Quotes having the keyword Drop
I know if I were to drop dead now, people would probably write nice things in the obit.
by Martin Short (Actor, American , born in 1950) keywords: dead, drop, know, nice, now, obit, probably, things, were, would , write My ship was also in better condition than when she sailed from Boston on her long voyage. She was still as sound as a nut, and as tight as the best ship afloat. She did not leak a drop - not one drop!
by Joshua Slocum (Explorer, Canadian , born in 1844) keywords: afloat, also, best, better, boston, condition, did, drop, her, leak, long, nut, sailed, she, ship, sound, still, than, tight , voyage It was kind of ridiculous to carry it up to a certain point and then drop the ball or the bomb, like quitting the band right after we had signed to Virgin.
by Elliott Smith (Musician, American , born in 1969) keywords: after, ball, band, bomb, carry, certain, drop, had, kind, point, quitting, ridiculous, right, signed, then , up There was something about being in front of audiences when I was in elementary school plays that gave me a thrill. It was like the rush you get from a roller coaster drop.
by Mira Sorvino (Actor, American , born in 1970) keywords: audiences, being, coaster, drop, elementary, front, gave, get, plays, roller, rush, school, something , thrill These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not think of them much at the time, but there came a day in my life when the ring was fished up out of the well, good as new.
by John Steinbeck (Author, American , born in 1902) keywords: accidentally, came, childish, day, deep, did, drop, dropped, good, into, life, mind, much, new, out, ring, should, them, these, think, time, up, well , words Humans are very aggressive and scrappy, and go to war at the drop of a hat. However, a standard land war is no longer going to work as it is no longer technically possible.
by Bruce Sterling (Writer, American , born in 1954) keywords: aggressive, drop, go, going, hat, however, humans, land, longer, possible, scrappy, standard, technically, very, war , work To the Kenyan families, school doesn't really matter because none of them are going on to college. Almost all of drop out of school and so, they're spending their time learning things that are important to them.
by Robert Sternberg (Educator, American , born in 1949) keywords: almost, because, college, drop, families, going, important, learning, matter, none, out, really, school, spending, their, them, things , time We had news this morning of another successful atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. These two heavy blows have fallen in quick succession upon the Japanese and there will be quite a little space before we intend to drop another.
by Henry L. Stimson (Statesman, American , born in 1867) keywords: another, atomic, before, being, blows, bomb, drop, dropped, fallen, had, heavy, intend, japanese, little, morning, nagasaki, news, quick, quite, space, successful, succession, these, two, upon , will For fear of dropping the troops in the sea, the pilots tended to drop them too far inland - some of them actually in the British lines. The weapon containers often fell wide of the troops, which was another handicap that contributed to our excessive casualties.
by Kurt Student (Soldier, German , born in 1890) keywords: actually, another, british, casualties, containers, contributed, drop, dropping, excessive, far, fear, fell, handicap, inland, lines, often, our, pilots, sea, some, tended, them, too, troops, weapon, which , wide When I'm writing, I am concentrating almost wholly on concrete detail: the color a room is painted, the way a drop of water rolls off a wet leaf after a rain.
by Donna Tartt (Novelist, American , born in 1963) keywords: after, almost, am, color, concentrating, concrete, detail, drop, leaf, off, painted, rain, rolls, room, water, way, wet, wholly , writing We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
by Mother Teresa (Leader , born in 1910) keywords: because, doing, drop, feel, just, less, missing, ocean, ourselves , would At the end, the realization is that she had to get to a place in her life where she could drop her guard and make peace with the fact that whether she had a small amount of time, that she had to kind of live it completely through, instead of living by the rules.
by Charlize Theron (Actor, South African , born in 1975) keywords: amount, completely, could, drop, end, fact, get, guard, had, her, instead, kind, life, live, living, make, peace, place, realization, rules, she, small, through, time, where , whether I've developed into quite a swan. I'm one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older - until I drop dead of beauty.
by Rufus Wainwright (Musician, Canadian , born in 1973) keywords: beauty, better, dead, developed, drop, get, into, look, older, probably, quite, swan, those, until , will All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.
by Rebecca West (Author, Irish , born in 1892) keywords: drop, go, many, men, nations, pears, should, sleepy, soft, their, treason , veins A rock'n'roll band needs to be able to get under people's skin. You should be able to clear the room at the drop of a hat.
by Paul Westerberg (Musician, American , born in 1960) keywords: able, band, clear, drop, get, hat, needs, rock, roll, room, should, skin , under They consistently hobble artists' in the name of selling more units then are surprised when the fans don't buy the lukewarm music this produces. So they then drop the artist.
by Malcolm Wilson (Politician, American , born in 1914) keywords: artist, artists, buy, consistently, drop, fans, lukewarm, more, music, name, produces, selling, surprised, then , units The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.
by Edward Young (Poet, English , born in 1683) keywords: clouds, down, drop, estates, may, must, seek, sought, titles, us, wealth , wisdom
