Blows Quotations | Page 2

Normally, the thin-skinned have an endless array of excuses for why their workaday interactions are so much harder to bear for them than for the rest of us. In the eyes of the self-suffering, they are being victimised, used and always abused, when they're actually experiencing exactly the same body blows as the rest of us.

Normally it blows and the rains are coming down, but this was very unusual, clear skies, beautiful weather, but it's just so windy.

A 'D' is like running around on bald tires. A 'D' is a warning sign. Maybe we've got a few more miles before a tire blows out.

Some decisions I am not just sure on and when the whistle blows I am not sure what is going to happen.

Sometimes I feel like 'Avenue Q' or even 'Book of Mormon' might not have happened without 'Urinetown.' 'Urinetown' sort of paved the way, just in terms of what Broadway would accept in its houses. It just blows my mind, the stuff 'Book of Mormon' gets away with. It's way farther across the line than 'Urinetown' ever was.

One guy just hangs on the horn as he blows through the city. This is not only a quality of life but a health issue.

Once the ref blows his whistle, I yell out, 'That's a terrible call' and then I start booing with everybody else.

Any team that blows the lead that we blew in the fourth quarter has no excuses, ... I don't want to hear about an official's call, O.K.? We have no complaints.

Any tax over 12-14% -- regardless of the base -- will corrupt enough taxpayers to render the system unfair to all. So, beware of single-tax proposals. The U.S. government blows more money than any single tax can generate. The key is to tax multiple bases, disparate in nature, and with simple flat rates. That is a system both fair and sustatinable.

As far as the radio stuff ... it still blows me away that this would happen to us. We'll all say without hesitating that we aren't rock stars, we aren't anybody special. We are just normal goofy ordinary people that get to do this for a living.

That's what makes our sport so unique. You can sit there and watch it on TV, and you get more of the perspective of the pit strategy and the way the guys are passing each other out on the track. Then when you come to the race, you lose a little bit of that, but you can still see live what's going on, and you can get a scanner and hear the teams and what transmissions go back and forth. And you have the smell, you've got the sight, the feel. When cars come by at 200 miles an hour, it blows you away.

You want experimentation. Every once in awhile, you stumble upon something that blows your mind.

This blows the rest of the programs out of the water.

This blows apart the definition of family more than ever. It's about the courts pushing social engineering on the unsuspecting public.

They set fires in a city that has no water, which blows our minds.

They were hungrier than we were. When they came out they kind of hit us in the mouth and we never hit back. When you play a team like Texas, you just have to keep receiving their blows and keep firing back at them.

They get out there, one guy blows a pitch pipe and they start singing.

There may be more cycles of hyperventilation yet to come as Hurricane Rita blows through the Gulf of Mexico, but the DOE data for last week was a calming influence.

This is the most I've ever been exposed to a miscarriage of justice--it just blows my mind. We've got an ugly situation.

This is unlike the Blue Monster, where the wind normally blows a lot. This is as calm as I've seen it at noon.

There's a lot of things that are out of my control. I let those things go and all any of us can do is pay attention to our games and get ready for this. It's the Olympics. It's blows me away how big it is and how much importance people put on it.

Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and kindles fires.

It was going to take a wonder goal to do it for us because it was nip and tuck out there. We played better here against Bolton and lost but that's how it is in the Premiership. We've taken a couple of blows in the last couple of weeks, so it's nice to get this result.

It was, in part, summer days like this one that drew the Lincolns here to higher ground, where the breeze blows more and the visitors can breathe a little easier, ... It was quieter here and a place to reflect.

It's about 67 cents more expensive per gallon than it was 365 days ago. And that blows a hole in the budget.

It's very clear from the witnesses that Brian wasn't involved in striking any blows against Norris Gaynor. And, obviously, the concern is for somebody to be charged with an open count of homicide and not to have acted in any way to have caused that homicide, obviously, is troubling to me.

It's not the kind of week that you want to have very often, that's for sure. I don't think anybody really saw it coming. But the way we played, I don't know that it blows anybody's doors off.

It just blows me away. For the honor to come from people who know the business means a lot more than anything else you'll ever get. This means a great deal to me.

It's almost indescribable. To come home, and to see the people treat him the way they have, it just blows me away. The people have shown him that he's still No. 1 in the city. It was just heartwarming.

It's going to be horrible. You develop a capability into the other side that puts information into your hands -- and somebody comes along and blows that up.

It's fun to see some of the younger kids compete, but when the advanced kids get on that ramp it blows everyone away.

It's quite intense. Especially if it's a calm night, we seem to be worse for some reason. Nights, weekends, when the wind is out of the south, it blows the stench right toward us.

the next time Bolivia blows up I think they'll be used quite a bit.

