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38 Confucius say... who pushes piano down mineshaft get A flat miner.
44 A shotgun wedding is a case of wife or death.
76 Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
96 A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. <BR> -- Nietzs…
124 Court, n.: A place where they dispense with justice. <BR> -- Arthur Train
133 A consultant is a person who borrows your watch, tells you what time it is, pockets the watch, and …
152 A wife lasts as long as a marriage, an ex-wife for ever.
160 A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. <BR> -- John Barrymore
180 A person needs only two tools in life: WD-40 and duct tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use W…
205 If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. <BR> -- Frank A. Clark
220 A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down. <BR> -- Arnold H. Glasow
235 Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic. <BR…
239 A closed mouth gathers no foot. <BR> -- Bob Cooke
245 A perfect wife is one who doesn't expect a perfect husband. <BR> -- Anonymous
249 A friend is someone who can see through you and still enjoys the show. <BR> -- Farmer's Almanac
250 A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for. <BR> -- John A. Shedd
251 A lie has speed, but truth has endurance. <BR> -- Edgar J. Mohn
252 A pedestal is as much a prison as any small space. <BR> -- Gloria Steinem
256 A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows the corners. <BR> -- Irish Proverb
264 Little girls and butterflies need no excuse. <BR> -- Robert A. Heinlein
275 You live and learn. Or you don't live long. <BR> -- Robert A. Heinlein
303 A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water. <BR> -- Sidney Goff
308 Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do. <BR> -- R. A. Hein…
311 The meek can HAVE the Earth. The rest of us are going to the stars! <BR> -- Robert A. Heinlein
314 A banker is the person who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and w ants it back the mi…
315 A fine lass, of nice ways and orderly conduct, none ever seeing her drunk above four days in the se…
316 A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. <BR> -- Mark Twa…
330 A new study reveals that 14% of all Americans do not speak English. And the vast majority of them w…
340 …xplain to him his offense, give him a chance to apologize, and kill him. <BR> -- Robert A. Heinlein
341 My old man taught me two things: 'Mind own business' and 'Always cut cards'. <BR> -- R.A. Heinlein
347 A bore talks about himself. A brilliant conversationalist talks about you. <BR> -- Ernest Prabhakar
348 A bus stops at a bus station; a train stops at a train station. On my desk I have a workstation...
349 A cement mixer collided with a prison van on the Kingston Pass. Motorists are asked to be on the lo…
350 A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history - with the possib…
351 A conversation with you, Baldrick, and somehow death loses its sting. <BR> -- Black Adder II
352 A diplomat is a man who can convince his wife she'd look stout in a fur coat.
353 A gnab gib is a big bang in reverse. <BR> -- Douglas Adams
354 A lack of planning on your part doesn't constitute an emergency on my part.
355 A legend is a lie that has attained the dignity of age. <BR> -- H.L. Mencken
356 A leopard never changes his stripes. <BR> -- Al Gore
357 A man of convictions, none of them pending. <BR> -- David Letterman of Oliver North
358 A youth becomes a man when the marks he wants to leave on the world have nothing to do with tyres.
359 Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. <BR> -- Am…
378 A.A.A.A.A.: An organization for drunks who drive
386 A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history, with the possibl…
387 A panelist on "Think Tank" once described Washington, DC as "a place holding all the answers".
388 "A)bort, R)etry, I)nfluence with large hammer."
441 A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it wor…
442 A man is like a fine wine. He starts out raw as grapes, and it's a woman's job to stomp on him and …
446 A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: 'Inside of me there …
488 …foreseeable and undesirable consequences, seems to be intolerable to modern man. <BR> -- F.A. Hayek
