#rusty

The Rusty Ruins were the remains of an old city, a hulking reminder of back when there'd been way too many people, and everyone was incredibly stupid. And ugly. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

#humor #ruins #rusty #funny

A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy. ↗

— Walter Scott

#faithful #nail #near #placed #rusty

If you hear Bing Crosby trying to swing, it doesn't work. He swings like a rusty gate. ↗

— Frank Stallone

#bing crosby #crosby #gate #hear #like

When I came back from Bolivia, my Spanish was in some ways as good as my English. I am rusty today. But I am comfortable talking in Spanish. I am not flawless or fluent, but I am comfortable. It takes me a day or two speaking a lot of Spanish to get back into a rhythm. ↗

— David Dewhurst

#back #bolivia #came #comfortable #comfortable talking

A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop. ↗

— Robert Hughes

#determined #loafer #machine #monkey #more

Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house. ↗

— John Cheever

#her #house #into #knife #like

I always felt that Jim Morrison was a terrible name for the front man of The Doors. No, for a band called The Doors, a name like Rusty Hinge would have been more appropriate. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#jim-morrison #music #rusty-hinge #the-doors #funny

Many a person who started out to conquer the world in shining army has ended up just getting along. The horse got tired, the army rusty. The goal was removed and unsure. ↗

— Robert A. Cook

#army #conquer #ended #getting #goal

My grandmother had this high-tech security system - a rusty nail she used to lock the door. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#grandmother #had #high-tech #lock #nail

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need. ↗

— Ben Jonson

#makes #more #need #slaves #than