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If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end
ARTHUR BAER If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end.
ARTHUR 'BUGS' BAER If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end.
BUGS BAER I felt that there were so many people doing it that I would just be like one of the others.
KELLI WHITE I did theater summer camps when I was a kid, and I enjoyed them, but they never felt quite right. Bu...
AIDY BRYANT I was standing onstage last year, and I felt like I wanted to be somewhere else. No matter how many ...
KENNY CHESNEY If there were no girls like them in the world, there would be no poetry
WILLA CATHER It really took the wind out of their sails. It would have been like us losing Andy Miller last year ...
JOE LABUDA We just felt like it would be a personal touch and a connection.
BETSY BALLOWE I've known Jonathan for years, and I see no indication that he would ever go about things in a cover...
PAUL WATSON It looks like it would be a great reproduction of a mansion that was once there but is no longer the...
JOHN SAUNDERS Imagine what it would be like if TV actually were good. It would be the end of everything we know.
MARVIN MINSKY Love has a timeframe all of its own and love never dies. It is eternal. There is no end. There is no...
KATE MCGAHAN My hope is that the 21st century will be the first century where there will be no violation of human...
SHINZO ABE Yoga is almost like music in a way; there's no end to it.
STING Guys get frustrated like Frankie did, and I understand that, ... If it had taken place out of sight,...
ADRIAN BELTRE In one sense, businesses like it if not much would happen. If he doesn't get impeached, there would ...
DAVID BRADY I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's would still be open.
SUSAN BETH PFEFFER I never really committed to being an actor. It never felt like it would be possible, I guess.
EDDIE REDMAYNE It felt scary because there was no auditioning, no rehearsing.
BARRY SONNENFELD It just kind of felt like my day towards the end of the day,
KIRK TRIPLETT Every time I played a pro from then on, I never felt intimidated or felt like there was such a big g...
CHRIS EVERT The coaches around the area felt like it would be good for our kids to compete in.
BART BROOKS Love must be learned, and learned again; there is no end to it.
KATHERINE ANNE PORTER Providing there is no end-year surge in spending it should be attainable.
GEOFF DICKS I always felt like something of an outsider. But I identified with people up on the screen. That mad...
LUKE PERRY In the end, everyone loses everyone. There was no invention to get around that, and so I felt, that ...
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER There is no end to relationship. There may be the end of a particular relationship, but relationship...
J. KRISHNAMURTI There was no end to them. It seems like they got bigger every time they came in.
ASHLEY MARBLE I would like to thank President Goodluck Jonathan for his display of statesmanship in setting a prec...
MUHAMMADU BUHARI If two people love each other, there can be no happy end to it
ERNEST HEMINGWAY I guess, if it wasn't for Jordan, there would be no LeBron or Kobe who plays like that.
BEN SIMMONS Without sound,
There would be no music.
And without music,
There would be no life. SUZY KASSEM No other city would have gotten the best out of Reggie Miller. Thank you so much for helping him to ...
CHERYL MILLER There shall be no end of love in persons’ heart and no end of tenacity in persons’ mind.
HEENASHREE KHANDELWAL MUSIC OF THE UNIVERSE
Without the orchestra of the universe,
There would be no ether...
SUZY KASSEM At the end it felt like we played not to lose instead of playing to win.
MIKE DAVIS I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should
have my will, and having my will, I s...
CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA) There seem to be no way he could stop anything that was happening, although it all felt wrong.
LARRY MCMURTRY The documentary 'Certifiably Jonathan' has engrossing moments in it. How can it not? It'...
ELVIS MITCHELL Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
GEORGE HERBERT I just liked the surroundings and a lot of the players were nice when I met them. It felt like I wou...
ANGEL HENDERSON When I came down on the sideline, there is no way I would have felt comfortable doing that if I didn...
CAM CAMERON In the end, the wind takes everything, doesn't it? And why not? Why other? If the sweetness of our l...
STEPHEN KING I felt it was time for there to be a document of what we sound like now.
BRUCE HORNSBY There was no one thing. We just felt like there was infringement on all the charges. It wasn't unani...
CATHY LINDSEY Oh man, it felt great out there. It felt like everything was working all the way through.
IAN SNELL I actually felt like I was in a video game, out there, no pressure at all.
CHARLIE VILLANUEVA I remember watching television when I was younger, and I felt like there were things TV tackled firs...
BRESHA WEBB At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.
STEVE MARABOLI The truth is, about the Middle East is, had there been no oil there, it would be like Africa. Nobody...
WESLEY CLARK Greta made it clear (to Simpson) that there would be no restrictions and there would be a full range...
TOM JOHNSON There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter.
GORDON B. HINCKLEY If there were no God, there would be no Atheists.
G. K. CHESTERTON If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
G.K. CHESTERTON Stan Jonathan was one of the toughest guys I've ever seen, but after a fight his face would look lik...
DICK TODD Miller made him change his voice. He was in the studio and Miller said, 'You can't sing.' Miller tol...
WILLIAM GAMBLER I've always felt like there was a lot of hype around me even when there wasn't. I felt like ...
CONOR MCGREGOR It's like an old Jonathan Winters movie - 'The Russians aren't coming! The Russians aren't coming.' ...
