#squeeze

Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed. ↗

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

#hard #lest #soft #squeezed #too

Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#crime #criminal #criminal justice #human #human nature

A song just doesn't come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#come #had #i #just #out

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

— Janet Flanner

#every #i #ink #out #soak

I'll squeeze the cider out of your adam's apple. ↗

— Moe Howard

#apple #cider #i #out #squeeze

Number one, like yourself. Number two, you have to eat healthy. And number three, you've got to squeeze your buns. That's my formula. ↗

— Richard Simmons

#formula #got #healthy #like #number

... I looked through the car's rear window for a final wave, and it felt like someone had invaded my chest and squeezed all the juice out of my heart until it was a tiny dry sponge. ↗

— Karen Tayleur

#heart #sponge #squeeze-dry #squeezed #wave

Europe and North America, we are told, are less dependent on energy-intensive heavy industry than in the 1960s and 1970s. It seems we squeeze more GDP out of a barrel of oil than in those benighted days. ↗

— James Buchan

#barrel #benighted #days #dependent #europe

I don't need a man. But I'm happier with one. I like to have someone I can touch and squeeze and kiss. But I don't fold up and die if I don't have a man around. ↗

— Cher

#die #fold #happier #i #i can

No one should be incarcerated for debt or squeezed for money they have no chance of getting their hands on. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#debt #getting #hands #money #should