Then when Gladys Knight came in to do my songs that was the straw that broke the camel's back.
Then when Gladys Knight came in to do my songs that was the straw that broke the camel's back.
Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
I did a play called Throne of Straw when I was 11, at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. It became really clear to me at that point that I enjoyed acting more than any other experience I was having.
And he that strives to touch the stars, Oft stumbles at a straw.
Nothing of the kind; they do all these things in their houses and sheds, with common charcoal fires, and a quantity of straw to stop up the crevices in the doors and windows.
When you consider what Tony Blair was saying about liberty, human rights and that sort of thing, it would be terribly revolutionary to sell the speeches he and Jack Straw made in 1994.
Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
There is no limit to what a man can do so long as he does not care a straw who gets the credit for it.
The Italians always made good wine, but you had the impression they were friendly guys in straw hats running family vineyards with slaves or something so that the vino was never more than ten bucks a bottle.
The rain forest has Sting. Now Siberia has Jack Dee. Someone had to draw the short straw. In this case it was the rain forest.
There is no brilliant single stroke that is going to transform the water into wine or straw into gold.
A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by way of sting.
He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
I don't care a straw for your newspaper articles, my constituents don't know how to read, but they can't help seeing them damned pictures.
Obama specializes in knocking down straw men. "I reject the view that says our problems will simply take care of themselves," he said, implying that's the view of Republicans. It's the view of almost no one.
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