Ton Quotes

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck. (James A. Garfield)
Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so exciting. View quote
Bill Gates
An ounce of algebra is worth a ton of verbal argument. View quote
J. B. S. Haldane
An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
It was very early, and we were still like beta or alpha stage, and so we started receiving a ton of download. The server became overloaded, and that's when I realized that this had a huge market. View quote
Shawn Fanning
Yes, there is a ton of information on the web, but much of it is egregiously inaccurate, unedited, unattributed and juvenile. View quote
John Updike
I'd much rather have the consumer buy a Wii, some accessories, and a ton of games, vs. buying any of my competitor's products. View quote
Reggie Fils-Aimé
My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain. View quote
Anthony Robbins
Well I don't know how many pounds make up a ton, Of all the nobel prizes that I've never won, And I may be the mayor of simpleton, But I know one thing, And that's I love you. View quote
Andy Partridge
My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn't speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind - like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out. View quote
Frank Ocean
Man, you weigh a freaking ton," he told me. "What've you been eating, rocks?" "Why, is your head missing some?" I croaked. His mouth almost quirked in a smile, and that's when I knew how upset he'd been. (James Patterson)
I got in the school band and the school choir. It all hit me like a ton of bricks, everything just came out. I played percussion for a while, and stayed after school forever just tinkering around with different things, the clarinets and the violins. View quote
Quincy Jones
Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away. View quote
Harold Geneen
I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun. View quote
Victoria Abril
I'm flattered if any movie role and my name are mentioned in the same sentence, because there haven't been a ton of them. View quote
Stephen Amell
A lot of the point mags are going out of business. They dropped the pay tremendously and it's all because of the internet. I used to go out once a month to LA and shoot for one week. I'd make a ton of money then come back to New York and do whatever I wanted. View quote
Richard Kern
I think a badly crafted, great idea for a new film with a ton of spelling mistakes is just 100 times better than a well-crafted stale script. View quote
Alexander Payne
Growing up as a chubby kid with a ton of imaginary friends and a Cyndi Lauper obsession, I learned about rejection early on and was constantly trying to avoid it. View quote
Beth Ditto
I've had a ton of fast-food jobs - it changes your approach to human interaction forever. View quote
Beth Ditto
I am now a turtle. Virtually everything I own is on my back and suffice it to say I am one ton lighter and therefore 2,000 pounds happier. All houses are gone. View quote
Bobby Darin
We get a ton of email; everybody does now. It gives us a kind of a pulse that you can feel.We hear people saying, thank you for being fair, for being balanced. (Brit Hume)
'Hey Dude' was shot in Arizona, and that took me to the West Coast. We did 65 episodes. It was not a show that a ton of people saw, so it was like doing acting classes and getting paid for it. At that point I had the acting bug. So I went to L.A. to give it a try and never left. View quote
Christine Taylor
I don't care if people know who I am or if I make a ton of money, I just love my work so much. View quote
Crystal Reed
I move around a lot. Ive lived in a ton of different places - and only for a month or two at a time. I have a deep, rabid curiosity, so I like having a gypsy life. View quote
Hilarie Burton
You grow up by making mistakes. I've made a ton of them, but as long as I keep on failing better, I don't mind. View quote
Joely Richardson