Slip Quotes

People watch me, waiting for me to slip up, so my privacy has gone - but that's a price you pay.

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by.

Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and no way anybody can win except by serving the people's urgent needs. We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together.

Passion can quickly slip to jealousy, or even hatred.

It seems to me that many writers, by virtue of environments of culture, art and education, slip into writing because of their environments.

I have before me a newspaper slip on which a writer expresses the opinion that no one should be allowed to possess more than one million dollars' worth of property.

You know, all writers are vampires and they'll look around and they watch you when you're not even thinking they're watching you and they'll slip stuff in.

Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most beautiful prizes slip through it.

I do take class because I still dance, and yes, I do slip into class with the Royal Ballet from time to time.

One has to secrete a jelly in which to slip quotations down people's throats - and one always secretes too much jelly.

Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to do, or you get up and do them.

The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly fund primary, secondary and higher education.

The focus and the concentration and the attention to detail that flying takes is a kind of meditation. I find it restful and engaging, and other things slip away.

When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors - old friends, family.

My main point is to be funny; if I can slip a message in there, fine.

The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions.

The funny thing is that people see one film like 'Racing Stripes' or 'Ice Princess' and all of a sudden, slip me into this category of 'that's what she's always involved in.'

What our leaders and pundits never let slip is that the terrorists - whatever else they might be - might also be rational human beings; which is to say that in their own minds they have a rational justification for their actions.

I'm built like a 14-year-old boy. I have no waist, so anything I wear has to have a lot of trickeration going on. I don't fit into girl dresses. I can't just slip it on.

I mean, you know, God knows everything, but I'm not quite that good. Every once in a while, something will slip by me.

I slip from workaholic to bum real easy.

Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks.

All day long the door of the sub-conscious remains just ajar; we slip through to the other side, and return again, as easily and secretly as a cat.

I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home.

Adolescence is society's permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility.

Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip indirect taxes into the price of goods that they cannot do without.

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip.

So much about living life, to me, is about humility and gratitude. And I've tried very hard to have those qualities and be that person and I'm just so disappointed in myself that I allowed it to slip.

What is a Web year now, about three months? And when people can browse around, discover new things, and download them fast, when we all have agents - then Web years could slip by before human beings can notice.

I've learned lately that no one is going to hand me a permission slip and tell me to take time out for me.