Quotes with pinch

  • A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.

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  • George Bernard Shaw A cigarette is a pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end and a fool at the other.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Horace A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Bob Ney Common sense solutions to lowering your gasoline bills can go far. Carpooling, taking fewer or shorter road trips, and ensuring that your tires are fully inflated can all help stop the pinch at the pump.
    Bob Ney
    American politician (1954 - )
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  • Samuel Butler A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Bo Bennett Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.
    Year to Success
    Bo Bennett
    American author (1972 - )
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  • Eric Hoffer It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and trip.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Bernard M. Baruch Take the obvious, add a cupful of brains, a generous pinch of imagination, a bucketful of courage and daring, stir well and bring to a boil.
    Bernard M. Baruch
    American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965)
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  • Sir Roger L'Estrange The devil helps his servants for a season; but when they get into a pinch; he leaves them in the lurch.
    Sir Roger L'Estrange
    English journalist (1616 - 1702)
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  • George Orwell The high sentiments always win in the end, the leaders who offer blood, toil, tears, and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • George Eliot There's many a one who would be idle if hunger didn't pinch him; but the stomach sets us to work.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • George Orwell When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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