Nail Quotes

Every now and then you'll nail one that's really, really special. And that's what you live for.

Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood.

I do think a carpenter needs a good hammer to bang in the nail.

People get on a show and they fought tooth and nail. Almost 95% of the actors out there want to be on a television series. Then as soon as they get onto one, no, no, I want to be a movie star. This television series stuff, no, no no.

As a Member of the CBC, I will fight tooth and nail to increase funding for programs, such as Ryan White, that were flat funded in the President's budget.

I trained like an animal, but the thing is focus and concentration. When the bell rings it's like when the little red light goes on over the camera. And I can usually nail my lines on the first or second take because I'm right there.

I don't think God cares if I wear nail polish or not. I don't think that's a deal breaker for him.

I have significant concerns about reducing the 188th Fighter Wing's capabilities, and will fight tooth and nail against attempts to reduce its personnel or take away aircraft.

I mean, I'm pretty good in real life, but sometimes people seem surprised that I'm like a normal teenager and wear black nail polish and I'm just a little bit more edgy than the person I play on television.

I toured in Europe first, before I did any touring in the U.S. It was with Jimmy Nail and others.

If you do a trick and it doesn't work out, that can stick with you. I like to go back, nail the trick, and, 'OK, I'm cool, it's all good.'

I can't let time move on without fighting tooth and nail and hopefully being a part of a revolution that is positive.

My name is Kurt Schwitters... I am an artist and I nail my pictures together.

There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.

And I wouldn't take on such a big thing if I didn't think I could nail it.

Bureaucrats: they are dead at 30 and buried at 60. They are like custard pies; you can't nail them to a wall.

You have to have talent. You have to get the audition and then you have to nail the audition.

My grandmother had this high-tech security system - a rusty nail she used to lock the door.

Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas.

When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a taboo, or when you want to nail a hypocrisy, laughter is a very useful tool. I want to show the painful side of existence, but there is no question I also want to make people laugh.

You have to nail the right tone because sometimes when you just see his films cold, you're not quite sure. It's the same in - I'm trying to think of other directors with a similar sense - David Lynch's films, Tim's films, some of Cronenberg's stuff.

I don't have makeup on all the time, but when I want, I have fun with my friends choosing clothes and putting nail polish on.

Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless nail.

In Hollywood today, it's cool for guys to wear nail polish and earrings in their lips and tongues. I don't get it.

Piper insisted she had to be out of breath when we played this one scene, so she ran around the block. Thank God she wasn't doing a crucifixtion scene; we would have had to nail her to the wall.

A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.

If you don't have humour, then you may as well nail the coffin lid down now.

Let's nail it down, let's get it right.

The '80s were fabulous. The '90s sucked, and the '70s were just a sad, sad time in human history. Go 1980s! There's something that's just so cute about that time. And not just yellow nail polish and 'I'm a loner.'

When I need to nail that riff to the cross, Marshall will always provide the hammer!