Haystack Quotes

If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search. ... I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor. (Nikola Tesla)
Every day I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle in the haystack of light. View quote
Mary Oliver
Like playing handball against a haystack. View quote
Joe Higgins
At five minutes to eleven on the morning named he was at the station, a false beard and spectacles shielding his identity from the public eye. If you had asked him he would have said that he was a Scotch business man. As a matter of fact, he looked far more like a motor-car coming through a haystack. View quote
P. G. Wodehouse
It would hardly benefit me to hold anything back unnecessarily, when I know what I'm asking. For you to find a needle in--God, not even a haystack. A needle in a tower full of other needles. View quote
Cassandra Clare
The Indians are finding the gaps like a pin in a haystack. View quote
Navjot Singh Sidhu
The fact is, we're looking for a very small number of very evil needles in a very large haystack, which is the city of London. View quote
Charles Clarke
He who must search a haystack for a needle is likely to end up with the attitude that the needle is not worth the search. View quote
Robert H. Jackson
Her brother's smart, he's got more sense than many, His patience long, but soon he won't have any, To find a job is like a haystack needle, 'Cause where he lives, they don't use coloured people, Living just enough, just enough for the city. View quote
Stevie Wonder
Fans of football and fans of nationhood have a similar zeal. Read the fanzines: their contributors could find a needle-sized diss in a haystack of compliments, and their passions are fundamentalist. View quote
Andrew O'Hagan
The way to find a needle in a haystack is to sit down. (Beryl Markham)
But first, the news: The House of Commons was sealed off today after police chased an escaped lunatic through the front door during Prime Minister's question time. A spokesman at Scotland Yard said it was like looking for a needle in a haystack. View quote
Ronnie Barker
Finding happiness should not be seen as finding a needle in a haystack. Happiness is within. Each day is a blessing that brings an abundance of happiness. Therefore, finding happiness should be like finding a gift in a stack of gifts. View quote
Steve Maraboli
It's a funny thing about looking for things. If you hunt for a needle in a haystack you don't find it. If you don't give a darn whether you ever see the needle or not it runs into you the first time you lean against the stack. View quote
P. G. Wodehouse
Don't look for the needle in the haystack. Just buy the haystack. View quote
John Bogle