Ems Quotes - Page 40

• I've always taken men just as I found 'em, and thank heavens I've been able to find 'em.

  Mae West

  Taken, Men, Heaven

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• I never saw the man yet that came out of politics as clean as he went into 'em.

  Ellen Glasgow

  Men, Politics, Saws

  Ellen Glasgow (2016). “The Miller of Old Church”, p.395, The Floating Press

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• I don't know how to tell it--but ef such a thing could be
  As the angels wantin' boardin', and they'd call around on me--
  I'd want to 'ccommodate 'em--all the whole-in-durin' flock--
  When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.

  James Whitcomb Riley

  Angel, Frost, Want

  James Whitcomb Riley, “When The Frost Is On The Punkin”

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• A new artist today has to get their teeth fixed, has to tighten their jeans up, and they have to get 'em the right kind of hat, and if anything's wrong with their nose, if it's a little crooked, it's got to be straightened up.

  George Jones

  Artist, Jeans, Noses

  Source: www.cbn.com

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• That, let us rail at women, scorn and flout 'em,
  We may live with, but cannot live without 'em.

  Frederic Reynolds

  Women, May, Scorn

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• I say this idea of chokin' folks to death to reform 'em, is where we show the savage in us, which we have brought down from our barbarious ancestors. We have left off the war paint and war whoops, and we shall leave off the hangin' when we get civilized.

  Marietta Holley

  War, Ideas, Reform

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• Modest plainness sets off sprightly wit,
  For works may have more with than does 'em good,
  As bodies perish through excess of blood.

  Alexander Pope

  Blood, Body, May

  Alexander Pope, William Warburton (1807). “The poetical works: with his last corrections, additions and improvements : with the life of the author ; embellished with superb engravings”, p.110

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• I know talent when I see it. I know frauds when I see 'em. I know players that can play and can't play.

  Keyshawn Johnson

  Player, Talent, Fraud

  "Serby’s Sunday Q&A With Keyshawn Johnson". Interview with Steve Serby, nypost.com. June 26, 2008.

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• Nobody comes to Earth to dodge problems. We come here to take 'em on.

  Richard Bach

  Earth, Dodge, Problem

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• New York, forever the port of em- and de-barkation en route to Adventure.

  Cornelia Parker

  New York, Adventure, Forever

  Cornelia Stratton Parker (1934). “Wanderer's Circle”

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• All my buddies over the years, like Kevin Costner and the guys - I see em go here, I see em go there - but I just do my work.

  Jeff Fahey

  Years, Guy, Kevin

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• There's not a person in Virginia won't try to sell you a horse. It's in 'em.

  Isabel Scott Rorick

  Horse, Virginia, Trying

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• The preponderance of South Africa is a different breed of man. I mean that with no disrespect. I say that with great respect. I love them because I'm one of them. They are still people of the earth, but they are different. They still put bones in their noses, they still walk around naked, they wipe their butts with their hands. And when I kill an antelope for 'em, their preference is the gut pile.

  Ted Nugent

  Mean, Men, Hands

  "So NRA Board Member Ted Nugent Spews a Little Hate at Texas Inaugural Festivities: What Next, Dog Bites Man?" by Josh Sugarmann, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 19, 2007.

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• I enjoy watching competitive people. You watch 'em come and you watch 'em go, and how they try to be the best. How they handle when they're not. How they handle when they are. How they get along together on the court.

  Tom Heinsohn

  People, Trying, Together

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• Credit cards are like snakes: Handle 'em long enough, and one will bite you.

  Elizabeth Warren

  Snakes, Long, Cards

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• I love the streets, and the streets love me back. And when things ain't going the way they should go, they let you know... and when they happy, you gotta keep 'em happy.

  Young Jeezy

  Way, Should, Streets

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• Artful without being pretentious, well-made without being staid, Trey Moody's investigations of our weird and ordinary world are a little off, by which I mean that they're onto something. Read 'em and be crept into.

  Graham Foust

  Mean, Ordinary World, Littles

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• ...Though there's reasons in things as nobody knows on---- that's pretty much what I've made out; yet some folks are so wise they'll find you fifty reasons straight off, and all the while the real reason's winking at 'em in the corner, and they niver see't.

  George Eliot

  Wise, Real, Fifty

  George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.993, Delphi Classics

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• Little brothers ring fingers get cut up to show mothers they really got em.

  Jay-Z

  Mother, Brother, Cutting

  Song: December 4th, Album: The Black Album

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• I bet any Sunday could be made as popular at church as Easter is if you made 'em fashion shows too. The audience is so busy looking at each other that the preacher just as well recite Gunga Din.

  Will Rogers

  Fashion, Easter, Sunday

  Will Rogers, Bryan B. Sterling (1995). “Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers ...)”, M Evans & Company

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• Some say, what is the Salvation of the Movies? I say, run 'em backwards. It can't hurt 'em and it's worth a trial.

  Will Rogers

  Running, Art, Hurt

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• I think comics will always be around. I think there's something nice about a comic book. People love to hold 'em, turn the pages, fold 'em up, roll 'em up, stick 'em in their back pocket, show 'em to a friend, and say, "Hey, look at this."

  Stan Lee

  Nice, Book, Thinking

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. June 20, 2001.

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• The larger-than-life thing is definitely what I'm after. I've always drawn dark stories. Occasionally, I'll try a perfect hero, but it's a real stretch for me. I like 'em warts and all, and obsessive and weird.

  Frank Miller

  Real, Hero, Dark

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. December 5, 2001.

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• If any of my competitors were drowning, I'd stick a hose in their mouth and turn on the water. It is ridiculous to call this an industry. This is not. This is rat eat rat, dog eat dog. I'll kill 'em, and I'm going to kill 'em before they kill me. You're talking about the American way - of survival of the fittest.

  Ray Kroc

  Dog, Talking, Water

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• You always gotta reach the people who feel bad about themselves or insecure about themselves, and I think 'Like 'Em All' was just a perfect song for all the girls, and I think that's why it blew up like it did.

  Jacob Latimore

  Girl, Song, Insecure

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