#pound

I arrived in Hollywood twenty pounds overweight and as strong as an ox. ↗

— Gene Kelly

#hollywood #i #overweight #ox #pounds

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#mother #ounce #pound #worth

If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#correct #delay #fast #foul #mistakes

The noun phrase straw man, now used as a compound adjective as in 'straw-man device, technique or issue,' was popularized in American culture by 'The Wizard of Oz.' ↗

— William Safire

#american #american culture #compound #culture #device

I had a laptop when they weighed 10 pounds. ↗

— Curt Schilling

#i #laptop #pounds #weighed

Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#explosion #spirit #wit

To be clear, climate change is a true 800 pound gorilla in the room. The effects of global warming threaten global environmental upheaval over the coming century. But for South Florida and the Everglades, it could be our death knell if urgent action is not taken. ↗

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

#century #change #clear #climate #climate change

I get an abundance of e-mail every day, some say 'dear Richard, can you call my husband, he weighs 400 pounds...' or 'my 14-year-old is 200 pounds...' or 'I just got divorced, no one wants me, I am 500 pounds.' So I pick up the phone and I call people. ↗

— Richard Simmons

#am #call #day #dear #divorced

Activating oxygen can produce compounds called radicals that put oxidative stress on cells. Such stress could ultimately lead to cancer and other diseases. ↗

— John Simon

#cancer #cells #compounds #could #diseases

The United States dollar took another pounding on German, French and British exchanges this morning, hitting the lowest point ever known in West Germany. ↗

— Gordon Sinclair

#british #dollar #ever #exchanges #french