Quotation Explorer - 'Brass'

PLUNDER, v. To take the property of another without observing the decent and customary reticences of theft. To effect a change of ownership with the candid concomitance of a brass band. To wrest the wealth of A from B and leave C lamenting a vanishing opportunity. - Ambrose Bierce
Television and film demand that people at all levels have brass balls or brass ovaries. Unfortunately, we live in the reign of the eunuch. - Rita Mae Brown
As sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. - Bible
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water. - William Shakespeare
What is my strength, that I should hope? Is my strength the strength of stone? Or is my flesh of brass? Is not my help in me. - Compton Gage
A private organisation often inducts a new person treating him like a king, then it immediately ties him with string , clips his wing and asks him to fly as much as he can and even dance & sing to entertain the top brass who continues to sting him. - Anuj Somany
A private organisation may not have sufficient apple or other essential ingredients in its monthly stock, but its top brass will only talk about individual’s performance pie i.e. achievement vs target of apple-pie sales in the meeting. - Anuj Somany
Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away. - Sir Thomas Beecham
I want you to grab hold of the brass spindles and don’t let go. When she did as he required, he spread her legs wider. Hold tight, baby. This is going to feel so good. - Maggie Adams
Books have that strange quality, that being of the frailest and tenderest matter, they outlast brass, iron and marble. - William Drummond
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