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For daring nonsense seldom fails to hit, Like scattered shot, and pass with some for wit


Samuel Butler

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J.D. SALINGER Father said I have no sense of humor at all. He said I was unequipped to meet life because I have no...
J.D. SALINGER You take a really sleepy man, Esmé, and he always stands a chance of again becoming a man with all ...
J.D. SALINGER He said I was unequipped to meet life because I had no sense of humor.
J.D. SALINGER Written in ink, in German, in a small, hopelessly sincere handwriting, were the words "Dear God, lif...
J.D. SALINGER The banalities of a great man pass for wit.
ALEXANDER CHASE All animals except man know that the ultimate point of life is to enjoy it. -Samuel Butler.
SAMUEL BUTLER That cat was a spy. You had to take a pot shot at it. It was a very clever German midget dres...
J.D. SALINGER Why be an ostrich?
MARGARET MITCHELL Would it please you if I said your eyes were twin gold-fish bowls filled to the brim with the cleare...
MARGARET MITCHELL At the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be wit...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT She hit some big shots. It seems like she's confident in her shot now.
CANDACE PARKER Why did men have to ruin everything? The answer was simple, she supposed—because foolish women gav...
TESSA DARE You know something is wrong when you are known for what you are against, instead of what you are for...
JADE HAJJ The shot was intended to go to her. Becky made a beautiful but difficult pass. Ruth caught it, had s...
KELLY PACKARD Then you've made the only choice. But there's a penalty attached, as there is to most things you wan...
MARGARET MITCHELL (Baker) got his feet set and he hit the shot with confidence. We were fortunate we hit some big shot...
DAN STARKEY And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
BIBLE Many a young lady does not realize just how strong her love for a young man is until he fails to pas...
ANONYMOUS Never pass up new experiences [Scarlett], They enrich the mind." - Rhett Butler
MARGARET MITCHELL Every time I thought that, (Butler) would come down and make a great shot.
DEMOND GARTH Nonsense! One for...uh, four for...ahhh, lets get some shut eye!
YUKON CORNELIUS They were trying to contain Sheba (Butler) and Leah stepped up for us in the first half an made some...
ANN TALBERT When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime.
JOSH BILLINGS And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the a...
BIBLE But some things are more important than being happy. Like being free to think for yourself.
JON KRAKAUER And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offen...
BIBLE Fortune, the great commandress of the world, Hath divers ways to advance her followers: To som...
GEORGE CHAPMAN Selfish people look for success and are in great majority with good bonhomie, but others who crave f...
ANUJ SOMANY He hit some tremendous shots. He had a phenomenal second half, knocking down shot after shot.
BEN BRAUN He knows I won't hesitate to pass the ball to somebody else to hit the game-winning shot. He knows I...
BRANDON ROY He's been struggling a little bit with his shot as of late. He hurt his hand a couple of weeks ago a...
BRENT DUGAN For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by...
JAMES THOMSON I hit some great shots in my lifetime; now I hit a decent shot and I get a standing ovation.
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA Marissa was a little out of sync with her offensive rhythm, but really stepped up and hit that key s...
BRENDA FRESE Down at the end, Abel came through with a big shot and Devon hit some big free throws. That's what y...
BRAD RANSON And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel...
BIBLE What Apple's biggest problem has been is that people have not had faith in the company (and) for thi...
JAMES STATEN I like to watch and see their weaknesses. I then try to give them some other shot options for certai...
JANE PARKER Today is the perfect day to do something daring. Like just be yourself, for instance.
SCOTT STABILE Well, my dear, take heart. Some day, I will kiss you and you will like it. But not now, so I beg you...
MARGARET MITCHELL Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
BIBLE Reply to wit with gravity, and to gravity with wit.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON Sara hit a really big shot for us; it was a game-winner.
JEN WARDEN We had some stops and shot well in transition. Miles moved around and hit some shots. We need the sh...
RON JIRSA For blocks are better cleft with wedges, Tan tools of sharp or subtle edges, And dullest nonse...
SAMUEL BUTLER (1) Nor sequent centuries could hit Orbit and sum of Shakespeare's wit.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON I am unarmed. But Butler here, my ...ah...butler, has a Sig Saucer in his shoulder holster, two shri...
EOIN COLFER Water is more of an annoyance. 'We've got to hit a pretty bad shot to hit it in some of the water ha...
JOE OGILVIE Take my handkerchief, Scarlett. Never, at any crisis of your life, have I known
you to have a h...
MARGARET MITCHELL We had some great individual efforts and it was a great game. They hit every shot.
MIKE D'ANTONI Ah, the patter of little feet around the house. There's nothing like having a midget for a butler.
W. C. FIELDS A man must serve his time to every trade Save censure--critics all are ready made. Take hackne...
LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON) Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD We couldn't get a shot off, then (Gold) hit that 3-pointer right in front of me. We were struggling ...
LOU PALKOVICS When (Brantley) got hurt that gave us an opportunity to really work the inside game. Once we did tha...
