(38 quotes found)
“A ship is always referred to as she because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder”
Chester W. Nimitz
“Erection is chiefly caused by parsnips, artichokes, turnips, asparagus, candied ginger, acorns bruised to a powder drunk in muscatel”
Aristotle
“They all fell to playing the game of catch as catch can, till the gun powder ran out at the heels of their boots.”
Samuel Foote
“Keep your powder dry”
Proverb
“Well, there's not one, but two. And they are powder and lipstick.”
Collier Strong
“They've requested that we do the investigation involving the Powder Springs officer who fired the shots.”
Wayne Delk
“She had powder on her from head to toe. You couldn't tell if she was black or white.”
Cal Bray
“It's always nice to keep some of your powder dry. We like to buy and hold for the long term. So we'll make a specific judgment about the quality of a company, and we'll be buying it over time.”
Richard Babson
“Out of the start, I did screw up. I went out into a little powder area where nobody had been before. I was just sort of playing catch-up the rest of the way, and I didn't do it.”
Erin Simmons
“I'm sometimes astonished at how much the German voter can take of this. It's like a powder keg that has no clear trigger.”
Roland Koch
