Cylinders Quote by James Thurber Download Open image “The pounding of the cylinders increased: ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa.” — James Thurber ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cylinders
“Yah-da, yah-da, yah-da, yah-da, yah, carburetor, gear ratio, compression, yah-da-yah, piston, plugs, intake, yah-da-yah, on and on and on. That is the romantic face… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
Loud pipes, hear the coupe, vroom, got stripes like a general. You know Im tryna get into you. — Wiz Khalifa Copy Share Image
You always know when something works it's a result of everything firing on all cylinders. — Gary Cole Copy Share Image
That heart attack moment when your phone is in a different pocket than normal so you start to panic.. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I missed the good old days when phones were sturdy enough to be pounded for emphasis.” — Kathy Bryson Copy Share Image
That mini heart-attack when you can't feel your phone in your pocket — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“The cell phone in my pocket went off. Shit! Damn it! Why do I carry these infernal gadgets? Why does anybody in their right… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Salvador [Dali] was brought up in Spain, a country colored by the legends of Hannibal, El Greco, and Cervantes. I was brought up in… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
“Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.” — James Thurber Copy Share Image
“Against the may, the could be, and the should, folly 'tis to balance doubt or hope.” — James Thurber Copy Share Image
Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person. — James Thurber Copy Share Image
“ There was an old coddle so molly, He talked in a glot that was poly, His gaws were so gew That his laps… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
“you might as well fall on your face as lean over too far backwards” — james thurber Copy Share Image
All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why. — James Thurber Copy Share Image
“I don’t understand,” said the scientist, “why you lemmings all rush down to the sea and drown yourselves.” “How curious,” said the lemming. “The… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
In the world of the Middle East at the moment, the debates are shrill. But ... the wisest voice of all of them may… — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
Having been the discoverer of many splendid things, he is said to have asked his friends and relations that, after his death, they should… — Archimedes Copy Share Image
These abnormal aspects included the shapes of UFOs and their behavior. Most of the UFOs seen in the daytime were said to have had… — Don Berliner Copy Share Image
A cylinder of air reaching to the top of the atmosphere is of equal weight with a cylinder of water about 33 feet high. — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
I'm very happy that John Tory won. We need a mayor of Toronto that will work with the municipalities of the Greater Toronto Area.… — Hazel McCallion Copy Share Image
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Most women in leading roles are very boyish looking. The one girl working right now who I think is a real beauty in a… — Alec Baldwin Copy Share Image
But I was wrong. I should have known it wasn't owver, couldn't be over quite easily. No sooner was Xavier out of sight than… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
I drive a V10 Ford Excursion and I have to tell folks all the time: look I've got five kids and a dog and… — Dan Aykroyd Copy Share Image
The Earth is cylindrical, three times as wide as it is deep, and only the upper part is inhabited. But this Earth is isolated… — Anaximander of Miletus Copy Share Image
Benteke is a threat when he's fit, fully motivated and firing on all cylinders. — Graeme Souness Copy Share Image