(227 quotes found)
“Referring to the bad sun conditions in left field at the stadium: It gets late out there early.”
Yogi Berra
“The leaders I met, whatever walk of life they were from, whatever institutions they were presiding over, always referred back to the same failure something that happened to them that was personally difficult, even traumatic, something that made them feel that desperate sense of hitting bottom--as something they thought was almost a necessity. It's as if at that moment the iron entered their soul; that moment created the resilience that leaders need.”
Warren G. Bennis
“A ship is always referred to as she because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder”
Chester W. Nimitz
“There are eight words or references that light up employers' eyes: languages, computer, experience, achievement, hard-working, overseas experience, flexible, and task-oriented.”
Carol Kleiman
“The person who can combine frames of reference and draw connections between ostensibly unrelated points of view is likely to be the one who makes the creative breakthrough”
Denise Shekerjian
“County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that's the problem. I don't know how to spell it and I'm not allowed to say it. Could you just rattle off all the swear words you know and I'll stop you when...Hello?”
Calvin & Hobbes
“For months you've referred to me as your hero, But it's easy to be brave when I have you to come home to, and hide behind, and hold on to. I wish you the happiest birthday ever... . Let's eat!”
Melissa Gilbert
“[Referring to why the ghost town is built so far away] Because they're stupid! That's why everybody does anything”
Homer Simpson
“Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard”
Aristotle
“Why refer to Lady Crack Pipe or Good Sir Dishrag when these things could never live up to all that their sex implied.”
David Sedaris
