Cats are the slipperiest of domestic animals. Thousands of years of genetic coding has taught them to melt into azaleas, lie motionless behind garden gnomes, glide along fence tops, and slink under benches.
Conscience is a judge in every man's breast, which none can cheat or corrupt, and perhaps the only incorrupt thing about him; yet, inflexible and honest as this judge is (however polluted the bench on which he sits), no man can, in my opinion, enjoy any applause which is not there adjudged to be his due.
There was nothing new in sitting on this dock, on this or that wooden bench, watching for his boat to come. In some ways, she was always waiting for him.
You can't learn to swim on a piano bench.
I'm counting to ten in my head. " "Is it helping?" "No. " "It doesn't help me with you either. I used to life weights to alleviate frustration, but someone blowtorched my weight bench. How did you do it, by the way?" "I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you.
Anyone who's had a shower and hasn't ingested illegal narcotics within a couple of days stands out on a bench in the courthouse.
A nominee [to Supreme Court] must possess the competence, character and temperament to serve on the bench.
I told him (Pete Rose, Jr. ) who to watch. I said if you want to be a catcher, watch Johnny Bench. If you want to be a right-handed power hitter, watch Mike Schmidt. If you just want to be a hitter, watch me.
If you want to help a hungry poor man sleeping on the bench, don't ever wake him up; put some food on the bench, put some money and leave the place without looking at your back!
A bench in the street can be a good writer because all kind of material comes onto it like a heavy rain!
I don't care what you bench. I care if you have friends and family you love, a career that you love, and helped someone you don't know today.
Manchester United will be hoping their bench can come off the bench
When you come in to court as a plaintiff or as a defendant, it is terribly important that you look up at the bench and feel that that person represents you and will understand you, that that person is reflective of our community and of our society.
On a park bench on 12th street, my whole crew's famous, you try bust your gat and keep it rel but you nameless
We must reject dictatorship in whatever form it takes--and especially when it rears its head in our own midst on the bench.
History as the slaughter-bench
It's good to remember the unburied dead and the uncollected rubbish. Most of it can now be seen on the Labour benches in the House of Commons.
If you are quiet on the bench you will just get swallowed up. It is like a mosh pit.
If the guys on the bench were as good as the guys you have out there, they'd be out there in first place.
I would not tolerate profanity from anyone, anytime. I'd blow the whistle, pull you from the court and put you on the bench and talk to you before I would put you back in.
