(40 quotes found)
“A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse”
Irish Sayings
“Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances”
William Powell
“with a nod and a wink.”
Keith Richards
“Sometimes even excellent Homer nods.”
Horace
“When you are old and grey and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire, take down this book and slowly read, and dream of the soft look your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep.”
W.B. Yeats
“And see all sights from pole to pole, / And glance, and nod, and bustle by; / And never once possess our soul / Before we die.”
Matthew Arnold
“I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor.”
Lord Byron
“If I felt I was on with my screw, I would give her a nod, and she would know what I was doing. We communicated nonverbally. We both know how to talk to each other and pump each other up.”
Sophia Johnson
“Right now we wink and we nod and we give many of the same services and privileges to illegal aliens.”
Will Adams
“Think about George W. Bush. When he walks into a room, he seeks out the males. He winks and nods at them when he talks. It's similar with Kilpatrick. Many in Detroit feel that, whatever his flaws, he understands them.”
Carl Taylor
