Pockets Quotations | Page 5

Study: concentration of the mind on whatever will ultimately put something in your pocket.

You cannot see what I see because you see what you see. You cannot know what I know because you know what you know. What I see and what I know cannot be added to what you see and what you know because they are not of the same kind. Neither can it replace what you see and what you know, because that would be to replace you yourself." "Hang on, can I write this down?" said Arthur, excitedly fumbling in his pocket for a pencil.

I carried $5000 when I went to Washington. I returned with barely $90 in our pockets.

I just [take pictures] because the camera is something to carry around in my pocket.

POCKET, n. The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without motive, and her conscience, denied burial, remains ever alive, confessing the sins of others.

Philanthropist, n.: A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.

COMMERCE, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of C, and for compensation B picks the pocket of D of money belonging to E.

QUOTIENT, n. A number showing how many times a sum of money belonging to one person is contained in the pocket of another - usually about as many times as it can be got there.

HAND, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of the human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket.

Do you want to trust your life in God's pocket or keep it in your own?

She wanted to crawl into his pocket and be safe forever.

It's no use filling your pocket with money if you have got a hole in the corner.

The Stamp Act imposed on the colonies by the Parliament of Great Britain is an ill-judged measure. Parliament has no right to put its hands into our pockets without our consent.

The force of the guinea you have in your pocket depends wholly on the default of a guinea in your neighbour's pocket. If he did not want it, it would be of no use to you.

A little in one's own pocket is better than much in another man's purse.

A ballot is like a bullet. You don't throw your ballots until you see a target, and if that target is not in reach, keep your ballot in your pocket.

The most that can be said of flattery is that it is sometimes a cheap psychological trick with which charlatans and dishonest people lull others into a state of carelessness while they pick their pockets.

How very sad it is to have a confiding nature, one's hopes and feelings are quite at the mercy of all who come along; and how very desirable to be a stolid individual, whose hopes and aspirations are safe in one's waistcoat pocket, and that a pocket indeed, and one not to be picked!

A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets journeys on in safety.

He hadn't a cent in his pocket, but he had faith !

He reached for his pocket, and found there, only reality

Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.

Keep all ur troubles in ur own pocket. But, make sure that the pocket has a hole!

One of the ironies of the stock market is the emphasis on activity. Brokers, using terms such as 'marketability' and 'liquidity,' sing the praises of companies with high share turnover... but investors should understand that what is good for the croupier is not good for the customer. A hyperactive stock market is the pick pocket of enterprise.

To Chloe's breast young Cupid slily stole, But he crept in at Myra's pocket-hole.

Every guy looks in his pocket and then votes.