Jugs Quotes - Page 3

• The black man continues on his way. He plods wearily no longer-he is striding freedom road with the knowledge that if he hasn't got the world in a jug, at least he has the stopper in his hand.

  Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

  Men, Hands, Racism

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• Know that the outward form passes away, but the world of reality remains forever. How long will you play at loving the shape of the jug? Leave the jug; go, seek the water!

  Rumi

  Reality, Play, Long

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• Men are like stone jugs - you may lug them where you like by the ears.

  Samuel Johnson

  Men, Ears, May

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• We never will have any prosperity that is free from speculation till we pass a law that every time a broker or person sells something, he has got to have it sitting there in a bucket, or a bag, or a jug, or a cage, or a rat trap, or something, depending on what it is he is selling. We are continually buying something that we never get from a man that never had it.

  Will Rogers

  Business, Men, Law

  Will Rogers (1978). “Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Coolidge years, 1926-1929”, Will Rogers Heritage Trust

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• Those who have no mental vigilance,
  Though they may hear the teachings, ponder them or meditate,
  With minds like water seeping from a leaking jug,
  Their learning will not settle in their memories.

  Shantideva

  Wisdom, Memories, Teaching

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• I'm hooked on my baby's love, there ain't nothing in the jug this strong.

  Alan Jackson

  Baby, Strong, Endearment

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• Licker talks mighty loud w'en it git loose fum de jug.

  Joel Chandler Harris

  Loud

  'Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings' (1880) 'Plantation Proverbs'

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