Quotes with misses

  • Once a man would spend a week patiently waiting if he missed a stage coach, but now he rages if he misses the first section of a revolving door.

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  • Bob Woodward Any suggestion that I'm writing about political operatives because I'm interested in political operatives misses the entire point.
    Bob Woodward
    American investigative journalist (1943 - )
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  • Cal Hubbard Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
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  • Mary Cholmondeley Every day I live I am more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given, the powers we have not used, the selfish prudence that will risk nothing and which, shirking pain, misses happiness as well.
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  • Cat Stevens In music, you can use metaphors with ease - if a person doesn't understand the parable, they can still enjoy the melody of the music. If, however, a person reads a book and misses the meaning of its metaphors, this will be extremely disheartening for both the reader as well as the author.
    Cat Stevens
    British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1948 - )
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  • Bruce Sutter It just tickles me still when you see Roger Clemens, as great as he is, throw a split-finger and the hitter just swings and misses. They don't see that ball that well. Jack Morris threw an awful good one and Mike Scott. There's a lot of great pitchers over the years that I think that pitch definitely helped their career.
    Bruce Sutter
    American professional baseball pitcher (1953 - )
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  • Kin Hubbard It seems to make an auto driver mad if he misses you.
    Kin Hubbard
    American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist (1868 - 1930)
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  • Simeon Strunsky Once a man would spend a week patiently waiting if he missed a stage coach, but now he rages if he misses the first section of a revolving door.
    Simeon Strunsky
    American journalist (1879 - 1948)
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  • Oliver Goldsmith There is no arguing with him, for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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