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Sponge Quotes

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A sponge has that much absorbent capability and after a while you can pour water over it and nothing stays.
Itzhak Perlman

A sponge sees everything? A sponge sees nothing.
Lawrence Tierney

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.
Aeschylus

Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.
Aeschylus

Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline.
Harry Houdini

I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks.
Janet Flanner

I drink no more than a sponge.
Francois Rabelais

I have an orthopedic pillow that's made out of a sponge material. I have a plate in my throat, and I have to be careful or I could end up with a bad neck in the morning. That pillow is a must everywhere I go.
Lee Trevino

I think one probably absorbs things like a sponge and things emerge without your always being aware of it.
Jeremy Northam

I'm not a sponge exactly, but I find that something I look at is a great opportunity for ideas.
Martha Stewart

Napoleon is a torrent which as yet we are unable to stem. Moscow will be the sponge that will suck him dry.
Mikhail Kutuzov

Officials at the White House are saying that President Bush hasn't changed his schedule much since the war started. The main difference, they say, is that he's started watching the news and taping Sponge Bob.
Conan O'Brien

Production was what I always wanted to do, even when I was skating. I'm a bit of a sponge. When I was going around competing I was always asking, 'What does that light do?' If you want to be successful, you have to understand what people are doing around you.
Robin Cousins

The last movie I did, I was very lucky: I got to work with probably the best actor of our era, Billy Bob Thornton. He's just incredible. I was like a sponge: I soaked up everything he had to say.
Tim McGraw

Written by a sponge dipped in warm milk and sprinkled with sugar.
John Ciardi






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