Handy Quotes

When smashing monuments, save the pedestals - they always come in handy. (Stanisław Jerzy Lec)
Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted. View quote
Robert Benchley
I like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy. View quote
W. C. Fields
A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus. View quote
E. B. White
When ideas fail, words come in very handy. View quote
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There were a lot of gods. Gods always come in handy, they justify almost anything. View quote
Margaret Atwood
[After college] I was going to study at the Sorbon and become a diplomat. Being a diplomat comes in handy when you are dealing with record companies. View quote
Gloria Estefan
When your life has been spent in one war after another for forty-five years, you have to be pretty handy to survive. View quote
David Gemmell
Her old thoughts were going to come in handy now, but new words would have to be made and said to fit them. View quote
Zora Neale Hurston
The word "beauty" is as easy to use as the word "degenerate." Both come in handy when one does or does not agree with you. View quote
Charles Ives
God has come again and again in various Forms, has spoken again and again in different words and different languages the Same One Truth - but how many are there that live up to it? Instead of making Truth the vitalbreath of his life, man compromises by making over and over againa mechanical religion of it-a handy staff to lean on in times of adversity, a soothing balm for his conscience or a tradition to be followed. (Meher Baba)
Because I had goodwill for all, / I thought all were my friends. / And then I learned of treachery, / that some preferred my end. / It wasn't the goodwill I felt / that made someone a friend. / What handy day, the one I learned / the meaning of the word. / How good to know my enemies /. View quote
Vanna Bonta
So I think there is one rule every host and hostess ought to keep with the comb and nail file and bicarbonate and aromatic spirits on a handy shelf, Which is don't spoil the denouement by telling the guests everything is terrible, but let them have the thrill of finding it out for themselves. View quote
Ogden Nash
Whenever I stumble over my own feet, or blurt out a thought that makes no sense at all, or leave the house wearing one pattern too many, I always think, It's okay, I'm from New Jersey. I love New Jersey, because it's not just an all-purpose punch line, but probably a handy legal defense, as in, "Yes, I shot my wife because I thought she was Bigfoot, but I'm from New Jersey.”. View quote
Paul Rudnick
My final word: don't follow your dreams... chase them. With a stick, or a shovel, or whatever you have handy. Get that [bleep]ing dream! View quote
Maureen Johnson
They played at hearts as other children might play at ball; only, as it was really their two hearts that they flung to and fro, they had to be very, very handy to catch them, each time, without hurting them. View quote
Gaston Leroux
I gave him a kick and he stepped back onto the third rail. Exploding, flaming eraser! This is why moms tell you to stay away from the third rail, but it sure came in handy this time. View quote
James Patterson
Whether it was working on theatre sets or stage lighting, I didn't realize most all of the skills I was exposed to were going to come in handy later on when I became a designer. View quote
Douglas Wilson
Meg, I give you your faults." "My faults!" Meg cried. "Your faults." "But I'm always trying to get rid of my faults!" "Yes," Mrs. Whatsit said. "However, I think you'll find they'll come in very handy on Camazotz. View quote
Madeleine L'Engle
I can't even enjoy a blade of grass unless I know there's a subway handy, or a record store or some other sign that people do not totally regret life. It's more important to confirm the least sincere. The clouds get enough attention as it is. View quote
Frank O'Hara
I trained with the FBI in Portland and I also had many conversations with female FBI agents in Los Angeles, as well. That was again something that also came in very handy for Basic, because I'd learned already how to handle a gun and how to behave just physically when you're in a situation, a threat. That was very good to know. (Connie Nielsen)
I still play jazz, and I've always got that trumpet very handy, but I'm coming to feel the classical venues are where my main focus is, in the realm of symphonic pops. View quote
Doc Severinsen
I love fresh citrus and always keep lemons, limes, and oranges on hand; they come in handy for spritzing up quickly grilled meats, seafoods, and vegetables, especially when followed up by a quick drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. View quote
Emeril Lagasse
Not only do I know how to milk a cow, but I know how to herd a bunch of cows, too, which is a life skill that I think may come in handy someday. View quote
Martina McBride
It is painful to watch children trying to show off for parents who are engrossed in their cell phones. Children are nostalgic for the 'good old days' when parents used to read to them without the cell phone by their side or watch football games or Disney movies without having the BlackBerry handy. View quote
Sherry Turkle