Quotation Explorer - 'Nails'

I would put it this way. There are objects for which we have found uses. We use them, but almost certainly not the way the visitors use them. I am positive that in the vast majority of cases we are hammering nails with microscopes. - Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Antonina W. Bouis (Translator)
When you paint your lips, eye lids, nails or whatever, to look attractive, don't forget your up stairs(intellect) if you leave it behind, i will consider all other colors invalid. - Michael Bassey Johnson
I'm never going to be famous. I don't do anything, not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more. - Dorothy Parker
Excuses are merely nails used to build a house of failure. - Habeeb Akande
I barely brushed towards her cheek as I moved towards her mouth, her nails tickled my chest, driving me insane. Kissing her became my single reason for breathing. - Katie McGarry
Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose direction and begin to bend.
I'm thinking that I shouldn't have filed my nails last night. - Dara Torres
Things on the essential list: vodka, Nine Inch Nails, a steady supply of mortal men, and an all-purpose bitchy attitude. - Richelle Mead
I swiftly discovered that there are few things in DIY (and possibly life) that can't be solved with a large mallet, a bag of ten-centimetre nails and some swearing. - Monty Halls
I am positive that in the vast majority of cases we are hammering nails with microscopes. - Arkady Strugatsky
Quit worrying so much about the boards and nails of your life. Focus on the stuff that lasts. He glanced through the window toward the glowing light of the kitchen where Meg and my mom were laughing about something. - Laura Anderson Kurk
Ladies and gentlemen, when you paint your lips, eyes, nails, hair, side-beards, or whatever, to look beautiful or handsome, don't forget your up stairs, if you don't go up there to put things in order, then, consider the former attributes null and void. - Michael Bassey Johnson
The nails did not kill Him... It was the needs that did. - Johnnie Dent Jr.
In this funny debut, flashy Filipino fashion designer Boy Hernandez sees his American dream become a nightmare when he’s ensnared in a terrorist plot and shipped to Guantanamo. Gilvarry nails the couture scene, but Boy’s rough journey from Manolo to Gitmo is no joke. - Andrew Abrahams
Focus isn't about hammering one nail all our lives.It’s about hammering lots of nails, one way, all our lives. - Scott Ginsberg
I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more. - Dorothy Parker
People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend.
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