#slipper

What a word is truth. Slippery, tricky, unreliable. I tried in these books to tell the truth. ↗

— Lillian Hellman

#i #i tried #slippery #tell #these

It's hard to get out of the barrel. It's slippery around the edges and people are happy to see you fall back in. ↗

— Robert Downey, Jr.

#back #barrel #edges #fall #get

I feel fortunate I have this amazing relationship with so many people in America, because I was in their homes at a very private time of day. They probably might have still had their robe on and their slippers and haven't made the beds. ↗

— Joan Lunden

#america #because #beds #day #feel

Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes," he said, his voice rising as applause and cheers mounted. "Shake it off. Stop complainin'. Stop grumblin'. Stop cryin'. We are going to press on. We have work to do. ↗

— Barack Obama

#bedroom #cheers #going #his #marching

And I like to keep whatever is mine remaining that way. It's a funny little game to play and it's a slippery slope. I always say to myself I'm never going to give anything away because there's never any point or benefit for me. ↗

— Kristen Stewart

#any #anything #away #because #benefit

You stick a bunch of drunken murderers together, ain't long before some turn to thieving, then to lying, then to bad language, and pretty soon to sobriety, raising families and making an honest living. ↗

— Joe Abercrombie

#satire #slippery-slope #family

Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#anoint #grease #great #king #other

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun. ↗

— John Dryden

#betray #cannot #dangers #does #footing

Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet? ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#cushioned #evenings #feet #home #love

The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant. ↗

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

#downright #fanatic #heart #nearer #slippery