The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.
Robert Brault

The eldest and biggest of the litter was a dog cub, and when he drew his first breath he was less than five inches long from his nose to where his tail joined his back-bone.
Henry Williamson

They that die by famine die by inches.
Matthew Henry

This hype word bothers me though It always sounds like an accusation, what does it mean, advertising, column inches in the press? Bands themselves are never really responsible for all of that. That is something that happens to you when you sell millions of records.
Holly Johnson

Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.
Louis L'Amour

What did I do in high school? I grew from 5 feet 4 inches to 6 feet 2 inches.
Gregory Peck

When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter.
Alan Rickman

When I grew up there wasn't air-conditioning or anything of that nature, and this old car had a wall thickness of about ten inches. So we had a little warmer house in the winter and a little cooler in the summer.
Merle Haggard

When I jerked it out the head remained in my leg, where it remains still. There were a couple of inches of blood on the shaft of the arrow when I pulled it out.
George Crook

With two people and luggage on board she draws four inches of water. Two canoe paddles will move her along at a speed reasonable enough in moderate currents.
C. S. Forester

You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height.
Stephen Fry