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Robert Aitken

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Fair words butter no parsnips.
JOHN CLARKE Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.
LAO TZU The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer ...
BIBLE No, I'm fine with everything.
DALE JARRETT It's harder than heck without Ray. Because he's such a great leader with the players, No. 1. And, No...
JOHN MARSHALL (FOOTBALL COACH) Fine words dresse ill deedes.
GEORGE HERBERT There's such a fine line. It's a little risky, but we'll make the call through how he practices. The...
TRENT YAWNEY I wasn't at the game myself, so I've had to speak Roy [Aitken] and Kevin [MacDonald] who were in cha...
DAVID O'LEARY But a little milk, butter and cheese are acceptable because no harm is done in obtaining them.
SRI SATHYA SAI BABA In other words, the very man Robert Kennedy recruited to kill Fidel Castro hired his brother's murde...
WILFRIED HUISMANN I like bread, and I like butter - but I like bread with butter best.
SARAH WEINER Fine words! I wonder where you stole them.
JONATHAN SWIFT Fine words! I wonder where you stole them
JONATHAN SWIFT I was struck again by the need to collaborate and to work together strategically among churches in a...
ROBERT AITKEN It seems to me to be peculiarly unethical to be displaying foreign otters under a banner of educatin...
ROBERT AITKEN The Universal is always the same, the specifics are always different.
ROBERT AITKEN The Buddha's original teaching is essentially a matter of four points -- the Four Noble Truths:
ROBERT AITKEN Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no m...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Yes," he said sincerely. "Such a one deserves peanut butter on the seat of his pants.
PATRICIA BRIGGS Well, the mile-and-a-half tracks were the bread and butter of our team and organization (Robert Yate...
DALE JARRETT I live on good soup, not on fine words.
MOLIERE It makes me think of mushroom pasta with dripping garlic bread and butter, not margarine, no margari...
TORI AMOS Because of the harshness of words like 'hostile' and 'abusive,' we have no choice but to pursue our ...
CHARLES KUPCHELLA I was trying to tell Robert to assist me in pacing, but Robert refused.
BENJAMIN MAIYO There were certain code words they used to determine he was fine, that he had no problem whatsoever....
FRANK NOONAN Erection is chiefly caused by parsnips, artichokes, turnips, asparagus, candied ginger, acorns bruis...
ARISTOTLE A fine volley of words, gentlemen, and quickly shot off
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There was such a feeling of peace around them, it was soft and pink and smelled of butter.
SARAH ADDISON ALLEN We were fine; there was no big interruption.
JOHN LONG I love carrot cake - that's probably my favorite - and I'm obsessed with peanut butter. I ea...
JACQUELYN JABLONSKI Mature love is like mature infinity: there is no such thing!
RENé FRIEDRICH Robert Johnson? No, I didn't know him, personally.
MUDDY WATERS Enemies are people who's story you haven't heard, or who's face you haven't seen.
IRENE BUTTER Criticism is only words about words, and of what use are words about such words as these?
G. K. CHESTERTON No tablecloths, silver cutlery, fine porcelain, sommeliers, or deep wine lists - that's fine. Bu...
DANIEL HUMM Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
CONFUCIUS Fine words! I wonder where you stole 'em. [Lat., Libertas et natale solum.]
JONATHAN SWIFT Fine words have the power to make even the stupidest person sound intelligent.
MARTY RUBIN Mom wouldn't remember things. She would, say, make cheese sandwiches, only you'd have bread and butt...
JUDY MCKELLAR Beauty needs no ornaments but words of admiration.
RANA AHMAD KHAN That's what we're here for is to see. Eventually, I think he'll be a fine [No. 2] hitter. I don't kn...
DUSTY BAKER I am not imposed upon by fine words; I can see what actions mean.
GEORGE ELIOT I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor.
EDWARD ALBEE I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humour.
EDWARD ALBEE Is Tyson okay?' I asked.
The question seemed to take my dad by surprise. 'He's fine. Doing much...
RICK RIORDAN I have no idea why a guy would bring a jar of peanut butter to a concert.
IGGY POP Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the ligh...
SIR JOHN SUCKLING It's amazing how words can do that, just shred your insides apart. Sticks and stones may break my bo...
LAUREN OLIVER What was a little dark, anyway? Just no sun, [Petra] reminded herself as her sneakers pounded toward...
BLUE BALLIETT Words, I think, are such unpredictable creatures.
No gun, no sword, no army or king will ever ...
TAHEREH MAFI Words have meaning beyond the obvious. Words have consequences beyond intentions. Civil words align ...
JOHN R. DALLAS JR. Robert Kennedy was such an inspiring figure. His interest in politics seemed to come not from a desi...
ELISABETH SHUE I tell you such fine music waits in the shadows of hell.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words.
ROGER ZELAZNY Don't you have any clothes?"
"Quite honestly, no I don't."
"Cover yourself up!"
"Fi...
MICHELLE ROWEN  “I think we need food.”

“As long as I don’t have to cook it.”

