Lid Quotes

A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.
J. R. R. Tolkien

Inside, Key, Treasure

If you don't have humour, then you may as well nail the coffin lid down now.
Roger Moore

May, Down, Humour

You can't sit on the lid of progress. If you do, you will be blown to pieces.
Henry J. Kaiser

Progress, Sit, Pieces

I didn't like England. I couldn't take the look of the place or the style of friendship. I need more intimacy from people than is considered okay there, and I felt that my personality and my enthusiasms weren't understood. I had to put a big lid on myself.
Jane Campion

Friendship, Put, Big

It's been said that Bill Gates has come up with something that'll be released in December that's gonna put a lid on counterfeiting. If that's a fact then it's really interesting to own your own product - with all the potential methods of downloading.
Merle Haggard

Put, Said, Fact

All I wanted to do was put together one of the best home maths systems in the world, and that's what we've done. I've loved numbers since I was two or three, and I get really excited about them. Now, I'm allowing myself to get excited about things. If you're doing it for a TV network or any major corporation, you have to put a lid on it a little.
Carol Vorderman

Best, Home, Done

Day to day, I always wear eyeliner on my top lid and mascara. I like to do my own makeup, it depends on the event.
Felicity Jones

Top, Makeup, Wear

King Arthur was one of my heroes - I played with a trash can lid for a knightly shield and my uncle's cane for the sword Excalibur.
Lloyd Alexander

King, Played, Heroes

Keeping a lid on taxes is not just good for the taxpayer. It's a powerful way to force government to be more accountable, set priorities and spend smarter. Let me repeat that: more accountable, set priorities and spend smarter - that's what we need to be about.
Tim Pawlenty

Good, Government, Powerful

It's no coincidence that 'Night at the Museum' completely blew the lid off my career. I finally got a handle on tone.
Shawn Levy

Career, Night, Off

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