#pick

Kazan was an old friend, I met him in 1938. He picked up radio jobs for eating money, so I met him on a couple of radio shows. Later on I was in a play he directed. ↗

— Richard Widmark

#directed #eating #friend #him #i

The function of Theology? The recitation of the incomprehensible by the unspeakable to pick the pockets of the unthinking. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#incomprehensible #pick #pockets #recitation #theology

How Superheroes Make Money: - Spider-Man knits sweaters. - Superman screw the lids on pickle jars. - Iron Man, as you would suspect, just irons. ↗

— Jim Benton

#iron-man #knitting #pickle #reference-to-superheroes #spiderman

I have not practiced saxophone since 1980. I mean, not one note. I do not pick it up in my house, and that's the end of it. ↗

— John Zorn

#house #i #i do #mean #note

When taking Spock to see the spores, Leila comments, "It's not much further." having been beaten about the head severely on the difference between "further" and "farther," I believe I can say with some trembling confidence that she should say, "it's not much farther." "Further" means "to a greater extent or degree" whereas "farther" means "to a greater distance." (I know this is really picky, but hey, that's my business.) ↗

— Phil Farrand

#geek #grammar-humor #nit #nitpick #pick

It's not how you pick your nose, it's where you put that booger that counts. ↗

— Tre Cool

#counts #how #nose #pick #put

Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organisation that conquered the world. ↗

— Bruce Barton

#business #conquered #forged #into #jesus

When I don't have any ideas, I pick up fabric and start working with it and something happens. ↗

— Geoffrey Beene

#fabric #happens #i #ideas #pick

Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts. ↗

— Alan Ladd

#enough #good #good parts #i #maybe

I think life has a way of kicking you in the pants too, but you have to pick up and move ahead, and it certainly helps if you have a good partner in life. ↗

— Cheryl Ladd

#certainly #good #helps #i #i think