503 A camel is a horse designed by a committee.
505 A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline. <BR> -- Harvey Mackay
509 A man spends the first half of his life learning habits that shorten the other half of his life.
510 A man's reach should exceed its grasp. <BR> -- Browning
511 A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.
512 A man who throws dirt loses ground.
518 A Physician can bury his mistakes, an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines. <BR> --…
520 A real patriot is someone who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
521 A seminar on time travel will be held in two weeks ago.
552 If A is a success in life, then A equals X plus Y plus Z. Work is X; Y is play; and Z is keeping yo…
604 The definition of a recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you loose y…
637 What has four legs and an arm? A happy pit bull.
660 A problem well stated is a problem half solved. <BR> -- Charles Franklin Kettering (1876-1958)
664 A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation. <BR> -- H. H. Munro (Saki) (1870-1916)
665 A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines. <BR> --…
668 A goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid. <BR> -- Ja…
685 A great many people think they are thinking when they are acutally rearranging their prejudices. <B…
691 NEW YORK, NY. A man was knocked down by a car and got up uninjured, but lay back down in front of t…
698 A word to the wise ain't necessary, it is the stupid ones who need all the advice. <BR> -- Bill Cos…
702 A witty saying proves nothing. <BR> -- Voltaire (1694-1778)
705 A pint of sweat saves a gallon of blood. <BR> -- George S. Patton (1885-1945), US Army General
721 …opinions as I would his dog, without being expected to take it home with me. <BR> -- Frank A. Clark
738 … but in order to earn better than a `C', the idea must be feasible. <BR> -- A Yale University mana…
751 A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. <BR> -- Edward Abbey (…
763 A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic. <BR> -- Joseph Stalin (1879-1953)
808 A baby is an inestimable blessing and bother. <BR> -- Mark Twain
809 A classic is a book which people praise and don't read. <BR> -- Mark Twain
810 A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. <BR> -- Mark Twa…
813 A good lie will have travled half way around the world while the truth is putting on her boots. <BR…
816 A man with a new idea is a crank until he succeeds. <BR> -- Mark Twain
818 A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. <BR> -- Mark Twain
819 A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be lead by the nose. <BR> -- …
821 A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling. For example, in Year 1 that useless letter 'c' woul…
822 A powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words in a b…
823 A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his …
964 …owed by an E, until you've spelled the healthful mnemonic phrase: "A DEAD CAD BAKED A BAD CAKE, AC…
965 The Four Major Warning Signs of Vitamin Deficiency are: (1) Nosebleeds, (2) A sudden fondness for W…
979 …or depreciation to thine cow, deducteth the amount showneth on Line XVLIICX-A of Schedule XIV, fro…
981 A Health Reminder from the Bureau of Medical Alarm: Don't smoke or drink. Or eat. Or go outside. Or…
1008 I turned 50, which is really not so old. A lot of very famous people accomplished great things afte…
1012 A Labrador retriever is a large enthusiastic bulletproof species of dog made entirely of synthetic …
1016 Women, because of a tragic genetic flaw, feel compelled to watch only ONE PROGRAM AT A TIME, the wa…
1031 IRS HUMOR EXAMPLE: "A lawyer, a doctor, and a priest were marooned on a desert island. So we consif…
1069 A few years later England and China got into the Opium War, during which soldiers on both sides spe…
1130 A lot of women have concluded that the problem is that guys, as a group, have the emotional maturit…
1143 … more laundry than they absolutely have to. A single-sock load would not be out of the question, f…
1150 …t Realistic Scene Of Bodies Falling Off The End Of A Sinking Ship And Landing On Big Ship Parts Wi…
1204 A large, clumsy umbrella is the best protection against the rain: there will be no rain as long as …
1320 A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast. <BR> -- Ed Howe (1853-1937), U.S. humorist
1321 A woman's always younger than a man of equal years. <BR> -- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, (1806-1861)…
1402 A "good" family, it seems, is one that used to be better. <BR> -- Cleveland Amory, U.S. critic & an…
