Quotes with noses

  • Back in the NBA's pre-mask era, ballers with busted noses or orbital bones had two unappealing options: Sit out and heal, or strap on a Michael Myers-looking opaque face shield closely related to that worn by hockey goalies.
  • The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it.
  • Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!

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  • Brendan I. Koerner Back in the NBA's pre-mask era, ballers with busted noses or orbital bones had two unappealing options: Sit out and heal, or strap on a Michael Myers-looking opaque face shield closely related to that worn by hockey goalies.
    Brendan I. Koerner
    American author (1974 - )
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  • Allen Tate For some reason most critics have a hard time fixing their minds directly under their noses, and before they see the object that is there they use a telescope upon the horizon to see where it came from.
    Allen Tate
    American poet and essayist (1899 - 1979)
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  • Sam Ewing Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
    Sam Ewing
    American baseball player (1949 - )
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  • Blake Farenthold Human trafficking robs victims of their basic human rights, and it occurs right under our noses. Many efforts have been focused in other regions of the world, but this is a major problem here at home.
    Blake Farenthold
    American politician and lobbyist (1961 - )
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  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves.
    Ayaan Hirsi Ali
    Somali-born Dutch-American activist, feminist and author (1969 - )
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  • Ivan Turgenev Most people can't understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do.
    Ivan Turgenev
    Russian novelist, short story writer, poet and playwright (1818 - 1883)
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  • Thomas Carlyle No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Stokely Carmichael Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!
    Stokely Carmichael
    American activist (1941 - 1998)
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  • Joseph Conrad The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • Orson Welles When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends.
    Orson Welles
    American film maker (1915 - 1985)
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  • Bernard Levin Once, when a British Prime Minister sneezed, men half a world away would blow their noses. Now when a British Prime Minister sneezes nobody else will even say 'Bless You'.
    Bernard Levin
    English journalist, author and broadcaster (1928 - 2004)
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