(72 quotes found)
“It's the straw that broke the camel's back for some of them. If you're somebody who was already down to the last thread of survival, just trying to keep the bills paid, this will leave you flat out.”
Joey Rodriguez
“Reed thatch lasts much longer than long straw, so we won't have to replace it quite so frequently. We don't want to take more from nature than we have to.”
John Beavan
“We sparked a new industry. Straw all of a sudden became a valuable commodity.”
John Byers
“It's the analogy of the straw and the camel's back. We keep loading the camel's back with straw and higher energy prices and interest rates. It's probably going to be what's good for oil is going to be bad for the rest of the market.”
Richard Cripps
“This may have been the straw that breaks the camel's back with regard to attacks on fellow members of Islam.”
Richard Clarke
“David Gunn bucked that idea, so that was the straw that broke the camel's back, ... He's a very capable operational manager, but he wasn't willing to go along with the dramatic changes that need to be made.”
John Mica
“Everything has gone against Oracle. This is almost the final straw.”
David Hilal
“I've been the piece of straw on the back of one too many camels”
Cherith Dorn
“It's another straw on the camel's back toward higher rates, ... but it isn't the straw that breaks the camel's back.”
Steven Wood
“Cuellar is just grasping for straws. He has to sling mud. He sees the momentum going with Mr. Rodriguez.”
Oscar Sanchez