1427 A dog is a man's best friend. A cat is a cat's best friend. <BR> -- Robert J. Vogel
1428 A man has to work so hard so that something of his personality stays alive. A tomcat has it so easy…
1451 Of all the toys available, none is better designed than the owner himself. A large multipurpose pla…
1465 A dog is a yes-animal, very popular with people who can't afford to keep a yes-man. <BR> -- Roberts…
1466 A dog is not almost human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it a…
1467 A dog is the only thing on this earth that loves you more than you love yourself. <BR> -- Josh Bill…
1468 A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down. <BR> …
1469 A dog wags its tail with its heart. <BR> -- Martin Buxbaum
1487 Qui me amat, amet et canem meum. ("Love me, love my dog.") <BR> -- St. Bernard, A.D. 1150, "Sermo …
1489 The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. <BR> -- Andrew A. Rooney (1919- ), U.S. …
1495 A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg. <BR> -- Samuel Butler II (1835-1902)
1502 A snake should not be in your yard unless it has your written permission. <BR> -- Dave Barry, "Inse…
1504 A portrait is a painting with something wrong about the mouth. <BR> -- John Singer Sargent (1856-19…
1516 …ry is the national pastime. <BR> -- Phyllis McGinley (1905-1978), U.S. poet A hair in the head is …
1517 A man is usually bald four or five years before he knows it. <BR> -- Ed Howe (1853-1937)
1524 A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's …
1557 A rich man's joke is always funny. <BR> -- Thomas Edward Brown (1830-1897), British poet
1567 What is a committee? A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary. <BR> -…
1568 A bad cold wouldn't be so annoying if it weren't for the advice of our friends. <BR> -- Kin Hubbard…
1569 A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the c…
1579 A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no mercy. <BR> -- Joseph Campbell …
1580 A human being is a computer's way of making another computer. Yes, we are their sex organs. <BR> --…
1602 A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. <BR> -- Steven Wright, (1955--), U.S. comed…
1612 A critic is a legless man who teaches running. <BR> -- Channing Pollack, The Green Book
1613 A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car. <BR> -- Kenneth Tynan, British theatre…
1626 A child be within you forever unborn! <BR> -- Irish curse
1627 A donkey shall violate him, a donkey shall violate his wife (Deir el-Bahri Graffito No. 11, Dyn. 20…
1662 Every morning I read the obits in The Times. If I'm not there, I carry on. <BR> -- A.E. Mathews, (1…
1729 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry. <BR> -- Ecclesiastes 10:19
1730 A drink a day keeps the shrink away. <BR> -- Edward Abbey, 1927-1989, U.S. writer
1731 A telephone survey says that 51 percent of college students drink until they pass out at least once…
1740 … moriendum est. (Let's drink, death is inevitable.) <BR> -- Seneca the Elder (ca. 55 B.C.-37 A.D.)
1788 A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after. <BR> …
1841 A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time -- pills or stairs. <BR> -- Joan Welsh
1873 A man's tie should never be louder than his wife. <BR> -- John Hughes
1881 A cucumber should be well sliced and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good …
1882 A diet is when you watch what you eat and wish you could eat what you watch. <BR> -- Hermione Gingo…
1883 A waist is a terrible thing to mind. <BR> -- Tom Wilson, U.S. cartoonist, "Ziggy"
1887 Cheese. The adult form of milk. <BR> -- Richard Condon (1915-1996), U.S. novelist, A Talent For Lov…
1929 A friend in need is a friend to be avoided. <BR> -- Lord Samuel, English liberal politician (1870 -…
1930 A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway. <BR> -- Fr. Jerome Cummings
1931 A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. <BR> -- Walter Winchell (18…
1932 A true friend stabs you in the front. <BR> -- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Irish writer
1942 Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be a bunch of bastards. <BR> -- R. A. Dicks…
1959 A gentleman is one who never strikes a woman without provocation. <BR> -- H.L. Mencken (1880-1956),…
1960 A lady is one who never shows her underwear unintentionally. <BR> -- Lilian Day, Kiss and Tell
1973 I don't believe in ghosts, but I've been afraid of them all my life. <BR> -- Charles A. Dana (1819-…
1977 A good statue can be rolled downhill without damage. <BR> -- Michaelangelo (1475-1564), Italian scu…
2017 Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these. <BR> -- Ovid (43 B.C.-17 A.D.), Rom…
