(9 quotes found)
“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
“A horse may be coaxed to drink, but a pencil must be lead”
Stan Laurel
“My strategy is to try to coax out of those guys who they think is going to be in the Final Four, and with that, it puts two of their players kinda out there.”
Terry Dietz
“Old habits can't be thrown out the upstairs window. They have to be coaxed down the stairs one step at a time.”
Contributed by: Dave Cohen
Mark Twain
“I didn't have to coax him to come out or anything. He told me last season that he was going to come out this year.”
Marvin Emerson
“One must ... aim to stimulate, educate, coax, coerce, cajole – shock when necessary – but, above, all to entertain. No newspaper, and no newspaperman, should ever be ashamed to entertain.”
Larry Lamb
“[The band are now hoping to coax PJ Harvey , veteran from the original Desert Sessions - and Bjork - to Newcastle .] She's the only artists the entire band can agree on, ... she's genius.”
Paul Mullen
“Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time”
“That was such a horrible, tragic moment. I thought it said a lot about Tony, the way he coaxed the team into playing. ... I know the players were shell-shocked. Athletes aren't prone to feeling mortal about themselves.”
Buzz Bissinger
