“The poor taxpayer may wipe his shoes on a $3 doormat when he goes home, but not the Navy. It is, damn the cost, full feet ahead on a doormat you would be ashamed to get muddy.”
William Proxmire
“You can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself.”
Ernest Hemingway
“Credit is like a looking - glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clean again; but if once cracked can never be repaired”
Sir Walter Scott
“And when we turn 18, the slate is wiped clean.”
Tim O'Neill
“It can't be frustrating, because it would affect how I pitch. When something happens, you wipe it clean, and you let the guy know that it's all right. We are going to live again. We are going to have another shot.”
Billy Traber
“The days are over when the guy in the uniform filled your tank, wiped your windshield and checked your oil, water and air. The only way to survive today is to pump a lot of gas and either own a convenience store or a garage that can bring in extra revenue.”
Chuck Olsen
“When you're that many points behind and they wipe the slate clean, that's what I don't like.”
Darrell Waltrip