He t...
KIERA CASS What I love is a peanut butter and pickle sandwich. I'll just have peanut butter and bananas, th...
DIANNE WIEST I... chose my wife as she did her wedding-gown, not for a fine glossy surface, but such qualities as...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH There is no such thing as immaterial matter. All spirit is matter, but is more fine or pure, and can...
JOSEPH SMITH, JR. Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE That's unfortunate, ... Music is such an important part of an academic program, not just fine arts. ...
LAWRENCE FISHER If you put butter and salt on it, it tastes like salty butter.
TERRY PRATCHETT Words have no wings but they can fly a thousand miles
KOREAN PROVERB Because you might just get there and turn around and want to leave again. I'm not going to ping-pong...
BUT APRIL I want to make sure it is out of there for good. Whatever it is, there is a shark floating in there ...
BUT BURNETT Something wasn't right. It's pretty frustrating. I feel about two inches tall.
BUT BURNETT Well? I mean, I know fatherhood isn't your strong suit, but I thought maybe you'd evolved a little s...
BUT APRIL Last time I heard, she was still pregnant, and you were still in the running for daddy.
BUT APRIL As both a fine artist and a graphic designer, I specialize in the visual presentation of words.
JOHN LANGDON And the baby?" The words are anguished, breathless.
"The baby's fine, Mr. Grey."
"Oh, than...
E.L. JAMES Petty deviance is encouraged
JKRAK Even you are not rich enough, Sir Robert, to buy back your past. No man is
OSCAR WILDE There is no such thing as too much swearing. Swearing is just a piece of linguistic mechanics. The w...
PETER CAPALDI It's raining pretty hard (but) there's no big wind yet. At this point it seems fine.
MARE CONTRARE We had no communication whatsoever. We were trying but no words were coming one. Our stats were grea...
JENNIFER CONNOLLY You write such pretty words, But life's no storybook. Love's an excuse to get hurt. And to hurt. Do ...
CONOR OBERST We don't take our cues from the tabloids, and so, no, if they think it's opportunistic, that's fine,...
MARK HEALY There are no leaks in the hangars and the doors are sandbagged. The Pluto spacecraft is doing fine.
GEORGE DILLER I was told that Michigan is fine and there is no lawsuit planned.
CHRIS THOMAS When all you can afford is peanut butter, at least make peanut butter cookies!
ANJIE HENLEY Little bits were one of Dorey Jewett's gems: small, sweet lobster knuckles that were sautéed in but...
BARBARA DELINSKY Justice is such a fine thing that we cannot pay too dearly for it.
ALAIN LESAGE Justice is such a fine thing that we cannot pay too dearly for it.
ALAIN RENE LESAGE Justice is such a fine thing that we cannot pay too dearly for it.
ALAIN RENE LE SAGE He says he likes to share them all but his peanut butter ones.
BECKY BROWN Fortunately, there's no serious damage. There's definitely some soreness and stiffness, but other th...
JAMIE ALLISON What but the wolf's tooth whittled so fine The fleet limbs of the antelope?What but fear winged the ...
ROBINSON JEFFERS Probably? So you're asking me to trust my life to steel wool and peanut butter?"
"Poisoned pean...
SCOTT WESTERFELD Would you rather have butter or guns? Preparedness makes us powerful. Butter merely makes us fat.
HERMANN GOERING You are fine as heaven, hell wouldn't allow such beauty to enter into it's gates
TAURUS MORGAN Butter yo shit.
HANNAH HART Why does Medicare have such difficulty accommodating a cut - no, wait, a trim to its annual spending...
TIMOTHY NOAH Why bother with a cunning plan when a simple one will do?
TERRY PRATCHETT In sleep a king, but, waking, no such matter
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Will fortune never come with both hands full, But write her fair words still in foulest letters? ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me.
MATT GROENING No more words. We know them all, all the words that should not be said. But you have made my world m...
TERRY PRATCHETT If you have extraordinary bread and extraordinary butter, it's hard to beat bread and butter.
JACQUES PEPIN I've hung out in the writer's room a few times, but the fact is we've got such a good wr...
PATTON OSWALT Don't use such strong words. It'll only make you look weak.
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ROBERT BYRD Hitler never abandoned the cloak of legality; he recognized the enormous psychological value of havi...
ROBERT BYRD I have never seen such extreme partisanship, such bitter partisanship, and such forgetfulness of the...
ROBERT BYRD That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a minority ...
ROBERT BYRD One's family is the most important thing in life. I look at it this way: One of these days I'...
ROBERT BYRD Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, ...
ROBERT BYRD We're taught Lord Acton's axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I b...
ROBERT CARO If you don't have a leg to stand on, you can't put your foot down.
ROBERT ALTMAN Pirate ships were built for stealth and invisibility. They filed no manifests with any agency or gov...
ROBERT KURSON I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That d...
ROBERT FULGHUM I was first in line for the iPhone, but I'm not a fanboy of any company - I'm in favor of an...
ROBERT SCOBLE Many Chinese saw opium as a poison introduced by foreign enemies.
ROBERT TROUT Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of ...
ROBERT COLLIER I'm the guy who spends 15 minutes staring out of the window wondering what to have for lunch.
ROBERT WEBB Space ails us moderns: we are sick with space.
ROBERT FROST Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.
ROBERT FROST I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the soun...
ROBERT FROST