A chip off the old block


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He’s a chip off the old block, I just don’t know which one!
KEN O. ELDIB
He was not merely a chip of the old Block, but the old Block itself.
EDMUND BURKE
Freddie is a chip off the old block. As a player, he was like another coach on the floor. He was our...
OLLIE GELSTON
Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.
JONI MITCHELL
Never too old to learn. -Latin proverb.
LATIN PROVERB
As the old proverb says "Like readily consorts with like."
CICERO
The Present Cant block out the past, Only a new past can block out the old
ROBERT JAMES
Take the dead from the dead, the old proverb said; only a corpse may speak true prophecy.
STEPHEN KING
We get too soon old and too late smart. -Pennsylvania Dutch proverb.
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PROVERB
The happiness of many marriages is founded on the old proverb: Suspicion doesn’t amount to convict...
MAX PALLENBERG
Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it. -Chinese proverb.
CHINESE PROVERB
The happiness of many marriages is founded on the old proverb: Suspicion doesn’t amount to convicti...
MAX PALLENBERG
While they were grading for the Chip Home Development, old metal was unearthed and hauled off severa...
KATHY NELSON
Through wisdom your days will be many,
and years will be added to your life…
By wisdom ...
ANONYMOUS
A wicked book cannot repent.
OLD PROVERB
Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like. [Lat., Pares autem vetere proverbio,...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO)
I want to knock her block off.
PRINCESS DIANA
…for when men labor they keep out of mischief. You remember the old proverb--An idle mind is the D...
GEORGE Q. CANNON
…for when men labor they keep out of mischief. You remember the old proverb--An idle mind is the De...
GEORGE Q. CANNON
A proverb is not a proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS
He was a bit off. We took a few X-rays and realized that there was a chip.
ERIC COATRIEUX
A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS
A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it
JOHN KEATS
To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time.
GEORGE TAKEI
She would not have gone off the block. Not by herself.
GWYN MCCLELLAN
I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.
AUGUSTE RODIN
I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.
ALEXANDER POPE
Make up your mind to this. If you are different, you are isolated, not only from people of your own ...
MARGARET MITCHELL
The best way to knock the chip off your neighbor's shoulder is to pat him on the back.
SOURCE UNKNOWN
It's the old proverb: 'It is better to give than to receive.' Without knowing it, I had brought alon...
ETHAN ZOHN
Train up a child in such a way she or he should go; even when she or he is old she or he will not de...
SANTOSH AVVANNAVAR
I block down and he (guard Scott Wells) pulls around. He (Harris) just got me off the ball on that p...
CHAD CLIFTON
He was young and he had some problems. Now, he's starting to get that chip (on his shoulder). Once h...
BRIAN CLODI
I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.
AUGUSTE RODIN
I'd like to be a geneticist to be honest, but there are limits to what I can do now. For my drea...
ADAM FAITH
A proverb is the child of experience.
ENGLISH PROVERB
The flooding stopped about a block from our home, but we lost two huge pecan trees. They were probab...
LEIGH CRAWFORD
Nothing ever becomes real till experienced – even a proverb is no proverb until your life has illu...
JOHN KEATS
He's got a great motor and he uses his power and understands the blocking angles and what he needs t...
FRANK COYLE
War between Old England and the Bostonians is expected according to all reports we can hear. Various...
NATHANIEL SMITH
I had to chip cement off some of the tiles. But, oh well. You do what you have to do.
MARIE ZDECHLIK
I'm passionate about anything I align myself with. You want to talk about chocolate chip cookies...
BLAKE LIVELY
We have created a blue chip market for blue chip companies.
BOB GREIFELD
It's in my head even before the kick is off that I'm going to block it.
BRIAN ROBISON
I just have confidence in myself to get my shot off. I just zero in on the basket. If they block it,...
CHRIS LOFTON
A good rest is half the work. -Yugoslav Proverb.
YUGOSLAV PROVERB
If you were to block off the entire Mexican border, they would just come through the ocean.
GEOFFREY BOYCE
The proverb is something musty.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
[Some comments called for the inclusion of an anti-skimming device that would block unauthorized con...
RAY EVERETT-CHURCH
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced -- even a proverb is no proverb to you till your li...
JOHN KEATS
Demetrius really grabbed his attention and I was able to come off the edge and block it.
DAN GROSSMAN
William Beckford came off the edge, he's going to be hard to block in pass rush situations.
GREG SCHIANO
I just fought off a block, he tried to run me over, actually and he just didn't make it.
BRANDON JOHNSON
I do perceive that the old proverb be not alwaies trew, for I do finde that the absence of my Nath,...
LADY ANNE BACON
Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb.
AFRICAN PROVERB
A proverb is good sense brought to a point.
JOHN MORLEY
A proverb and a by-word among all people,
BIBLE
Gratitude is the heart's memory. -French Proverb.
FRENCH PROVERB
The old lady from my block who testified against me at my trial gets relief packages from her sister...
RAUL RIVERO
Do not mix de galloping of your horse, my knight, with the beating of your heart.
OLD CHINESE PROVERB
The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness.
OLD CHINESE PROVERB
Insanity is doing the same thing in thesame way & expecting a different outcome
OLD CHINESE PROVERB
A journey of a thousand miles begins with one small step
OLD CHINESE PROVERB
A wise man knows everything.A shrewd one, everybody.
OLD CHINESE PROVERB
It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only ...
OLD CHINESE PROVERB
Yuyeh sesh. Despise your heart. Ni weh sesh. I have no heart.
LEIGH BARDUGO
Plant an expectation; reap a disappointment." (Quoting an old adage)
ELIZABETH GILBERT
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
In Shoshone, there's a saying. It's a long one, and it doesn't have an English equivalent, so bear w...
ROSE CHRISTO
Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.
OSCAR WILDE
When someone is counting out
gold for you, don't look at your hands,
or the gold. Look at ...
JALALUDDIN MEVLANA RUMI
A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.
JOHN RUSSELL
A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL
There's an old Chinese proverb that says the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ...
FLORENCE HENDERSON
you must be careful never to allow doubt to paralyze you. always take the decisions you need to take...
PAULO COELHO
There's an old African proverb that I have on my desk that says a lot about partnerships. If you wan...
PATTY STONESIFER
A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER
A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
RICHARD BUCKMINSTER FULLER
Nothing is as burdensome as a secret. French Proverb
FRENCH PROVERB
There is no proverb without a grain of truth
RUSSIAN PROVERB
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. (English Proverb.
UNKNOWN
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA
We think the chip sector has bottomed and the chip-equipment sector will bottom this month.
BYRON WALKER
Italy, a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the proverb goes
ROBERT BURTON
Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watche...
NICHOLSON BAKER
A chip on his shoulder
PROVERB
There is an old proverb much in evidence now at the [National Opera]: If you want the flowers in you...
LORD HAREWOOD
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
JOHN RUSSELL
That man's a fool whose sheep flees twice. - Oji proverb
AFRICAN PROVERBS
Hold a true friend with both hands. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria
AFRICAN PROVERBS
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL (1)
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom
JOHN RUSSELL
When the makeup melts off, when the spike of the heel breaks, when the wig on the head falls off, wh...
GIDEON O. OMORUYI
You will not be a chip the richer.
UNKNOWN
They're a complete anomaly in the chip sector.
ERIC ROTHDEUTSCH
There is a significant Latin proverb; to wit: Who will guard the guards?
JOSH BILLINGS
Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. -Arab proverb.
ARAB PROVERB
The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a...
GENE SPAFFORD
Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've wa...
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