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“I might be in the basement. I'll go upstairs and check.”

“It was during the eighteenth century - a period of boastful satisfaction with the nice balances within the English constitution - that Englishmen came to accept the Whig view of the utility of an armed citizenry. The armed citizen was not only affirmed to be protecting himself but, together with his fellows, provided the ultimate check on tyranny.”

Together Views Accepting Nice Century Balance Citizens Periods Ultimate Constitution Fellows Satisfaction Tyranny Checks Utility Englishmen Second Amendment Citizenry Armed Citizens

Author:Joyce Lee Malcolm

“But compared with the task of selecting a piece of French pastry held by an impatient waiter a move in chess is like reaching for a salary check in its demand on the contemplative faculties.”

Moving Pieces Demand Tasks Chess Checks Reaching Faculty Salary Impatient Waiter Contemplative Pastries

Book:Chips Off the Old Benchley

Source: Chips Off the Old Benchley

“On Halloween, don't you know back when you were little, your mom tells you don't eat any candy until she checks it? I used to be so tempted to eat my candy on the way to other people's houses. That used to be such a tease.”

People Knows Way Littles Used House Mom Checks Used To Be Halloween Candy Tempted Back When Tease Your Mom Happy Halloween Funny Halloween Scary Halloween Trick Or Treat Halloween Candy

Author:Derrick Rose

“Because by definition they lack any sense of mutuality or wholeness, our specializations subsist on conflict with one another. The rule is never to cooperate, but rather to follow one's own interest as far as possible. Checks and balances are all applied externally, by opposition, never by self-restraint. Labor, management, the military, the government, etc., never forbear until their excesses arouse enough opposition to force them to do so.”

“I don't really send text messages. I rarely carry my phone. I occasionally check messages at the end of the night, but I don't carry it around.”

Ends Night Messages Phones Checks Text Message

Author:Angelina Jolie

“I loved the idea of doing something that has this misconception about what stewardesses were. And, I also love the idea that these girls were navigating a blatantly misogynistic society, with the girdle checks and make-up checks.”

Ideas Girl Checks Misconception Girdles Stewardess

Author:Christina Ricci

“Drama is not my passion. If I do it, it's for a check. It's not what I want to do. Comedy's my thing. Stand up's my thing. Everything that comes from that is frosting on the cake.”

Ifs Want Passion Comedy Drama Checks Cake My Passion

Author:Gabriel Iglesias

“Anytime anybody is rude, it makes me double-check my own behavior to make sure I don't do that to other people.”

People My Own Behavior Checks Rude

Author:Patricia Heaton

“I do have a website that's updated regularly. It's a great way for potential clients to check out my work anonymously. As most of my web visitors would be interested in my work, not my history, the equipment I use, my "philosophy", etc., it's my work that's predominantly featured on the site.”

Way Philosophy Use Would Be Checks Etc Clients Site Equipment Website Visitors

Author:John Keltonic

“When I receive a new novel from a hopeful publisher - "hoping that I like the book as much as he does" - I check first of all how much dialog there is, and if it looks too abundant or too sustained, I shut the book with a bang.”

Ifs Firsts Looks Doe Book Novel Checks Hopeful Publishers Bangs

Book:Strong opinions

Source: Strong opinions

“Most of the stats say that 90% of people who buy a book or check one out of a library would never get past the first chapter. To me, the title better say everything there is to say about the book.”

People Firsts Book Past Library Checks Titles Chapters

Author:Larry Winget

“Music is mere tuning a song with words; to some degree you have a beautiful endeavor of cosigning God's blank checks and you're actually co-creating. You're certainly not the creator with the capital C, but you're embarking on an endeavor, you're using the building blocks that have been given to you by the author of time and space.”

Has Beens Beautiful Song Given Space Building Degrees Creating Music Is Mere Creator Checks Block Endeavor Blank Time And Space Tuning Building Blocks Embarking Blank Check

Author:Jon Foreman

“Buttons ... check. Dials ... check. Switches ... check. Little colored lights ... check.”

