Pat Quotes

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

Few, Results, Ahead

The Oscar nomination is great. It's a great pat on the back. And I like that.
Jeff Bridges

Great, Oscar, Nomination

The father of a daughter is nothing but a high-class hostage. A father turns a stony face to his sons, berates them, shakes his antlers, paws the ground, snorts, runs them off into the underbrush, but when his daughter puts her arm over his shoulder and says, 'Daddy, I need to ask you something,' he is a pat of butter in a hot frying pan.
Garrison Keillor

Father, Nothing, Her

The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasn't are as much a part of golf as life itself.
Gerald R. Ford

Life, Done, Around

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

I mean, you always want everybody to pat you on the back and tell you you're wonderful every time you do something; I think that's human nature.
David Duchovny

Nature, Time, Human

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

Whole, Once, Hands

When Pat Robertson says there is no constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state, I say he is wrong.
Arlen Specter

Wrong, State, Church

Raising a child is a little like Picasso's work; in the beginning he did very conventional representational things. Cubism came after he had the rules down pat.
Anna Quindlen

Work, Down, After

When you try to figure out what the religious right is, it ultimately comes down either to one man, Pat Robertson, or anyone who believes in a higher being and wants their taxes cut.
Ann Coulter

Down, Try, Anyone

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

Nice, Human, Blame

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

Through, Few, Results

The campaigns of Steve Forbes, Pat Buchanan, Ross Perot, and John McCain all outperformed expectations on their support from independent voters. They made no effort to shy away from ideology, but conveyed to voters that their policies were driven by principle, not party talking points.
John Sununu

Away, Effort, Support

You go to a plant not only to pat the people on the back, but to tell them about the opportunities they have to do a better job. Quality is one of the opportunities they have to do a better job.
Carlos Ghosn

Job, Tell, Quality

Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you leave alone.
Pete Rose

Alone, Leave, Players

As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong. That's what I find with acting. As soon as it becomes padded, it becomes pat.
Liev Schreiber

Find, Wrong, Acting

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

Time, Place, Talent

Americans are cool; if you show just a chink of vulnerability, they respond so much. They'll pat you on the arm and say, 'Hey kid, you're all right.' Brits will respond but they are much more cynical.
Bear Grylls

Cool, Show, Kid

The conversion of agnostic High Tories to the Anglican church is always rather suspect. It seems too pat and predictable, too clearly a matter of politics rather than faith.
Terry Eagleton

Faith, Politics, Matter

Pat Moynihan could write books with one hand and legislate with the other. I can't; I have a short attention span. The slightest distraction would take me away from writing.
Barney Frank

Writing, Short, Away

My older brother was into Creedence Clearwater Revival and ZZ Top, and my sister was into pop radio. So somewhere along the line, I got into Ozzy Osbourne, REO Speedwagon, Heart, Pat Benetar, Journey.
Martina McBride

Heart, Brother, Older

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

Best, Fight, Win

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

Purpose, Appreciate, Practical

In London we give ourselves a pat on the back, rightly, for not killing one another, for our prejudice being subtle rather than lethal.
Martin Freeman

Give, Another, Rather

I've played for the Miami Heat my whole career under Pat Riley. Mr. GQ himself. So when I pick out my outfits before a game, I'm already feeling confident. And some of that swagger stays with me when I take the court.
Dwyane Wade

Feeling, Game, Career

I am one of the new characters in the brand new series of 'Postman Pat.' It has been a joy to do.
Archie Panjabi

Joy, Characters, Series

And I met Paul Simms while I was making 'It's Pat', and he later wound up casting me in 'NewsRadio.'
Dave Foley

Making, While, Later

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

Simple, Real, Another

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

Nothing, Hell, Knows

That is where the irony of the film comes off, in terms of the language it employs - where he tries desperately to be a 'TV Dad,' to give advice and it's so pat it becomes ridiculous.
Atom Egoyan

Dad, Give, Advice

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