(17 quotes found)
“FIDDLE, n. An instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a horse's tail on the entrails of a cat.To Rome said Nero: "If to smoke you turn I shall not cease to fiddle while you burn." To Nero Rome replied: "Pray do your worst,'Tis my excuse that you were fiddling first." --Orm Pludge”
Ambrose Bierce
“If the BOJ can deliver an exit strategy without creating undue political friction, it could be the catalyst for some associated recovery in the yen, a move that will only be amplified, the more stretched the speculative market allows itself to become.”
Daragh Maher
“When you have a small object traveling at an incredibly high velocity, slamming into the earth's atmosphere, the friction makes the speeding object heat up so much that it can internally fracture and turn into what we call a fireball,”
Jack Horkheimer
“We demanded from the Israelis to move their forces outside the area of friction, at the entrances of our towns, villages and refugee camps -- to no avail,”
Saeb Erakat
“(Gangs) look for a place they don't get friction from the neighborhood.”
Sgt. Gary Kemper
“My brain doesn't register it as drawing. The feeling of friction across the glass is different.”
Scott Adams
“The aircraft will sink into material and it pressing against the front gear will cause much more friction than normal braking would, ... It can stop it very quickly with no injury and very little damage to the aircraft.”
Dave Bennett
“Friction calls are some of the most realistic calls there are.”
Jim Pollard
“There's been no friction,”
Noel Gallagher
“This triggered a series of trade friction, especially in the field of textile,”
Craig Allen
