Pockets Quotations

My view of civilization is that there have always been small pockets of good, decent, kind people surrounded by corrupt and evil power structures. It's always a battle to stay on the side of good.

My dark secrets are life threatening. Pockets of unhappiness set in aspic that build and build. I have this primitive feeling that if something good happens, it is going to be followed by something bad. There is always a price to pay.

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.

The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.

I'm always gonna have the darker edgy music; it is always in my pocket because it comes so naturally to me.

The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience.

For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded.

Just carrying a ruler with you in your pocket should be forbidden, at least on a moral basis. The ruler is the symbol of the new illiteracy. The ruler is the symptom of the new disease, disintegration of our civilisation.

It's kind of like some kind of church for me, playing live. Each show, good people from different pockets of the world come and open their soul and let their spirits mingle and dance. That energy comes up through me, and all I do is channel it; it's like a circular motion and very sacred.

Music is an essential part of my life and I'm completely lost without a good album to listen to or my iPod in my pocket!

Since the governments are in the pockets of businesses, who's going to control this most powerful institution? Business is more powerful than politics, and it's more powerful than religion. So it's going to have to be the vigilante consumer.

They may have turned this up, whether you had the Paula Jones case or not. But again maybe not, but again that's like if a frog had side pockets he'd probably wear a handgun.

We must look after our own before lining the pockets of overseas countries and investors.

The function of Theology? The recitation of the incomprehensible by the unspeakable to pick the pockets of the unthinking.

Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.

A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket.

Corporations are poisoning our air and water while at the same time lining the pockets of elected officials with political contributions.

Foreign trade is not a replacement for foreign aid, of course, but foreign aid to a country that doesn't also engage in significant amounts of foreign trade is more likely to end up in the pockets of dictators and cronies.

I shouldn't be near Vegas and have money in my pocket.

Right now we think that rates will stay low, that you'll be able to get a mortgage below seven percent and that's kicked off a refinance boom that's going to put more money in the pockets of consumers.

A lot of pop music is about stealing pocket money from children.

A handkerchief can never be put in another pocket after it has been in one pocket. I don't walk under ladders. I have items of clothing that are lucky for me. That rotates, but I am luck-oriented.

Well, I think the best form would be to put money directly in the pockets of consumers.

If you got something you don't want other people to know, keep it in your pocket.

Hell has been described as a pocket edition of Chicago.

Making the tax cuts permanent will continue to grow the economy, create jobs, and put more money in the pockets of the hard-working families of Pennsylvania.

I have very, very low expenditures, but still I manage to spend it all. I guess Hot Pockets are more expensive than I thought.

Most financiers, corporate lawyers, lobbyists, and management consultants are competing with other financiers, lawyers, lobbyists, and management consultants in zero-sum games that take money out of one set of pockets and put it into another.

What you possess is not what you jingle in the pockets of your memory, but the imaginings with which you fill the spaces of the future.

Sometimes, you have to make the choice to forgive 10 times a day when you have these pockets of anger come up. That's a lot of work, but to me it's worthwhile.

My healthcare plan puts more money into average families' pockets than the Bush tax cuts... He's got a lousy tax cut. It's only good for the super wealthy. I've got a tax cut that will help ordinary people.

It's still possible to find pockets of old Dublin - but its becoming more and more rarified.

I've been fined probably more than any driver, and I've probably paid it out of my own pocket more than any driver.

Walmart is so huge that a wage boost at Walmart would ripple through the entire economy, putting more money in the pockets of low-wage workers. This would help boost the entire economy - including Walmart's own sales.

That's the premise of the Saudi Arabians. He's holding the president's hand with one. In the other hand, he's got his hand in the pocket of American consumers

I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer.

I looked through our catalog year by year, and I saw that there were pockets of time when we wrote some terrific songs. Then all of a sudden, we'd go for another two or three months and there weren't great songs.

We've all heard these statistics that teachers at times go into their pockets in the tune of several hundred dollars a year to pay for school supplies and materials. It's not normal.