JEFF FROELICH The coaches wanted me to pop out and take the shot if it was there. Lucky for me, I hit it.
AYMAN ATIEH Would you want you as an example for the children of the world?
PETER STROPLE Courtney is really crafty. You may deny her. Then she pins you for the next pass. You may take away ...
TIFFANY JACKSON I like men with quick wit, good conversation and a great sense of humour. I love banter. I want a ma...
EMMA WATSON They did a good job of sagging in on (Humphrey) in the first half, and that made it difficult to pas...
ALEXIS KENDRICK Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning...
GEORGE CARLIN Being in a relationship with some people is like pushing a boat through sand. I used to have the tim...
STEVE MARABOLI Kendall kept hitting big shots for us. They'd get something going and he'd hit a shot and break thei...
GARY ERNST We're hoping Butler will only be out for two to four weeks,
DAVE ANDERSON My wife Gwenaelle prepares an 'energy shot' for me for breakfast. It's a mix of linseed,...
ALAIN DUCASSE Onward, then! To glory and some such nonsense.
BRANDON SANDERSON A mind at liberty to reflect on its own observations, if it produce nothing useful to the world, sel...
GEORGE BERKELEY We did some things to get her some shots. She got going early. Everything works well when you hit th...
DENNIS HUTTER I was just ready for the ball. I hit that shot all the time in practice.
JOSH SAIN The kid stuck a shot that will be on ESPN highlights. She hit a shot that she'll remember for the re...
BRENDA BECKWITH Ah, the patter of little feet around the house. There's nothing like having a midget for a butle...
W. C. FIELDS He was a guy where we weren't daring him to shoot, but he wasn't probably the most threatening guy o...
JEFF TRUMBAUER [It showed on the field. Butler made four tackles against New England and ran down elusive Doug Flut...
JAMES BUTLER They hadn't hit a shot from outside, so we decided to try (the zone). It worked for one quarter.
GRANT LAMAN There's a lot of essay writing that could pass for journalism and journalism that could pass for...
EULA BISS All that Swinging Sixties nonsense, we all thought it was pass? at the time.
DAVID BAILEY Samuel is not for sale, not even for all the money in the world.
JOAN LAPORTA The team doesn't need me to score to win. Teams can't focus on me. If they do, I'll pass it for the ...
LANCE ROBINSON You pass people on the street, some are for you, some are not.
ROBERT HENRI It was just like, 'whoa, something going on here,' ... I'm thinking, 'I've hit the worst shot I hit ...
CHARLES WARREN The guy with one-and-a-half eyes shot the ball the best. He missed some open looks, but he hit the b...
RANDY FOYE They would hit her in the head with their bags. Some people would call her and whistle for her to co...
BARBARA THOMAS I hit such a great second shot here at 18 and then Dana hit that great bunker shot. You get to 17 an...
LOREN ROBERTS I didn't hit too bad a shot on the last hole. It was probably the hardest shot I had to hit all day....
CHRIS SMITH Allan could hit big shot after big shot,
HERB WILLIAMS We never know the quality of someone else's life, though we seldom resist the temptation to assume a...
TAMI HOAG Some read to learn, some to laugh, and some to live.
JOYCE RACHELLE It was just like, 'whoa, something going on here,' ... I'm thinking, 'I've hit the worst
shot I...
CHARLES WARREN I like the course. A little tricky fairways and greens, that's good for everybody because when you h...
CARLOS FRANCO That's not the first time she's hit a shot that was like a dagger.
JODY CONRADT The best love that you can give is to love yourself, in spite of your mistakes, in spite of your fai...
SHARLENE PRINCE, SHAROCK P. A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within.
EUDORA WELTY We just couldn't hit a shot. Unfortunately, this wasn't the game to go 1 for whatever we had, but th...
BARRY JOHNSON You'd like to have some more offensive production but we hit a little more than we've hit the past w...
DEREK DOUGAN A modern whore is one who falls in a cesspool full of horny internet wolves and coexists with each o...
FRANCESCO NICHOLAS CECE I hit her with a body shot. I think that stunned her.
ELIZABETH MOONEY Mortals search for what they are unable to give, what they lack within themselves.
EMMA RAVELING Since meeting with Mr. Pym was the responsibility of the current Lord Ramsay, Cam bullied Leo into a...
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SAMUEL BUTLER Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a tr...
SAMUEL BUTLER Rare virtues are like rare plants or animals, things that have not been able to hold their own in th...
SAMUEL BUTLER A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.
SAMUEL BUTLER Though wisdom cannot be gotten for gold, still less can be gotten without it.
SAMUEL BUTLER For Wealth are all things that conduce, to one's destruction or their use. A standard both to buy an...
SAMUEL BUTLER Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.
SAMUEL BUTLER Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, i...
SAMUEL BUTLER An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard only one side of the case; God ha...
SAMUEL BUTLER The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in ...
SAMUEL BUTLER To swallow gudgeons ere they're catched, And count their chickens ere they're hatched
SAMUEL BUTLER People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been ...
SAMUEL BUTLER Quoth Hudibras, I smell a rat; Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate
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