(31 quotes found)
“The son will run away from the family not at eighteen but at twelve, emancipated by his gluttonous precocity; he will fly not to seek heroic adventures, not to deliver a beautiful prisoner from a tower, not to immortalize a garret with sublime thoughts, but to found a business, to enrich himself and to compete with his infamous papa.”
Charles Baudelaire
“The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.”
Bible
“I'm eighteen years behind in my ironing”
Phyllis Diller
“I've just had eighteen straight whiskies. I think that's the record.”
Dylan Thomas
“If all the eighteen loads of vegetation became fruits, and the growing grass became sweet rice; if I were able to stop the sun and the moon in their orbits and hold them perfectly steady - even then, I would worship and adore You, and my longing to chant Your Praises would not decrease.”
Sri Guru Granth Sahib
“Eighteen cars a day to ship north. April's like the busiest month of the year.”
Dana Miller
“I'm not sure what it is. I've never had a knee injury as a pro. Eighteen years ago, or something like that, I hurt my left knee, but . . . we'll have to see, I'm not sure what it is.”
Brian Leetch
“It's been good for me. Full circle. Eighteen years ago, I was able to pitch my first game here.”
Al Leiter
“Eighteen years of excellence has earned Greenspan the benefit of the doubt when blame is being allocated.”
Carl Tannenbaum
“Expedite the processing. It takes 36 months to get a building permit in Collier County. Eighteen months should be more than enough.”
Fred Thomas