Velcro Quotes

• Velcro: what a rip-off.

  Tim Vine

  Rip

  Twitter post from Mar 26, 2017

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• Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers when there was no Velcro.

  Dave Barry

  Inspirational, Teenager, Advice

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• Last year we had so many people coming in and out they didn't bother to sew their names on the backs of the uniforms. They just put them there with Velcro.

  Andy Van Slyke

  Sports, Years, Names

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• Aside from Velcro, time is the most mysterious substance in the universe.

  Dave Barry

  Substance, Mysterious, Universe

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry Turns Forty”, p.94, Ballantine Books

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• Neither books nor people have Velcro Sides -- there must be a bonding agent -- someone who attaches child to book.

  Jim Trelease

  Children, Book, People

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• Having a beard is a good way to make your face more susceptible to velcro.

  Demetri Martin

  Way, Beard, Faces

  Twitter post from Apr 24, 2012

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• Aside from velcro, time is the most mysterious substance in the universe. You can't see it or touch it, yet a plumber can charge you upwards of seventy-five dollars per hour for it, without necessarily fixing anything.

  Dave Barry

  Time, Dollars, Substance

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry Turns Forty”, p.94, Ballantine Books

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• When you don't fit in, you become superhuman. You can feel everyone else's eyes on you, stuck like Velcro. You can hear a whisper about you from a mile away. You can disappear, even when it looks like you're still standing right there. You can scream, and nobody hears a sound. You become the mutant who fell into the vat of acid, the Joker who can't remove his mask, the bionic man who's missing all his limbs and none of his heart. You are the thing that used to be normal, but that was so long ago, you can't even remember what it was like.

  Jodi Picoult

  Heart, Eye, Men

  Jodi Picoult (2013). “Nineteen Minutes: A Novel”, p.195, Simon and Schuster

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• You heard about, through word of mouth,
  Big Bird is out, he's in the house.
  He's turnin' up, with Snuffleup,
  They're really gettin' their hustle up.
  They stick together like Velcro,
  There Grover go, there's Elmo.
  And Cookie Monster there, look he likes
  To take selfies with his cell phone.
  They got a homegirl named Abby,
  Her last name is Cadabby,
  I showed her my report card,
  She said, 'Not too shabby!'
  They got all types of cool kids there,
  It's lots of fun if you live there,
  One thing I keep forgettin' about Sesame Street...
  How do you get there?

  Black Thought

  Fun, Rap, Kids

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• When I believe in something, I support it fully. On that note, I totally don't support Velcro shoes.

  Ashley Rickards

  Believe, Shoes, Support

  "It's Official: Awkward's Ashley Rickards Is Freaking Hilarious and She Shared Her Phone Pics to Prove It" by Caitlin Brody, www.glamour.com. September 20, 2012.

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• If the claws didn't retract, cats would be like Velcro

  Bruce Fogle

  Cat, Animal, Humanity

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• I think we've missed a trick there. We could develop wheat with the properties of Velcro... to catch whatever it is that's forming those crop circles! But then the spaceship would have to have the corresponding Velcro, so it's a bit of a long shot.

  Bill Bailey

  Funny, Humor, Thinking

  "Bill Bailey: Part Troll". Documentary, Comedy, Music, 2004.

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• The first time I tried to put a new diaper on my baby, I yanked the little Velcro strap too jerkily and actually punched the little guy in the jaw. A real solid shot, too. I knew instinctively that this could not be correct. Unless you're specifically trying to raise a welterweight, continual deliverance of powerful uppercuts is not advised when handling newborns.

  Paul Reiser

  Baby, Powerful, Real

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• You’re like Marilyn Monroe,’ Ken tells me, which I take as a compliment and say a nervous “Thank You”. Interrupting, he adds, ‘You’re all velvet and Velcro. Men want you because you’re sexy and broken and when it gets too rough they can say “Hey! This toy is broken!” and toss you aside without feeling bad.

  Emma Forrest

  Sexy, Men, Broken

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• The action movies changed radically when it became possible to Velcro your muscles on. It was the beginning of a new era. The visual took over. The special effects became more important than the single person. That was the beginning of the end.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Special, Important, Eras

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• I wish I had thought of Velcro muscles myself. I didn't have to go to the gym for all those years, all the hours wedded to the iron game, as we call it.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Years, Games, Iron

  "COMIC-CON 2010: Stallone Says ‘Velcro Muscles’ Made Old-school Stars Expendable". Interview with Geoff Boucher, herocomplex.latimes.com. July 18, 2010.

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• I had a Velcro wallet in a casino. That sound annoyed the hell out of me. Whenever I lost money, and I opened the wallet, it was like the sound of my addiction.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Humor, Addiction

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• Even if you were to fall into extreme financial hardship and file for bankruptcy, you need to understand that your student loan debt will not be discharged in bankruptcy. It is the Velcro of all debts.

  Suze Orman

  Fall, Financial Hardship, Needs

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• So I’m into men now, even though they can be frightening. I want a schedule-keeping, waking-up-early, wallet-carrying, non-Velcro-shoe-wearing man.

  Mindy Kaling

  Men, Shoes, Up Early

  Mindy Kaling (2011). “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)(Enhanced Edition)”, p.180, Crown/Archetype

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• I know in the spy movies it always looks really cool when the operative goes from a maid's uniform to a slinky, sexy, ballgown in the amount of time it takes an elevator to climb three floors. Well, I don't know how it is for TV spies, but I can tell you that even with Velcro, the art of the quick change is one that must take a lot of practice (not to mention better lighting than one is likely to find in a tunnel that was once part of the underground railroad).

  Ally Carter

  Sexy, Art, Tunnels

  Ally Carter (2010). “Gallagher Girls: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You”, p.107, Hachette UK

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