“ I got up to the plate and swung at a lot of those and never hit it. But I got up there. ”
- Robert Wagner- Copy
- 3.8K
“ If you've ever made change in the offering plate, you might be a redneck. ”
- Jeff Foxworthy- Copy
- 1.8K
“ She is not a fashion plate, she is a monarch; you can't have both. ”
- Freddie Fox- Copy
- 1.4K
“ I'm not a headline guy. I know that as long as I was following Ruth to the plate I could have stood on my head and no one would have known the difference. ”
- Lou Gehrig- Copy
- 217
“ Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'. ”
- Mickey Mantle- Copy
- 2.8K
“ Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had to deal with in politics. ”
- Ann Richards- Copy
- 2.6K
“ One of the reasons I don't see eye to eye with Women's Lib is that women have it all on a plate if only they knew it. They don't have to be pretty either. ”
- Charlotte Rampling- Copy
- 3K
“ There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher. ”
- Ted Williams- Copy
- 3.2K
“ Psmith is the only thing in my literary career which was handed to me on a plate with watercress round it, thus enabling me to avoid the blood, sweat and tears inseparable from an author's life. ”
- P.G. Wodehouse- Copy
- 717
“ We work in an environment where your options are to do, you know, Batman 10, so when you get to do a movie that's a really great film like this, people really step up to the plate and enjoy it. ”
- James Woods- Copy
- 341
“ I don't think it is right to let OPEC run roughshod over the American consumer and we make no comment other than to say, 'Gosh, we have a lot on our plate.'. ”
- Ron Wyden- Copy
- 860
“ All the white meat is gone. There's nothin' but necks on the platter. ”
- Darrell Royal- Copy
- 2.8K
“ It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it. ”
- Julia Child- Copy
- 1.8K
“ The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks Which practically conceal its sex. I think it clever of the turtle In such a fix to be so fertile. ”
- Ogden Nash- Copy
- 1.4K
“ Sometimes it's like you're a big pie settin' on the table, and everybody runs up and gets their piece of you. When it's over, the plate's empty. ”
- Loretta Lynn- Copy
- 687
“ Comedy just pokes at problems, rarely confronts them squarely. Drama is like a plate of meat and potatoes, comedy is rather the dessert, a bit like meringue. ”
- Woody Allen- Copy
- 2.2K
“ God gets you to the plate, but once your there you're on your own. ”
- Ted Williams- Copy
- 2.7K
“ My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate — that's my philosophy. ”
- Thornton Wilder- Copy
- 2.5K
“ You can't hit a home run unless you step up to the plate. You can't catch a fish if you don't put your line in the water. You can't reach your goals if you don't try. ”
- Kathy Seligman- Copy
- 3.3K
“ It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate. ”
- Dave Barry- Copy
- 406
“ Comics, which are really best described as an arrangement of images in a sequence that tell a story - an idea - is a very old form of graphic communication. It began with the hieroglyphics in Egypt, it first appeared in a recognizable form in the Medieval times as copper plates produced by the Catholic church to tell morality stories. ”
- Will Eisner- Copy
- 1.3K
“ There are a lot of myths about my injuries. They say I have broken every bone in my body. Not true. But I have broken 35 bones. I had surgery 14 times to pin and plate. I shattered my pelvis. I forget all of the things that have broke. ”
- Evel Knievel- Copy
- 1.9K
“ I regard music as something that transcends the labels of gender, class or creed, which is why I think it's such a powerful medium. And as a fashion plate? I have to tell you that I've been given many opportunities to collude with the fashion industry, but I declined because I don't want to be a clotheshorse for anyone. ”
- Annie Lennox- Copy
- 1.1K
“ I believe there is money that needs to be spent in Iraq but not only our money. I think there needs to be international money. We had a coalition of the willing. Now we need a coalition of the wallet. Let them step to the plate to share the financial responsibility to create stability and a democracy in Iraq. ”
- Barbara Mikulski- Copy
- 2.5K
“ If we get in an accident that's strong enough to break bones, it's going to break bones. What makes me a little bit higher risk is that if I break my right ankle again, I've got a bunch of screws and plates in there, and that would not be good. ”
- Al Unser- Copy
- 1.9K
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