There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.

Our entire approach to the banking and financial services business is risk-adjusted returns. We believe that in most parts of the world, and including pockets in India, banking tends to mis-price risk.

I'm a clean freak and a germaphobe - I have hand sanitizer in my pocket.

We don't need new laws that can be used by organizations with deep pockets and the ability to deduct legal expenses as a cost of doing business to intimidate individuals or organizations that voice legitimate concerns.

Music is split up now into little pockets.

Money is always there but the pockets change; it is not in the same pockets after a change, and that is all there is to say about money.

What is it but a cunningly devised scheme to take from one State and to give to another - to replenish the treasury of some of the States from the pockets of the people of the others; in reality, to make them support the governments and pay the debts of other States as well as their own?

Not only do unemployment benefits help families who are hurting; they also put money into their pockets that they'll then spend - and their spending will keep other Americans in jobs.

There's nothing I hate more than gritty, linty, mysterious pocket schmutz in the cap of my lip moisturizer - or, even worse, on the applicator itself. I shudder at the thought.

When one has a great deal to put into it a day has a hundred pockets.

When you start taking money out of consumers' pockets and adding a bit of worry, it has an effect.

The followers of Derrida are pathetic, snuffling in French pockets for bits of pieces of a deconstructive method already massively and coherently presented and with a mature sense of the sacred in Buddhism and Hinduism.

We're starting to get little pockets of softness, which causes people to worry about (the Fed) going too far and causing recession.

Like: 'Don't walk out there with one hand in your pocket unless there's somethin' in there you're going to bring out.' You gotta commit. You've gotta go out there and improvise and you've gotta be completely unafraid to die. You've got to be able to take a chance to die. And you have to die lots. You have to die all the time.

When (former Gov. George Ryan's) administration tried to roll back the sales tax, it just went into the pockets of refiners and retailers and had no effect on prices,

That's where I'm comfortable - playing a jackass on the scene, rolling in with my pocket watch and my buffoon hairdo, with my shoes.

Tis unpleasant to meet a beggar. It is painful to deny him; and, if you relieve him, it is so much out of your pocket.

It's so cold here in Washington, D.C., that politicians have their hands in their own pockets.

Political correctness is just tyranny with manners. I wish for you the courage to be unpopular. Popularity is history's pocket change. Courage is history's true currency.

We are very focused on the fact that people do not have a paycheck at this point. We want to get money into their pockets so they can make their own decisions on what they want to do,

I should be very much obliged if you would slip your revolver into your pocket. An Eley's No. 2 is an excellent argument with gentlemen who can twist steel pokers into knots. That and a tooth-brush are, I think, all that we need.

An expansive life, one not constrained by four walls, requires as well an expansive pocket.

In the secret pocket, she often kept a small pocket dictionary, which she would take out whenever she encountered a word she did not know.

My wife is very happy about me keeping all my music in my pocket.

She walked to the rear door and took out a bobby pin from her pocket. Hugo watched as she fiddled with the pin inside the lock until it clicked and the door opened. "How did you learn to do that?" asked Hugo. "Books," answered Isabelle.

What we're dealing with is a government in Chisinau (the Moldovan capital) with one hand slapping the United States and with the other, digging in the pockets of the United States.

there are pockets of resistance within the city that continue.

There are pockets of communities that have been left behind because of the development of malls. Empire plans help communities attract jobs by offering a load of tax benefits.

There are more guns in the pockets of more people, in the waist bands of all kinds of people. They are finding their way into younger kids' hands as well.

We really don't know what the plans are for it. The concern is re-creating pockets of poverty. Every time we pass one of the housing complexes, we say we could be putting a work force in there. But at the same time, are you creating permanent housing that isn't the best way to go?

Modern women ... they don't sew your pockets ... forget that.

Keep your money in your pocket. Or bet it on a good horse.

I carry death in my left pocket. Sometimes I take it out and talk to it: "Hello, baby, how you doing? When you coming for me? I'll be ready.

