(324 quotes found)
“What our leaders and pundits never let slip is that the terrorists -- whatever else they might be -- might also be rational human beings ; which is to say that in their own minds they have a rational justification for their actions. Most terrorists are people deeply concerned by what they see as social, political, or religious injustice and hypocrisy, and the immediate grounds for their terrorism is often retaliation for an action of the United States . . .”
William Blum
“Three years ago I was forty... forty! Four-oh! That slipped out. Now I suddenly feel as if I've taken all my clothes off.”
Bette Davis
“When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike back”
Charles Krauthammer
“This transformation in kids - from flashing dragonflies, so to say, to sticky water-surface worms slowly slipping downstream - is noticed with pride by society and with mortification by God ...”
William Saroyan
“Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it!”
Davy Crockett
“The Sixties were an oyster decade: slippery, luxurious and reportedly aphrodisiac they slipped down the historical throat without touching the sides”
Julian Barnes
“Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.”
Bible
“I slip from workaholic to bum real easy.”
Matthew Broderick
“Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.”
“Right, right, he saw his power slipping away. And he said, "Now I'd better join the band here." They gave us their support. It was going along quite well.”
Charles Phillips
