Bit off more than you can chew


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Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it. Plan more than you can do, then do it.
ANONYMOUS
Don't bite off more than you can chew
PROVERB
The first couple of years, we bit off more than we could chew.
DAN GRAY
Plan more than you can do, then do it. Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it. Hitch your wag...
SOURCE UNKNOWN
There's nothing like biting off more than you can chew, and then chewing anyway.
MARK BURNETT
I have always admired the ability to bite off more than one can chew and then chew It.
WILLIAM DEMILLE
Don't bite off more than you can chew because nobody looks attractive spitting it back out.
CARROLL BRYANT
I love movies where you can sense that the director risked biting off more than they can chew.
DAMIEN CHAZELLE
They were quite happy to see us. They knew they had bit off more than they could chew.
CORPORAL WALT JONES
Don't bite more than you can chew.
AMERICAN PROVERB
An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he'll quickly learn how to c...
ROY ASH
You gotta be really careful what you bite off. Don't bite off more than you can chew. It's a...
OZZY OSBOURNE
The secret to my success is that I bit off more than I could chew and chewed as fast as I could.
PAUL HOGAN
I actually enjoy the challenge that comes along with biting off more than I can chew.
AMBER LIMBAUGH
We are aware that some commentators fear that we are biting off more than we can chew,
MICHAEL O'LEARY
A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
HERB CAEN
If you habitually bite on more than you can chew, chances are you will choke soon.
FAISAL KHOSA
Fear less, hope more, eat less, chew more, whine less, breathe more, talk less, say more, love more,...
SWEDISH PROVERB
A lot of people thought I'd bit off more than I could chew. I sort of agreed with them — until now....
HELEN PITTS
Because of self-doubt, the fear of failure, or laziness, most people usually bite off way less than ...
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA
I thought I bit off more than I could chew until now. But I've said all along, he's a special horse....
HELEN PITTS
We'd probably have benefited if we'd tried to keep [the CRM deployment] simpler. We tried to bite of...
STEVE BUTLER
The last few years we bit off more than we could chew. We've had a buzz saw of a schedule. Playing t...
TOM HOLMOE
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. English Proverb (17th century)
ENGLISH PROVERB
When you bite off only what you can chew, you're going to disappoint people. Guess what? Not you...
KRIS CARR
There is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in whole philosophical systems.
THOMAS CARLYLE
We can wait to see what happens, but perhaps he's bitten off more than he can chew, ... They've used...
DAVID HEALY
Which form of proverb do you prefer Better late than never, or Better never than late?
LEWIS CARROLL
If you're not settled spiritually, things can be a little bit more chaotic than normal.
EMMITT SMITH
A tree not taller than an ant cannot shade you. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria
AFRICAN PROVERBS
Children who can walk, talk and chew gum are looked at more than children who are disabled. We want ...
JACKIE HAYES
He's trying to build hype around himself when he has no intention of fighting, ... He was a great 13...
ZAB JUDAH
A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS
A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it
JOHN KEATS
A traffic signal costs a lot more than $25,000. What can you say? They're getting off cheap.
AL HARTKOPF
There are plenty of movies that you need to chew on a bit. Movies that you return to and see somethi...
EDGAR WRIGHT
What I love about Indiana Jones is he always bites off slightly more than he can chew. The guy he...
NEIL CROSS
Chew before you swallow.
GEORGE W. BUSH
A proverb is not a proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS
Do a little bit more and you'll achieve a lot more than you think.
LORRIN L. LEE
For me, the dumbest rule is that you can't chew gum in school.
BRIE LARSON
Both pets and people annoy me, but at least animals don't chew your ear off.
RAIN BOJANGLES
I think there's a little bit of optimism here today -- you can take one eye off Iraq and start to fo...
JAMES PARK
Fear less; hope more. Eat less; chew more. Talk less; say more. Hate less; love more.
ABIGAIL BUREN
Fear less; hope more. Eat less; chew more. Talk less; say more. Hate less; love more.
ABIGAIL VAN BUREN
When your mouth stumbles, it's worse than feet. - Oji proverb
AFRICAN PROVERB
I bit a lot more bugs than bit me.
LAUREN HUTTON
If you play more than two chords, you're showing off.
WOODY GUTHRIE
Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Proverb Don't look back, you can never look ba...
DON HENLEY
I'm accustomed to playing a little bit more than I have, so it's been a bit of an adjustment for me....