We've seen pockets of strength in the Canadian markets, so the Canadian market actually acted a lot better than the U.S. market did as a whole.

There is a wall that's built up that leads us to believe we can't move at work, but that's not the case. We need to find those pockets of time where we can take care of ourselves.

How easy it is for a fantasy to grab hold of your foot like a rope, and dangle your life upside down while brigands go through your pockets ... Deal with the life you've got. Solve the problems you have, rather than fantasizing about a life without them.

When you put more money in the pockets of working families, they spend it on groceries, gas, school supplies, and other goods and services. And that helps businesses grow and create jobs. So many forward-looking employers, large and small, understand this.

We had a very challenging month. We had some pockets of strength, but once again with the number of head winds for the month, we were down.

Gave her love away, put it in my pocket when it should of been framed!

When none but the wealthy had watches, they were almost all very good ones; few are now made which are worth much, but everybody has one in his pocket.

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.

Macklin is as useful as pockets in your underpants.

Many of these operators will say they're just concerned about the seriously or terminally ill, but their true agenda is to line their pockets with drug money.

(Olivia) would hold onto my pockets and follow me like a caboose. Then she figured out, hey I can do that.

(Shannon) stated that they ran at the subject, at which time the subject fell or tripped to the ground. (Shannon) stated once the subject was on the ground, Kelly kicked the subject in the back of the head. (Shannon) stated he and (Kelly) then continued to kick the subject. (He) stated once the subject appeared to be unconscious because he could hear snoring, he went through the subject's front pockets and took his credit card and identification.

Most vendors use the same criteria, but every vendor has pockets or areas where their customer base is located.

May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light. May good luck pursue you each morning and night.

May your heart be light and happy, May your smile be big and wide, And may your pockets always have a coin or two inside

May you always have work for your hands to do. May your pockets hold always a coin or two. May the sun shine bright on your windowpane. May the rainbow be certain to follow each rain. May the hand of a friend always be near you. And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

Men were created to have facial hair like women were created to be smooth-faced. Well, not all women. I've seen pockets where that's not the case, and that's not good.

My intention is to make sure that we think about it without becoming too intellectual about it. There are pockets of restaurateurs throughout our country right now and in Italy, France, and Spain, who spend all their days figuring out how to confound the customer.

One-hundred-year-old debt or 50-year-old debt is one thing, but 10 years is a pretty short window. Somebody with deep pockets can hire lawyers and play some legal games.

My concern is that he has only looked after much smaller pockets of money before this. People will want to see how he proves himself before committing money.

More than $200 million have been stolen out of the pockets of the Iraqi sovereign government through the loss of oil revenues resulting from attacks to pipelines. Attacks on our electrical infrastructure have caused a nationwide loss of power of more than four hours per day.

Pockets of liquid water may be no more than tens of meters below the surface.

One of the pockets of strength has been in the health care area. You could flip a coin on the Nasdaq -- it's been a very tepid and guarded rally in the Nasdaq . But I think the Dow gains will prevail.

I wish the Legislature would give us the latitude to take these raises at a later date or take a smaller amount. It really puts the monkey on our backs. If we don't take the raise, we run the risk of not receiving another one for four or five years. But if we take them, there's always going to be this perception from the public that we're stuffing our pockets full of money when we have bills to pay.

If they want to get into the pockets of this school district, I am not going to vote for it.

I could tell he wasn't complying. I was thinking to myself, 'Lie down. Put your hands up or something,' but his hands were going in and out of his pockets from what I could tell.

I believe that we need more, not less, tax relief to pull this struggling economy out of its nose dive, and will work to ensure that the final package gets the surplus out of Washington and into the pockets of taxpaying Americans,

I did go through his pockets and I did not find any identification. There is a badge above his shirt pocket but it was corroded.

From our consumer survey, we found that consumers plan to spend a little more this year than last, ... That's no surprise because consumers have a little more money in their pockets than they did a year ago.