#sticks

Why does the lizard stick his tongue out? The lizard sticks its tongue out because that's the way its listening and looking and tasting its environment. It's its means of appreciating what's in front of it. ↗

— William Shatner

#because #does #environment #front #his

CD stores have the disadvantage of an expensive inventory, but digital bookshops would need no such thing: they could write copies at the time of sale on to memory sticks, and sell you one if you forgot your own. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#copies #could #digital #disadvantage #expensive

Of all the songs I've recorded, 'Amarillo By Morning' always sticks out in my mind. ↗

— George Strait

#i #mind #morning #out #recorded

And I find chopsticks frankly distressing. Am I alone in thinking it odd that a people ingenious enough to invent paper, gunpowder, kites and any number of other useful objects, and who have a noble history extending back 3,000 years haven't yet worked out that a pair of knitting needles is no way to capture food? ↗

— Bill Bryson

#humor #food

If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#hardly #principles #rigidly #see #sticks

That's life. Whichever way you turn, fate sticks out a foot to trip you. ↗

— Martin Goldsmith

#foot #life #out #sticks #trip

If I ever go to China, I’m going to find a piano and play “Chopsticks”--only not with my fingers, but rather I’ll be using two forks. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#chopsticks #funny #piano #random #funny

It’s always good to give respect, even when you might not feel it’s due. It serves two purposes in particular: one, you’ll soothe the angry beast, should the person have a temper—by visually and verbally submitting to their imagined authority, and; two, by displaying that you acknowledge their authority (especially if others don’t), you are likely to gain favor which can be used to your advantage. ↗

— Höbin Luckyfeller

#hobin-luckyfeller #jaime-buckley #wanted-hero #imagination

The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race. ↗

— Karl Shapiro

#good #hands #his #hold #human

I'm forbidden fruit. Once you go to certain households, mommy doesn't want you to see that dirty man who sticks his tongue out and spits out blood and all that stuff. ↗

— Gene Simmons

#certain #dirty #forbidden #fruit #go