Littles Light Funny Checks Aviation Buttons Great Aviation

Author:Bill Watterson

“We live in a society now where the sexual taboo for children has really passed by the wayside. Any nineyear-old can go into a 7-11 and check out the Playmate of the Month, but you don't want your kids to know about death. You don't want your kids to know about disfigurement. You don't want 'em to know about creepy things because it might warp their little minds.”

Knows Want Mind Children Littles Might Kids Months Checks Ems Taboo Creepy Warp Little Minds Disfigurement

Author:Stephen King

“People who mock rap and say, "I don't like it," they should go and check out Kanye [West] in the studio rapping, or Marshall, Eminem, when he's in the studio. It's a phenomenon. Don't knock it until you've seen it. It may not be your cup of tea, but don't ridicule it.”

People Should May West Studios Rap Checks Cups Tea Phenomenon Ridicule Mock Cups Of Tea

Author:Elton John

“I watch videos on YouTube of bands that I've heard of that I want to check out. And sometimes I don't even finish the video. And that's really sad, because maybe I'd like that song. I think that we don't give stuff a chance to really sink in.”

Thinking Want Giving Sometimes Song Stuff Chance Watches Heard Band Checks Video Youtube Really Sad

Author:Kathleen Hanna

“When people write lies about you, and you know that they are lies, that means that they don't know the truth, so that's OK with me. If something true came out, I would have to check my circle to see who's talking and possibly make an apology phone call to my parents!”

People Ifs Knows Writing Mean Lying Parent Talking Phones Circles Checks Apology Phone Calls

Author:Eva Mendes

“I will say that I'm proud of my connection to DC comics because they are absolutely fabulous in sending reprint royalty checks.”

Proud Connections Checks Fabulous Royalty Dc Comics Absolutely Fabulous

Author:Mike Royer

“Technology makes good DJ's better, but also allows your average person to think they're a DJ, and unfortunately there's no checks and balances about people making it a career.”

People Thinking Persons Careers Technology Balance Average Checks Djs Average Person

Author:Neil Armstrong

“Here's a simple way you can engage your intuition. When you are about to say something and you're not sure if you want to say it, ask yourself, "What is my motivation?" When you check your motivation you engage non-physical guidance and you will not be alone in you assessment.”

Ifs Way Want Motivation Asks Simple Intuition Checks Guidance Not Sure Assessment Simple Ways

Author:Gary Zukav

“Disorder and violence are, in fact, things that might check the pace of India's progress.”

Facts Might Progress Violence India Checks Disorder Pace

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“If I'm out to dinner with a group of friends, and somebody offers to pay for the check, I immediately reach for my wallet. Inside is a note that says, "Say thanks!"”

Ifs Humor Funny Pay Groups Offers Notes Dinner Checks Thanks Wallets Group Of Friends

Author:Mitch Hedberg

“Waiters and waitresses are becoming nicer and much more caring. I used to pay my check, they would say "Thank you." That's now escalated into "You care care of yourself, now." The other day I paid my check and the waiter said, "Don't put off that mammogram."”

Said Humor Care Funny Used Pay Becoming Paid Caring Checks Waiter Waitress Saying Thank You Mammograms

Author:Rita Rudner

“I was 13 and my mom was a librarian so I told her to check out every music book she could possibly find. I wanted to know the business part of being in the music business.”

Knows Book Wanted Mom My Mom Checks Librarian Music Business

Author:Juicy J

“What I live and do is music. When I'm not doing that, I'm just kicking back, watching my stocks and bonds and checks coming in the mailbox. I really don't have anything else I do. I may go to a movie or something. It's just family time and things like that.”

May Checks Kicking Mailboxes Family Time Kicking Back

Author:Juicy J

“The most important thing is being genuine, and real, and not getting caught up in the "Star-Ness" of it. You don't want to act like a star around other people. You have to watch it, and you want to stay grounded, it's very important, and that's probably what I have learned most because you definitely have opportunities to let your ego run wild and you have to keep your ego in check.”