It's so amazing, standing on the corner -this happened in Washington, D.C. - and somebody comes by in a Cadillac and you hear 'Manic Monday' on the radio, and you don't even know this person, and they're listening to it and singing along with it. Wow! Blows your mind.

It kind of blows our minds sometimes, ... We look at each other and say, 'It's just a melon, right?'

They could hear and have a good time like everybody else. It blows my mind.

The U.S. economy appears to have withstood a set of blows -- major declines in equity markets, a sharp retrenchment in investment spending, and the tragic terrorist attacks of last September -- that in previous business cycles almost surely would have induced a severe contraction,

They killed them with blows to the head and machetes. It is very brutal, the beach would have been covered in blood.

These nuclear tests are serious blows to regional security and to the global non-proliferation regime and international nuclear disarmament efforts,

Once this market blows out it will become a multibillion business. Venture capitalist always like the market size that has the letter 'B' in them.

Once this market blows out it will become a multibillion business.

Not I, not I, but the wind that blows through me! / A fine wind is blowing the new direction of Time.

Anytime the wind blows more than 60 mph, something goes awry. We've had a lot of practice, and we're getting tired of it.

Snow blows away and melts, ... One place may get a lot of snowfall, but the wind might blow it to another area before it can be measured.

I'm going to keep playing until it blows up. If I have to have a procedure, then I'm done. Finished. That would be it.

I have never taken so many blows during a game and most of them were below the belt.

If you're in part of rebel-controlled Syria, and suddenly your house blows up or a building next to you blows up, it would be convenient for rebels to say, 'It was the Americans.'

If you play it out long enough it blows up,

In our view, Pfizer is in fact defensive and has demonstrated that it can weather the blows in a measured fashion due to its dramatic scale advantage and strong balance sheet.

In the last two years, the youngest people are asking me for the oldest songs, ... I'm talking kids . It blows my mind. I look at them and go, 'How could you have heard that song? I haven't sung it in 20 years.' It's like I'm just starting now. I finally got a career.

In my mind, he's done an amazing job, and he's certainly one of the favorites for national coach of the year. To think what's done there after losing so much from last year's team, it just blows my mind.

It helps prove the point the centralized interim storage makes more sense. Once you start moving it, it blows the whole 'mobile Chernobyl' argument out of the water.

But I'm trying not to be cynical-I don't want to be one of those people who has a cool opportunity and blows it. It's really amazing what's happening to me.

I don't think it blows up the deal. What it does is underline how difficult the process remains.

I don't know if you could ever prepare for that. Nick Nolte told me one time, fame is like a red balloon. It just blows up, gets bigger and bigger. It's just full of hot air.

(Garner) admitted that he didn't intend to hit him. But a kid walks to the plate and blows you a kiss, yea there's some bad feelings.

Good journalism, I think, represents life and if you try to organize something too neatly it usually blows up in your face and doesn't really happen the way you want it to.

If it blows and it's dry, it's going to be a traditional Texas-style test where you're not going to shoot low. If it stays still, you're going to see low (scores). St. Andrews is the best example of shooting low when it's not blowing. When it blows, it's a nightmare.

If I stop and think about it, it just blows my mind. It's my stage. No restrictions. It's my party, and I am having the best time.

I definitely want to go one up on him. I think it will be an emotional night. But once that whistle blows I'm going to want to kick his butt, to be honest.

I don't think anybody really saw it coming. But the way that we've played, I don't know that it blows anybody's doors off.

If EA blows it, gamers will look for other experiences from other companies,

I cannot see any justification for the continued blows being delivered.

He blows the top off defenses. He does a great job of pushing tempo. When he comes in, it's like defenses have to prepare for another team.

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The main thing that causes wind in the first place is differences in atmospheric pressure. Generally, it blows from high-pressure areas to low-pressure areas to balance things out. The bigger the pressure difference, the stronger the wind.

These are days when no one should rely unduly on his ''competence.'' Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows are struck left-handed.

You can see the fad, and know it's just a matter of time until it blows up. When people get worried, they will want the safety of U.S. equities.

You've got to believe that you're going to win, and I believe we'll win the World Cup until the final whistle blows and we're knocked out.

The market will continue to drop as China imposes austerity measures, and we have interest rate (fears) in the U.S.. These two blows means we're in for a correction -- a substantial one.

The little girls will bring their hats and get them autographed even by the contestants, which blows the contestants away.

If wind blows on you thro' a hole, Make your will and take care of your soul.

He that blows the coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face

Another race hath been, and other palms are won./ Thanks to the human heart by which we live,/ Thanks to its tenderness, its joys and fears,/ To me the meanest flower that blows can give/ Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.

You throw the sand against the windAnd the wind blows it back again.

In peace there's nothing so becomes a manAs modest stillness and humility;But when the blast of war blows in our ears,Then imitate the action of the tiger:Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;Now set the teeth, and stretch the nostril wide,Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spiritTo his full height!