(32 quotes found)
“One must learn to be a sponge if one wants to be loved by hearts that overflow.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Sponges grow in the ocean. This bothers me. How deep would it be if they didn't?”
Steven Wright
“So-called art restoration is at least as tricky as brain surgery. Most pictures expire under scalpel and sponge.”
Alexander Eliot
“[Frazier soaked it all up like a sponge. When they arrived in Manila it was the same story. Ali poured scorn on his opponent. Humiliated him. Joe had the heart of a lion but verbally he was out of his depth when Ali got going. One time, as fight day approached, Ali spotted Frazier on a hotel balcony, grabbed a security guard's gun and fired some rounds at him. Everybody knew it wasn't live ammo but it still startled the hell out of Joe.] Go back in your hole, Gorilla, ... You gonna scare the people! Come out again and I'm gonna kill ya before time!”
Muhammad Ali
“When you're dealing with people who think that Sponge Bob Square Pants is more important than social security, you have a problem.”
Christine Todd Whitman
“I think that they should call a cheese grater by its real name...a sponge ruiner.”
Mitch Hedberg
“Written by a sponge dipped in warm milk and sprinkled with sugar.”
John Ciardi
“He was like a sponge.”
Woody Guthrie
“Nothing was lost on Brian, a real sponge.”
Floyd Bannister
“They are eager to learn, they are like sponges. It's not about being Army or Navy anymore. The name of the game is staying alive.”
Warren Brown