People Want Important Real Running Opportunity Stars Watches Ego Important Things Caught Genuine Checks I Have Learned Caught Up Grounded

Author:Joan Jett

“That's the fundamental question. Do we have a check and balance system? Do we have three equal branches or do we have one supreme branch, not just the Supreme Court? That's the fundamental question.”

Three Balance Equal Fundamentals Court Supreme Checks Branches Supreme Court

Author:Mike Huckabee

“Making a Hollywood film you don't have a very big movie because they have a Safety Captain and insurance people on the set. They have to check first. 'Don't do it. Let me check. Make sure everything is safe.'”

People Firsts Bigs Film Safe Hollywood Let Me Safety Checks Captains Big Movie Hollywood Films

Author:Jackie Chan

“I went up on stage, and said, "Why did the chicken cross the road? To check out the chicks." I was a genius at 10. Try telling that at 21, and you look hacky and stupid. That was the only joke I've ever told. Everything since has been character voices, doing impressions or just telling stories.”

Trying Looks Has Beens Said Character Stories Voice Stage Stupid Genius Jokes Crosses Impression Checks Chickens Chicks Telling Stories

Author:Gabriel Iglesias

“AT&T is now offering a new service that allows you to pay your bills through your TV screen by using your remote control. So instead of saying, "The check's in the mail," people are going to say, "Hey, I wanted to pay, but I couldn't find the remote."”

People Humor Wanted Funny Pay Tvs Bills Screens Checks Hey Mail Offering Remote Control

Author:Jay Leno

“If you want to deal with me, email is the way you do it. Working via email means that everything I do is searchable. I can go back and check out discussion threads from more than 15 years ago.”

Ifs Way Want Years Mean I Can Deals Years Ago Checks Discussion Thread Email

Author:Mark Cuban

“Women come into marriage with great inflated expectations for what they want this relationship to be, and men don't give it that much thought. Men come into it with reluctance about being capsized or trapped or whatever their fear is. When you check in later, women are disappointed because their expectations have not come to pass, and men are pleasantly surprised.”

Men Want Giving Expectations Checks Disappointed Trapped Reluctance

Author:Elizabeth Gilbert

“I've been typed as a horror writer, and I've always said to people, "I don't care what you call me as long as the checks don't bounce and the family gets fed."”

People Long Said Care Horror Don't Care Checks I Don't Care Feds Call Me Bounce

Author:Stephen King

“I did a couple of writing seminars in Canada with high school kids. These were the bright kids; they all have computers, but they can't spell. Because spell-check won't [help] you if you don't know through from threw. I told them, "If you can read in the 21st century, you own the world." Because you learn to write from reading.”

Ifs Knows World Writing Helping Kids School Reading Century Couple Computer High School Checks Canada Spells 21st Century Seminars Spell Check

Author:Stephen King

“The science of logic never made a man reason rightly, and the science of ethics never made a man behave rightly. The most such sciences can do is to help us to catch ourselves up and check ourselves, if we start to reason or to behave wrongly; and to criticise ourselves more articulately after we have made mistakes.”

Ifs Men Art Made Reason Helping Can Do Mistake Psychology Teaching Ethics Logic Checks Behave Made A Mistake Criticise Teaching Art

Book:Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

Source: Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

“Unsuccessful people get up whenever they feel like it and the first thing they do is watch television, read the paper, or check email. The rest of the day is pretty much 50% below maximum performance.”

People Feels Firsts Watches Television Paper Performances Checks Get Up Successful People Email Maximum Unsuccessful

Author:Brian Tracy

“Shaq is rich. The white man who signs his check... is wealthy. "Ah, here you go, Shaq. Go buy yourself a bouncing car. Bling, bling!"”

Men Humor Funny White Rich Car Checks Wealthy White Man Bling Shaq

Author:Chris Rock

“Society has to be structured such that there are checks and balances, so that it can't be manipulated, for instance, for the profit of just some multinational company who's going to get rich on trying to legislate the environment.”