2023 A guy who'd cheat on his wife would cheat at cards. <BR> -- Texas Guinan (1878-1933), U.S. bartender
2024 A gypsy tells the truth once in his life, and immediately repents. <BR> -- Russian proverb
2034 It is annoying to be honest to no purpose. <BR> -- Ovid (43 B.C.-18 A.D.), Roman poet
2078 I love mankind, it's people I can't stand. <BR> -- Charles M. Shulz, Go Fly A Kite, Charlie Brown, …
2114 He who laughs, lasts. <BR> -- Mary Pettibone Poole, writer, in A Glass Eye at a Keyhole, 1938
2118 A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats. <BR> -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1…
2119 A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. <BR> -- Robert Frost …
2189 Life is a rollercoaster. Try to eat a light lunch. <BR> -- David A. Schmaltz, U.S. writer
2235 A lot of people wonder how you know if you're really in love. Just ask yourself this one question: …
2265 A fool and his money are soon married. <BR> -- Carolyn Wells (1870-1942), U.S. writer
2266 A wedding is just like a funeral except that you get to smell your own flowers. <BR> -- Grace Hansen
2293 It is as hard to arrange a good marriage as it was to divide the Red Sea. <BR> -- Talmud: Sotah, 2A
2301 Marriage is a lottery, but you can't tear up your ticket if you lose. <BR> -- F. M. Knowles, A Chee…
2335 A red-headed man will make a good stallion. <BR> -- John Ray (1628-1705), English naturalist
2355 A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who never owned a car. <BR> -- Carrie Snow, U.S. comed…
2374 A strong memory is commonly coupled with infirm judgment. <BR> -- Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592), …
2379 A man is so in the way in the house. <BR> -- Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865), English novelist
2380 A man who won't lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings. <BR> -- Olin Miller
2381 A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle. <BR> -- Flo Kennedy (1916-2000), political …
2445 A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. And a p…
2465 A feast is made for laughter/And wine maketh merry/But money answereth all things. <BR> -- Ecclesia…
2466 A man can live well enough even in a palace. <BR> -- Marcus Aurelius (121-180), Roman philosopher/E…
2467 A man who has a million dollars is as well off as if he were rich. <BR> -- John Jacob Astor II
2468 A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore. <BR> -- Yogi Berra, U.S. baseball player
2503 A mother who is really a mother is never free. <BR> -- Honore de Balzac (1799-1850)
2537 A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconciously tran…
2577 A sense of duty is useful in work, but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, no…
2603 She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B. <BR> -- Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967), speaking of Katha…
2604 A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic. <BR> -- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
2605 A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hen…
2606 A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing no…
2607 A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.
2636 A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth. <BR> -- George Ber…
2645 "Do you know what a pessimist is?" "A man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates th…
2653 A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. <BR> -- George B…
2670 A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell. <BR> -- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
2678 A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know. <BR> -- H. L. Mencken (…
2679 A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. <BR> -- H. L. Mencken (188…
2680 A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who liv…
2681 A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers. <BR> -- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
2682 A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child. <BR> -- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
2706 Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another. <BR> -- H. L. Mencken (1880 - …
2735 Every man serves a useful purpose: A miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor. <BR> -- Lauren…
2748 A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. <BR> -- Oscar …
2749 A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her. <BR> -- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
2786 What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. <BR> -- Oscar W…
2799 A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. <BR> -- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
