you send up a weather vane or put your thumb up in the air every time you want to do something different, to find… — Jessye Norman
Here's a good rule of thumb; too clever is dumb. — Ogden Nash
"No one is doing what we're doing." This is a bummer of a lie because there are only two logical conclusions. First, no one else… — Guy Kawasaki
I don't think I'm ever more "aware" than I am right after I hit my thumb with a hammer. — Jack Handey
You will be surprised to learn how some very knowing people have misunderstood Plotto. On glancing at it, some of the intelligentia have jumped at… — William Wallace Cook
From the moon, the Earth is so small and so fragile, and such a precious little spot in that Universe, that you can block it… — Rusty Schweickart
The US no longer does decisions. It can neither stop the drug traffic nor legalize it. It can neither win wars nor abandon them, neither… — Fred Reed
Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling; true happiness involves the full use of one's powers and talents. — John W. Gardner
Security is a thumb and a blanket. Happiness is a warm puppy. — Charles M. Schulz
O, blackberry tart, with berries as big as your thumb, purple and black, and thick with juice, and a crust to endear them that will… — Richard Llewellyn
Love is your job description - no matter what you do for a living. If you ever feel unsure of what you're supposed to do… — Marci Shimoff
Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He's sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres' gifts in waving… — Alexander Pope
A good rule of thumb for many things in life holds that things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then happen… — Lawrence Summers
I can never bring you to realize the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails, or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace. — Arthur Conan Doyle
You’ve got to guess at worst cases: No model will tell you that. My rule of thumb is double the worst that you have ever… — Cliff Asness
He who has his thumb on the purse has the power. — Otto von Bismarck
My relationship with Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm reaches far back into my childhood. I grew up with Grimm's fairy tales. I even saw a theater… — Gunter Grass
I have odd thumbs that are extremely flexible. I can bend them quite far down the back side of my hand, basically the opposite side… — Laura Mennell

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