Trying Company Rich Environment Balance Profit Checks Instance Get Rich Multinationals

Author:Greg Graffin

“I might have tried bungee jumping, until I saw that video of that guy whose cord came untied. He didn't know it 'till he hit the ground. Oh, he flew off that tower, hollering at his buddies. "Whoo, check me out, dudes! Oh, that ground is coming up..." WHAM! And what do you say, if you're the operator of that ride, to the next guy in line? "All right dude, you're up."”

Ifs Knows Humor Might Funny Guy Next Lines Saws Checks Video Towers Jumping Buddy Flew That Guy Cords Operators Bungee Jumping Bungee

Author:Bill Engvall

“The police stopped me when I was out in my car. They told me it was a spot check. I admitted to two pimples and a boil.”

Two Humor Funny Car Police Checks Spots Pimples

Author:Chic Murray

“Investors will sort of like write the check and then, despite a lot of promises, don't usually do that much; sometimes they do.”

Writing Sometimes Team Promise Checks Despite Investors

Author:Sam Altman

“I think my cheerfulness keeps my writing from sinking into the depths of melancholy, while the darker side keeps in check any literary silliness I might be inclined toward.”

Thinking Writing Might Sides Depth Checks Melancholy Cheerfulness Sinking Silliness Darker Side

Author:David Starkey

“It's a profoundly different thing to be able to refer to the images you are taking at the time and check them out on a laptop that is plugged into your Hasselblad and go "oh no, do it again, do it again" - all of those a requickly made decisions. The fact that you can see the images right away in a funny way makes the whole relationship more casual. I don't want a casual relationship with my subject.”

Way Want Made Different Whole Facts Able Decision Subjects Checks Different Things Casual Laptops Casual Relationships

Author:Bill Henson

“It is from the power of taxation being in the hands of those who can throw so great a part of it from their own shoulders, that it has raged without a check.”

Hands Political Politics Shoulders Checks Taxation

Book:Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution

Source: Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution

“The government will pay certain farmers to not grow corn. Wow. Where's my check? That'd be great. "Hey, what do you do for a living?" "Well, I don't grow corn. Get up at the crack of noon, make sure there's no corn growing. I'm gonna get up early tomorrow. And not plow. You know, we used to not grow tomatoes-but there's more money in not growing corn."”

Knows Wells Government Funny Used Certain Grows Pay Comedy Growing Tomorrow Checks Get Up Hey Cracks Farmers Wow More Money Corn Noon Tomatoes Live Well Up Early

Author:Brian Regan

“Just because a baby cries, I discovered, doesn't mean there's always something wrong. Sometimes babies wake up for no real reason. They just want to check if they're doing it right. "This is Sleeping, right?" "Exactly." "I just lie here?" "That's right." "Okay." Then back to sleep they go.”

Ifs Want Mean Children Real Sometimes Reason Humor Funny Lying Sleep Cry Baby Okay Wake Up Checks

Author:Paul Reiser

“I've got a strength and conditioning coach, a weights coach, but I've also got a nutritionist, a physiotherapist and a masseur available to me if I need it. It's quite a good network. I've also got sports scientists who record the technical information, so that, after the race, we can analyse the video and check comparisons between, not only me and the other competitors, but me and my best performance. I couldn't do it without these guys, but I'm the one who gets all the credit.”

“During the course of the year a number of ideas just come up automatically. I could be walking down the street. Or shaving. An idea will hit me and I'll write it down. Then, when I'm ready to write, I check my little matchbooks and napkins and find that it is good or it's pretty terrible. There are other times when I don't have any ideas and I'll go into a room and close the door and I sit and sweat it out for a day or a month and eventually I come up with [something].”

Writing Years Littles Ideas Courses Rooms Numbers Doors Streets Ready Months Terrible Walking Come Up Checks Sweat Shaving Napkins

Author:Woody Allen

“I have to keep myself in check when I go to the kids' sports events. I sit waaay in the back. I make sure I don't do too much cheering, you know what I mean? I'm still not quite adjusted to this modern school of thought: Oh, it doesn't matter who wins. I'm not all the way there yet, but I accept it from the back row.”

Knows Way Mean Stills Matter Kids School Winning Sports Accepting Too Much Modern Events Checks Cheer

Author:Jack Nicholson

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