Pockets quotes

Pockets

468 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner Actress

"Women's liberation as a movement makes some valid points. But in the final analysis, it doesn't matter who wears the pants - as long as there's money in the pockets."

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Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali Boxer, Activist

"I don't smoke but I keep a match box in my pocket, when my heart slips towards sin, I burn the matchstick and heat my palm with it, then say to myself, "Ali you can't even bear this heat, how would you bear the unbearable heat of hellfire?""

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Harold Wilson Politician
Pockets

"From now on, the pound abroad is worth 14 per cent or so less in terms of other currencies. That doesn't mean, of course, that the Pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued."

Mean Pockets Purses
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Hadley Freeman Journalist
Pockets

"This is a strange pocket of the western world where it is still deemed utterly acceptable to take smart, successful women and reduce them to beauty pageant contestants."

Successful Smart Pockets
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Robert Kiyosaki Businessman, Author
Pockets

"Rule One. You must know the difference between an asset and a liability, and buy assets. An asset is something that puts money in my pocket. A liability is something that takes money out of my pocket."

Differences Pockets Assets
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Patti Smith Musician
Pockets

"Polaroid by its nature makes you frugal. You walk around with maybe two packs of film in your pocket. You have 20 shots, so each shot is a world."

World Two Pockets
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Mickey Cohen Gangster
Pockets

"I got a kick out of having a big bankroll in my pocket. Even if I only made a couple hundred dollars, I'd always keep it in fives and tens so it'd look big."

Couple Dollars Pockets
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Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister
Pockets

"A ballot is like a bullet. You don't throw your ballots until you see a target, and if that target is not within your reach, keep your ballot in your pocket."

Pockets Target Bullets
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Woody Allen Director, Actor, Writer
Pockets

"I carry a bullet in my breast pocket. Once, a crazy evangelist threw a bible at me, which would have gone through my heart if it wasn't for the bullet."

Heart Crazy Pockets
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Joseph Conrad Novelist, Short Story Writer
Pockets

"I slipped the book into my pocket. I assure you to leave off reading was like tearing myself away from the shelter of an old and solid friendship."

Book Reading Pockets
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Pockets

"I don't mind doing interviews. I don't mind answering thoughtful questions. But I'm not thrilled about answering questions like, 'If you were being mugged, and you had a lightsaber in one pocket and a whip in the other, which would you use?'"

Mind Thoughtful Pockets
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Alexandre Dumas Novelist, Playwright
Pockets

"I came to Paris with four écus in my pocket, and I’d have fought with anybody who told me I was in no condition to buy the Louvre."

Four Paris Pockets
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Adam Smith Philosopher, Economist
Pockets

"Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the State."

People Littles Pockets
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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
Pockets

"Don't look at the world with your hands in your pockets. To write about it you have to reach out and touch it."

Writing Hands Pockets
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