ROBERT BRUSCA It is impossible that there should be demonstration of absolutely everything; [for then] there would...
ARISTOTLE At the end of the day, it seems like there's a critic archetype for food movies, like with '...
JON FAVREAU It felt good out there. There were no nerves. It was just great to be back on the field far quicker ...
BENJI MARSHALL In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi,...
PAUL ROBESON I felt like if I wasn't around, maybe my shot would be gone.
YOUNG BUCK I don't want to talk about those things. I see the worst in people. I don't need to look past seeing...
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON Wherever you are, be all there.
CRAIG GROESCHEL There is no identification of this individual put out. If I would have done it, my picture would be ...
JIM CARTER He knew that there was no quick comfort for emotions like those. They were deeper and they did not n...
LOIS LOWRY Man, it felt good to play on Wednesday. I couldn't wait to get back out there. I felt like I was bac...
BRIAN TONER I must end it. There is no hope. I will be at peace. No one had anything to do with it. My decision ...
FREDDIE PRINZE Love must be learned and learned again; There is no end.
KATHERINE ANNE PORTER How wild it was, to let it be.
T. S. ELIOT I do think I would use him if I felt like the situation warranted whether it would be lopsided or no...
BILL PARCELLS Jenna and Amanda started out with a strong lead and held it until the end, when Pam Miller began sli...
SHERI BALDWIN felt badly about it in the end.
JAMES SPADER We'd had success and felt like they would be in a pass rush mode, and that made it a little bit bett...
BRAD SCOTT I felt like I was in a dream out there. I felt totally surreal - like 'What's going on?' Mary Sue's ...
COLLEEN JONES I felt like I was in a dream out there. I felt totally surreal - like 'What's going on?' Mary Sue's ...
COLLEEN JONES I feel like we made some mistakes at the end but my kids worked really hard. To be up 10 with two mi...
ERIC BURNETT If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
CHARLES DICKENS There would be no great men if there were no little ones.
GEORGE HERBERT If there were no bad people there would be no good lawyers.
CHARLES DICKENS There was a point when we were 16-2 and we felt like we had struggled a little. But then I said ther...
DEAN COFFLAND There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil.
ELLIS PETERS He took a shot on a kickoff return at the end of that game. He was sore enough that they felt as pre...
DAVE SHELBOURNE Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends...
GEORGE HERBERT It felt like his whole hand came through my eye, like he broke part of it off in there. I think it's...
BRANDON JONES No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there th...
L. FRANK BAUM If there were no bad speculations there could be no good investments; if there were no wild ventures...
F. W. HIRST We felt it would be a better use for the facility, rather than using it for office space. It would b...
DAISY FULTON If we could have the ability to change the past and right our wrongs would it make us learn from any...
GARY F EVANS... To be in a time of technological change and advancement is an awesome thought indeed as long as it i...
GARY F EVANS... There are not many people who would be able to handle no fields, no facilities and drive the bus. I ...
MEGAN BOWES There was a big hole, and I saw the cutback, so I took the cutback and everything was open from ther...
LOUIS RANKIN If you laid all of the lawyers in the world, end to end, on the equator ---- It would be a good idea...
UNKNOWN It just kind of seemed like there were good opportunities to be had out there. It was kind of sloppy...
CURTIS SANFORD He (Miller) would do well to let the people at GM run General Motors and focus on whatever the hell ...
RICHARD SHOEMAKER When something is as remarkable as 'The Sopranos,' our audience would like to see it continue as lon...
CHRIS ALBRECHT I've always felt like he hasn't gotten enough recognition. It would be neat for him to get recogniti...
MICHAEL BINGHAM You don't have to have long hair to be a Rock star, but it helps." - Jonathan Fox
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JONATHAN SWIFT One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.
JONATHAN SWIFT When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in ...
JONATHAN SWIFT 'Tis an old maxim in the schools,
That flattery's the food of fools;
Yet now and then your men...
JONATHAN SWIFT She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on with a pitch folk.
JONATHAN SWIFT One of the oddest features of western Christianized culture is its ready acceptance of the myth of t...
JONATHAN RABAN I will venture to affirm, that the three seasons wherein our corn has miscarried did no more contrib...
JONATHAN SWIFT It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: a...
JONATHAN SWIFT Come, agree, the law's costly.
JONATHAN SWIFT There's none so blind as they that won't see.
JONATHAN SWIFT Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own; wh...
JONATHAN SWIFT Brutes find out where their talents lie;
A bear will not attempt to fly,
A foundered horse w...
JONATHAN SWIFT Over emphatic negatives always suggest that what is being denied may be what is really being asserte...
JONATHAN RABAN But when a Man
JONATHAN SWIFT Pretense is the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to.
JONATHAN SWIFT There are two sorts of hypocrites; ones that are deceived with their outward morality and external r...
JONATHAN EDWARDS Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
JONATHAN EDWARDS I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words ...
JONATHAN SWIFT Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.
JONATHAN SWIFT Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth,...
JONATHAN SWIFT I wont quarrel with my bread and butter.
JONATHAN SWIFT I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.
JONATHAN SWIFT