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- Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions.
- Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently…
- Snowboarding is an activity that is very popular with people who do not feel that regular skiing is lethal enough.
- We journalists make it a point to know very little about an extremely wide variety of topics; this is how we stay objective.
- Far too often, we fathers avoid the subject because it's so awkward. The subject I am referring to is: buying gifts for women. This is…
- My wife, like many women, actually LIKES wrapping things. If she gives you a gift that requires batteries, she wraps the batteries separately, which to…
- My point here, young couples, is that baby-having is extremely serious business, and you probably don't have the vaguest idea what you're doing, as is…
- Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other in practice as large teeming flaw colonies,…
- Basically Ken is a very gentle, home-loving person. I remember when one of his stick insects had a knee infection. He stayed up all night…
- Unlike cats dogs never scratch you when you wash them. They just become very sad and try to figure out what they did wrong.
- There is a very fine line between hobby and mental illness.
- I become faint and nauseous during even very minor medical procedures, such as making an appointment by phone.
- Socially prominent people are very fond of disease, because it gives them a chance to have these really elaborate charity functions, and the newspaper headlines…
- I feel that nasal spray is a wondrous medical achievement, because it is supposed to relieve nasal congestion, and by gadfrey, it relieves nasal congestion.…
- Dogs make good pets because they are very loyal
- England is a very popular foreign country to visit because the people there speak some English.
- Nevada has a very dynamic economy, with gambling being the number-one industry, followed closely by blood donorship.
- If he (The New York Taxi Driver) talked to me, he might lose his concentration, which would be very bad because the taxi has some…
- I'm afraid that, in this chapter we must talk about sex in a very explicit manner, because we want to expand the Frontiers of Human…
- When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that…
- As you get older; you've probably noticed that you tend to forget things. You'll be talking with somebody at a party, and you'll know that…
- I believe it was Shakespeare, or possibly Howard Cosell, who first observed that marriage is very much like a birthday candle, in that 'the flames…
- The bad news was that the yard contained a dog. A very, very large dog, wide and hairy, like a cross between a rottweiler and…
- 2. The instant the doors open, you want to push forward as hard as possible, in an effort to get onto the train without letting…
- In the words of a very famous dead person, 'A nation that does not know its history is doomed to do poorly on the Scholastic…
More Very Quotes
- I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. — Aaliyah
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded… — Hannah Arendt
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm… — Giorgio Armani
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster
- Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one of the… — Paul Auster
- I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come… — Paul Auster
- I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle. — Karen Armstrong