It had never occurred to him that he should live in any other than what he would have called an ordinary way, with green glasses for hock, and excellent waiting at table. In warming himself at French social theories he had brought away no smell of scorching. We may handle even extreme opinions with impunity while our furniture, our dinner-giving, and preference for armorial bearings in our own ease, link us indissolubly with the established order.
Quotes about hock (9 Quotes)
No enterprise, small or large, public or private, can remain self-governing, let alone successful, so deeply in hock to others as we are about to be.
It is unusual, ... If you're picking on form, they didn't finish in the top six and they have had a lot of injuries. (Gareth) Hock and (Sean) O'Loughlin would have been considered. It may look incredible but I think it's a compliment to the standard of the competition.
Attorney Robert Clifford said he did not know what the instructor said, but accused American Flyers of failing to tell Hock how to give the controller her proper location and how to keep a safe lookout. Like the driver of a car, Collins had the right-of-way, Clifford said, because he had been authorized to make a final approach to land. Bob Collins did nothing wrong that day, ... And Bob Collins had every reason to believe his path was clear for an authorized landing, and that if there was other traffic in the area, that traffic would have lined up behind him as it should have, and permitted him to land uneventfully. This event could have been avoided completely.
People are not going to go on buying binges. People are deep in debt and deep in hock,
Kerry won a key newspaper endorsement yesterday in Missouri, just two days after the St. Louis debate. Based on his record, President George W. Bush has not earned re-election, ... He has mishandled the war on terrorism, shut his eyes to disagreeable facts, left the next generation in hock and presided over a sharp loss in jobs, health insurance and prosperity for millions of Americans.
Once they sell off what they are calling isolated bits and pieces, they will just dig deeper to sell off more. This administration is draining the Treasury, putting us into hock, so it can say with a straight face that we have no money and there is no other solution but to privatize.
In 1995, I ran into a brick wall, ... I had no band anymore, and the music business was getting quite soulless. It seemed like the big record companies were mostly interested in eating each other and promoting music as product. They didn't really believe in rock and roll anymore. How was someone like me going to fit into that If I had continued taking their money to make records, I would have ended up owing them so much money that I never could have made the album I have now. They wanted my soul in hock, and I refused to fall into their trap. I just stopped putting out records when I knew they would turn out shitty, and I waited until I found a company Sanctuary that really wanted a Billy Idol record. It's not just a (expletive) job You can't go out there with people you hate and music that sucks. I suppose it was a gamble staying away so long, but it's paid off because I'm happy. I'm happy to be Billy Idol with a quality Billy Idol record. How's that for a marketing tactic
He was stripped on the top of the joint behind the hock, ... It could have been nasty but fortunately the wound wasn't too deep.