Nail Quotes

If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Abraham Maslow

Problem, Hammer, Tend

There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Problem, Anyone, Head

I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish. He's usually the lead singer in a punk band and plays guitar. But my serious boyfriends are relatively clean-cut, nice guys. So it's strange.
Megan Fox

Nice, Strange, Guitar

A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.
Desiderius Erasmus

Another, Overcome, Habit

If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
Bernard Baruch

Bureaucrats: they are dead at 30 and buried at 60. They are like custard pies; you can't nail them to a wall.
Frank Lloyd Wright

Dead, Wall, Buried

Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood.
Augustine of Hippo

Overall, we had about 50 meetings where the brothers would say that I couldn't do any solo records, I couldn't write for other people, I couldn't do this and I couldn't do that. These guys were trying to nail my feet to the ground.
Sammy Hagar

Trying, Write, Guys

A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.
Walter Scott

Truth, Faithful, Compass

I don't have makeup on all the time, but when I want, I have fun with my friends choosing clothes and putting nail polish on.
Emma Watson

Time, Fun, Friends

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

May, Down, Humour

I do think a carpenter needs a good hammer to bang in the nail.
Oliver Reed

Good, Needs, Hammer

I can't let time move on without fighting tooth and nail and hopefully being a part of a revolution that is positive.
Ian Somerhalder

Time, Positive, Revolution

If you do a trick and it doesn't work out, that can stick with you. I like to go back, nail the trick, and, 'OK, I'm cool, it's all good.'
Shaun White

Work, Good, Cool

The Democratic party of Florida has put a temperance plank in its platform and the Republican party of every state would nail that plank in their platform if they thought it would carry the election.
Billy Sunday

Thought, Put, State

I want to clear my mind a little bit and give my mind a little bit of time to breathe so I can pinpoint or at least nail down feelings I'm having and that I've had for the last however long. I need to nail them down long enough to actually write about and elaborate on them.
Fred Durst

Time, Mind, Long

My grandmother had this high-tech security system - a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
Quincy Jones

Door, She, Used

I'm totally opposed to vouchers. I will fight them tooth and nail.
Charles Schumer

Fight, Tooth, Totally

The '80s were fabulous. The '90s sucked, and the '70s were just a sad, sad time in human history. Go 1980s! There's something that's just so cute about that time. And not just yellow nail polish and 'I'm a loner.'
Jennifer Sky

Time, History, Sad

I don't think God cares if I wear nail polish or not. I don't think that's a deal breaker for him.
Sofia Vergara

One of the first production deals I signed, the guy wanted my name to be Minaj and I fought him tooth and nail. But he convinced me. I've always hated it.
Nicki Minaj

Him, Wanted, Guy

It's funny because I'm a sucker for glitz and glitter when it comes to clothes and nail polish, but with my makeup, I'm more comfortable with a natural look. It feels more like me.
Alison Sweeney

Funny, Natural, Makeup

Products made in China are cheap through the exploitation of the workforce. Every time we shop, we are driving the nail further into the coffin of American manufacturing jobs.
Joe Baca

Time, Through, American

'The Queen Is Dead' is not merely the Smiths' best album, but it is one of those timeless, perfect, inexhaustible artifacts that could only have been made by a gang of sullen, sun-deprived rock & roll boys fighting off adulthood tooth and nail.
Rob Sheffield

Best, Rock, Perfect

In Hollywood today, it's cool for guys to wear nail polish and earrings in their lips and tongues. I don't get it.
Scott Caan

Cool, Today, Guys

I have no problem with any gay group that says they're Republicans, but I will fight them tooth and nail if they try to change what the Republican Party believes.
Gary Bauer

Change, Fight, Gay

Actually, I wear the nail polish to hide how grubby my nails are.
Caroline Corr

Actually, Hide, Wear

Every now and then you'll nail one that's really, really special. And that's what you live for.
Bob Seger

I'm a mom - I'm lucky if I get to shower in the morning. Luckily, nail polish stays on my toes. I've been so bad on the upkeep, though.
Idina Menzel

Morning, Mom, Bad

I trained like an animal, but the thing is focus and concentration. When the bell rings it's like when the little red light goes on over the camera. And I can usually nail my lines on the first or second take because I'm right there.
Mickey Rourke

Focus, Light, Second

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