BRIAN BOUCHER
Procrastination is your body telling you you need to back off a bit and think more about what you ar...
JAMES ALTUCHER
Be careful what you swallow. Chew!
GWENDOLYN BROOKS
They're still huge. They're big, strong, athletic. They can make you be a little bit off.
BETH DUNKENBERGER
Give a little bit more than you gave yesterday, and make a promise to be a little more grateful than...
CHARMAINE J FORDE
If you play more than two chords, you're showing off.
WOODY GUTHRIE
It is better to walk than curse the road. - Wolof proverb, Senegal
AFRICAN PROVERBS
You can’t selectively numb your anger, any more than you can turn off all lights in a room, and st...
SHANNON L. ALDER
You need a bit more to be a pop star than just a good voice.
KIM WILDE
We come from the days when rap used to agitate the mainstream. Now it's more buddy-buddy. That doesn...
ICE CUBE
The proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a well-charged pistol will do more execution than a w...
WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS
The proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a well-charged pistol will do more execution than a w...
WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS
I'm a Crank. I'm slowly going crazy. I keep wanting to chew off my own fingers and randomly kill peo...
JAMES DASHNER
I may be biting off more than I can chew, but with 'The Simpsons' and with 'Futurama,...
MATT GROENING
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced -- even a proverb is no proverb to you till your li...
JOHN KEATS
Nobody can accept this loss. I am a bit ticked off.
KOJI UEHARA
When you select a spinner on a (pitch) that helps spin, you expect a little bit more than that.
MICKEY ARTHUR
You want to learn everything that you possibly can, chew it, digest it, and take it for what it is, ...
MIKE SINGLETARY
Greed is a little bit more than enough.
TOBA BETA
You can tell Bussie and I rubbed off on him. One thing about the kid, he listens -- and he's got mor...
DUCE STALEY
To have family behind you who love you more than words can say gives you so much confidence, because...
CAT DEELEY
I hate them with all the hate you can hate with. Can you hate more than that? If you can, I hate the...
TIM HARDAWAY
During the workout, we're not really excited about it. It's not until afterward when you are able to...
MEGAN DUNCAN
It ain't what you eat, but the way how you chew it.
DELBERT MCCLINTON
We get our reps in, then the guys who come off the bench more scrimmage a little bit more than we do...
GRANT STOUT
Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with them before you can turn them...
RUDY RUCKER
Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love m...
SWEDISH PROVERB
Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more,...
SWEDISH PROVERB
We've got a third, first and a pole; I don't think you could ask for much more than that. Hopefully ...
KEVIN HARVICK
Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.
DAVID BYRNE
you can no more destroy evil than you can empty space.
STEVE BULLOCK
I do not know what 'moss' stands for in the proverb, but if it stood for useful knowledge... I gathe...
ERNEST SHAKLETON
Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, ...
SWEDISH PROVERB
It almost looks like Global Crossing is trying to acquire companies that are still out there, ... I ...
PHILIP WOHL
You can do more than pray, after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have pr...
JOHN BUNYAN
I have always stuck up for Western medicine. You can chew all the celery you want, but without antib...
HUGH LAURIE
Many men swallow the being cheated, but no man can ever endure to chew it
GEORGE SAVILE
Never eat more than you can lift.
MISS PIGGY
Never promise more than you can perform.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS
This one has even more — quite a bit more —- anticipation than that one did.
LOREN MATTHEWS
Learning is like a boundless sea, only diligence can reach the shore. - Chinese proverb
CHINESE PROVERB
The first goal is a bit of the same. He is in an off-side position in the six-yard box and you can s...
GERARD HOULLIER
I think, you know, when you're a teenager, sometimes your emotions are a little bit more drastic...
BRENDON URIE
I might have played a little bit more in Europe than I have in Japan.
BILLY HIGGINS
Novelty and Security: the security of novelty, the novelty of security. Always the full thing, the w...
JOHN CROWLEY
If you can run the company a bit more collaboratively, you get a better result, because you have mor...
LARRY PAGE
We've got a motto here-you're tougher than you think you are, and you can do more than you think you...
CHRISTOPHER MCDOUGALL
I don't believe you should stay onstage until people are begging you to get off. I like the idea...
QUENTIN TARANTINO
You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.
JEANNETTE RANKIN
You can steal more with a briefcase than you can with a gun,
ROY BARNES
You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.
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