Slip Quotes

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
Winston Churchill

Words, Unsaid, Slaves

The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions.
Paulo Coelho

Mistakes, Two, Acting

The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.
William James

Change, Fear, Past

Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip indirect taxes into the price of goods that they cannot do without.
Albert Camus

Cannot, Price, Taxes

Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks.
David Herbert Lawrence

Hard, Before, Away

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by.
James M. Barrie

Against, Hours, Letting

Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished.
Amelia Barr

Fear, Sleep, Place

America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.
George W. Bush

America, Security, Seek

One has to secrete a jelly in which to slip quotations down people's throats - and one always secretes too much jelly.
Virginia Woolf

Down, Throats, Jelly

Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and no way anybody can win except by serving the people's urgent needs. We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together.
Gerald R. Ford

Forward, Together, Win

Here is what we know after more than a decade of Republican rule: Texas works. Even 'The New York Times' let it slip into its pages that, 'Texas is the future.'
Rick Perry

Future, After, Here

With women, I've got a long bamboo pole with a leather loop on the end. I slip the loop around their necks so they can't get away or come too close. Like catching snakes.
Marlon Brando

Women, End, Long

Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most beautiful prizes slip through it.
Georges Duhamel

Trust, Beautiful, Through

Passion can quickly slip to jealousy, or even hatred.
Arthur Golden

Jealousy, Passion, Hatred

Page one of any economic plan to get America working is to give a pink slip to the current resident in the White House.
Rick Perry

Give, America, Working

So much about living life, to me, is about humility and gratitude. And I've tried very hard to have those qualities and be that person and I'm just so disappointed in myself that I allowed it to slip.
Katherine Heigl

Life, Gratitude, Hard

I never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute.
Eartha Kitt

May, Granted, Minute

When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors - old friends, family.
Dave Grohl

Family, Lost, Friends

All day long the door of the sub-conscious remains just ajar; we slip through to the other side, and return again, as easily and secretly as a cat.
Walter de La Mare

Long, Through, Again

The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.
E. W. Howe

Fall, Amuse, Icy

Families, particularly, tend to be the ones that you take the most for granted. They seem to slip under the radar, all those important things - it almost becomes second nature to do so.
Adam Garcia

Nature, Important, Almost

I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home.
Cathy Guisewite

Humor, Great, Home

It's mind-altering when you slip into someone else's shoes. That's psychedelic, man.
Bryan Cranston

Someone, Else, Shoes

I really do try to watch everything I say. Because one little tiny slip, and it's like the world is coming to an end!
Vanessa Hudgens

End, Everything, Try

Growing up with my family gave me some of my best memories. I'd like to have a family of my own - slip away for a bit and do nothing but spend those early years with my children.
Katherine Jenkins

Family, Best, Children

The focus and the concentration and the attention to detail that flying takes is a kind of meditation. I find it restful and engaging, and other things slip away.
Harrison Ford

Focus, Find, Away

I noticed this process of waking, and predicted with terrifying logic that one of these years not far away I would be awake continuously and never slip back, and never be free of myself again.
Annie Dillard

Free, Away, Again

Well, you know, in any political campaign, you're gonna have people on one side that are gonna slip a reporter something because they think it'll hurt the guy on the other side.
Bob Schieffer

Hurt, Political, Guy

I have always loved fashion because it's a great way to express your mood. And I'm definitely a shoe lover. The right pair of shoes can change the feel of an outfit, and even change how a woman feels about herself. A woman can wear confidence on her feet with a high stiletto, or slip into weekend comfort with a soft ballet flat.
Fergie

Change, Great, Woman

My main point is to be funny; if I can slip a message in there, fine.
Flip Wilson

Funny, Point, Fine

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