2803 …tances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too ca…
2858 A single zealot may commence prosecutor, and better men be his victims. <BR> -- Thomas Jefferson (1…
2881 Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of e…
2934 A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. <BR> -- Sir Winston Church…
2935 A joke is a very serious thing. <BR> -- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
2976 A love of tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour o…
3044 A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her... but she can never forgive him for the sacrifi…
3047 God, give me chastity and continence, but not just now. <BR> -- St. Augustine (354 - 430 A.D.)
3049 A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on. <BR> -- Fred Allen (1894-1956), U.…
3087 A road is a flattened-out wheel, rolled up in the belly of an airplane. <BR> -- Marshall McLuhan, (…
3092 A full-grown manatee, which can weigh more than 1,000 pounds, looks like the result of a genetic ex…
3193 …r," and also because "Grape Nuts" is catchier, in terms of marketing, than "A Cross Between Gerbil…
3218 A male chauvinist is a man who thinks that "harass" is two words. <BR> -- The proprietor, Ballandea…
3236 A pre-requisite for a desired course will only be offered during the semester following the desired…
3305 A project will be authorised only when none of the authorisers can be blamed if the project fails b…
3322 A crisis is when you can't say 'let's forget the whole thing'. <BR> -- Ferguson's Precept
3339 A fool and your money are soon partners. <BR> -- Mark's Law
3341 A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. <BR> -- Patton's Law
3379 A shortcut is the longest distance between two points. <BR> -- Issawi's Law of Progress
3424 A meeting is an event at which minutes are kept and hours are lost. <BR> -- Gourd's Axiom
3425 A conclusion is the place where you get tired of thinking. <BR> -- Matz's Maxim
3432 A child will not spill on a dirty floor. <BR> -- Skoff's Law
3466 A bird in the hand is safer than one overhead. <BR> -- Newton's Seventh Law
3468 A four hour staff meeting rarely accomplishes anything that a ten minute slap fight can't. <BR> -- …
3475 A flat file is not a list of apartments. <BR> -- Euclid
3477 A committee is a body with 6 or more legs and no brain. <BR> -- Lazarus' Lecture
3501 A collision at sea can ruin your entire day. <BR> -- Horwitz's First Law of the Admiralty
3523 A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree. <BR> -- Spike Milligan
3525 A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>>Q: Why is …
3536 A Singapore Airways flight from Singapore to London carrying 178 passengers made an emergency landi…
3538 A bachelor is like a new detergent, works fast and leaves no ring. <BR> -- Terry Canterbury
3573 A big reason that UNIX administration is challenging is that every UNIX vendor believes standards a…
3574 A UNIX signature isn't a return address, it's the ASCII equivalent of a black velvet clown painting…
3594 A Smith & Wesson beats four aces.
3595 A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.
3596 A bad plan is better than no plan.
3597 A day for firm decisions! Or is it?
3598 A day without sun shine is like, you know, night.
3599 A drunk mans' words are a sober mans' thoughts.
3600 A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
3601 A gentleman is a patient wolf.
3602 A good pun is its own reword.
3603 A little bit of powder, a little bit of paint, makes a girl's complexion seem what it ain't.
3604 A long-forgotten loved one will appear soon. Buy the negatives at any price.
3605 A man on a date wonders if he'll get lucky. The woman already knows.
3606 A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.
3607 A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry.
3608 A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
3609 A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
3610 A religious war is like children fighting over who has the strongest imaginary friend.
3611 A smart man covers his ass, a wise man leaves his pants on.
3612 A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students
3613 A weekend wasted isn't a wasted weekend.
4016 A pizza of radius z and thickness a has a volume of pi z z a
4045 A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me. I'm afraid of widths. <BR> --Steven Wright
4054 Eventually, primitive life develops, and then shopping malls. <BR> --J. A. Paulos, on evolution
4092 Beneath this stone a virgin lies, For her life held no terrors. A virgin born, a virgin died: No hi…
4102 A fractal is by definition a set for which the Hausdorff Besicovitch dimension strictly exceeds the…
4113 A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him th…
4124 … Let us rest our eyes on fleecy skies And the cool, green hills of Earth. <BR> --Robert A. Heinlein
4158 A plain bar of iron is worth $5, but made into horse shoes it is worth $25; made into kitchen cutle…
4160 …out it. 2. Be careful what you wish for... 3. Only a little 4. Some 5. A lot 6. A whole lot 7. Rea…
4180 A Higgs Boson walks into a church and the priest says "we don't allow Higgs Bosons in here". The Hi…
4188 A logician's wife is having a baby. The doctor immediately hands the newborn to the dad. His wife a…
4189 A Buddhist monk approaches a hotdog stand and says "make me one with everything".
4196 A soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
4203 They told me I had type A blood, but it was a Type O.
4204 A dyslexic man walks into a bra.
4211 What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus.