“ Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances. ”
- William Powell- Copy
- 225
“ If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up. ”
- Alan Perlis- Copy
- 44
“ The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasn't are as much a part of golf as life itself. ”
- Gerald R. Ford- Copy
- 33
“ When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire, take down this book and slowly read, and dream of the soft look your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep. ”
- William Butler Yeats- Copy
- 2.9K
“ We've entered an era when very good, competent people aren't getting jobs. One remedy is to stand out, to self-promote. If you do, you're going to get the nod over some co-worker. ”
- Jeffrey P. Davidson- Copy
- 3.5K
“ The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively, but says nothing. ”
- Henry S. Haskins- Copy
- 1.1K
“ Press close bare-bosomed night — press close magnetic nourishing night! Night of south winds! Night of the large few stars! Still nodding night! Mad naked summer night. ”
- Walt Whitman- Copy
- 3.5K
“ Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down. ”
- Jonathan Swift- Copy
- 1.8K
“ Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance. ”
- Charles Caleb Colton- Copy
- 4K
“ I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor. ”
- Lord Byron- Copy
- 2.1K
“ Come, cuddle your head on my shoulder, dear, your head like the golden-rod, and we will go sailing away from here to the beautiful land of Nod. ”
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox- Copy
- 473
“ Authors have established it as a kind of rule, that a man ought to be dull sometimes; as the most severe reader makes allowances for many rests and nodding-places in a voluminous writer. ”
- Joseph Addison- Copy
- 3.2K
“ A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man. ”
- Edgar Watson Howe- Copy
- 447
“ The nice thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator which is often socially impressive. ”
- Kenneth Williams- Copy
- 3.4K
“ "When you first get up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?" What's for breakfast? said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?" I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today? said Piglet… ”
- A.A. Milne- Copy
- 325
“ We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4am of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends… ”
- Joan Didion- Copy
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