A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

A pat on the back, through only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, is miles ahead in results.
Bennett Cerf

Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author's product. The real universe ain't that way, and neither are my fictive ones.
David Brin

I am both stunned and appalled that Pat Robertson would claim to know the mind of God concerning whether particular events... were the judgments of God.
Richard Land

I blame it on Walt Disney, where animals are given human qualities. People don't understand that a wild animal is not something that is nice to pat. It can seriously harm you.
James Cameron

I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it.
Janet Flanner

I once shook hands with Pat Boone and my whole right side sobered up.
Dean Martin

I played in a movie called Ring of Fear with Clyde Beatty and Pat O'Brien.
Mickey Spillane

I saw it as a challenge to play with Pat and we put hours and hours into it, usually on the bus. The trick was to find something that we both wanted to play within our different styles which would add up to being greater than the sum of its parts.
Bill Bruford

I suppose if it has a practical purpose, I appreciate a pat on the back. I suppose it's rewarding, ultimately.
Brendan Fraser

I think I'm extremely vulnerable and that in some ways I seek out rejection. Never feeling like you're getting that pat on the back from dad is probably at the heart of that.
Skeet Ulrich

I'd like to congratulate myself, and thank myself, and give myself a big pat on the back.
Dee Dee Ramone

I'll never be mistaken for Pat Boone.
Sal Mineo

I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
Ethel Merman

If we have another 2,000 people killed, I want Nancy Pelosi and George Soros, John Conyers and Pat Leahy to go to the funeral and say, 'Your son was vaporized because we didn't want to dump some guy's head under water for 30 seconds.'
Peter King

Lately, I've been listening to some jazz albums. I love the new Pat Metheny album. John Coltrane. I still like good metal, though!
Geezer Butler

My pat line about the Cubs and payroll is that the amount of merchandise the Cubs would sell off a world series championship would more than cover for a big payroll.
Billy Corgan

No, the only things which do not bother me are the elements. I can overcome them without a fight. All one has to do to get the best of the elements is to stand pat and one will win.
William Howard Taft

Once again, Pat Robertson leaves us speechless with his insensitivity and arrogance.
Ralph Neas

Pat O'Brien knows nothing. He's on the Hell express.
Rob Corddry