“ I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent. ”
- Henry Ward Beecher- Copy
- 190
“ How would you know a Cork footballer? He's the one who thinks that oral sex is just talking about it. ”
- John B. Keane- Copy
- 3.9K
“ Rod is a really good run stopper,... Playing against a run team, Rod is going to be in his element. If Rod had to start, this is the perfect type of team for Rod to start against. ”
- Mike Tice- Copy
- 1.5K
“ I prithee take the cork out of thy mouth, that I may drink thy tidings. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 481
“ That kind of so-called housekeeping where they have six Bibles and no cork-screw. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
- 1.2K
“ Without the Empire we should be tossed like a cork in the cross current of world politics. It is at once our sword and our shield. ”
- William Morris Hughes- Copy
- 3.9K
“ I wanted to do something nice so I bought my mother-in- law a chair. Now they won't let me plug it in. ”
- Henny Youngman- Copy
- 3.8K
“ Electricity can be dangerous. My nephew tried to stick a penny into a plug. Whoever said a penny doesn't go far didn't see him shoot across that floor. I told him he was grounded. ”
- Tim Allen- Copy
- 1.5K
“ Don't worry about genius. Don't worry about being clever. Trust to hard work, perseverance and determination. And the best motto for a long march is: "Don't grumble. Plug on!". ”
- Sir Thomas Treves- Copy
- 353
“ A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug. ”
- Josh Billings- Copy
- 2.4K
“ I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard about it on the old valve radio. At the time of Armstrong's landing, I was at university rehearsing a play. ”
- Sam Neill- Copy
- 271
“ Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is. You'll be afraid you can't achieve it.... It's your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. Instead, strive for excellence, doing your best. ”
- Sir Laurence Olivier- Copy
- 779
“ Silence is one of the deepest disciplines of the Spirit simply because it puts the stopper on all self-justification. One of the fruits of silence is the freedom to let God be our justifier. We don't need to straighten others out. ”
- Richard J. Foster- Copy
- 3.3K
“ Silence is one of the great arts of conversation, as allowed by Cicero himself, who says, 'there is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.' A well bred woman may easily and effectually promote the most useful and elegant conversation without speaking a word… ”
- Tom Blair- Copy
- 3.1K
“ The leadership lost its nerve. Instead of taking the lead in the reform movement… they pulled the plug on it. They tried and are still trying to return the church to the dry ice of the previous century and a half. ”
- Andrew Greeley- Copy
- 3.2K
“ Brimstone was great. That was another occasion when they called me in to do the pilot and it turned into a regular job, which made me quite happy. It was another really good experience and we were all so surprised when they pulled the plug on it. ”
- John Glover- Copy
- 3K
“ I knew as I was writing City of Bones that this had to be the end of him as a cop and possibly even a character. But the bottom-line feeling when I was finished with that novel was that there was more I could do with Harry, things that would keep me plugged in and interested. ”
- Michael Connelly- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Maybe sometimes I'm such a thinker, I reevaluate too much. Sometimes when it comes down to it, I really don't need to do anything, I don't really need to change anything. I need to just keep plugging away, working at it. ”
- Michael Chang- Copy
- 3.2K
“ One thing we learned. To make a start and keep plugging. When I had fights at school, the little while I went, I just bowed my neck and kept swinging until something hit the dirt. Sometimes it was me, but I always got up. ”
- Louis L’Amour- Copy
- 429
“ It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle. ”
- Andre Gide- Copy
- 1.1K
“ Imagine believing in the control of inflation by curbing the money supply! That is like deciding to stop your dog fouling the sidewalk by plugging up its rear end. It is highly unlikely to succeed, but if it does it kills the hound. ”
- Michael D. Stephens- Copy
- 281
“ O base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield? - The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 3. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 1.5K
“ I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent. ”
- Henry Ward Beecher- Copy
- 445
“ How would you know a Cork footballer? He's the one who thinks that oral sex is just talking about it. ”
- John B. Keane- Copy
- 279
“ Rod is a really good run stopper,... Playing against a run team, Rod is going to be in his element. If Rod had to start, this is the perfect type of team for Rod to start against. ”
- Mike Tice- Copy
- 3.8K
“ I prithee take the cork out of thy mouth, that I may drink thy tidings. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 295
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