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“Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand”
African Proverb
“It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.”
W. C. Fields
“Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you. It will never come. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing up against your legs and jumping into your lap.”
William Bennett
“The reason it's called "Grape Nuts" is that it contains "dextrose," which is also sometimes called "grape sugar," and also because "Grape Nuts" is catchier, in terms of marketing, than "A Cross Between Gerbil Food and Gravel," which is what it tastes like.”
Dave Barry
“We call a child's mind "small" simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort”
Christopher Morley
“If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg don't make it a leg.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures”
Proverb
“Do you call yourself free? I want to hear your ruling idea, and not that you have escaped from a yoke. . . . Free from what? Zarathustra does not care about that! But your eye should clearly tell me: free for what?”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well.”
Walter Reuther
“I don't know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived.”
Will Smith