#pike

And it's the President of the United States who said he wasn't going to spike the football and all this, we shouldn't gloat about it, running campaign ads, gloating about it and saying the other guy isn't good enough to do the tough things that I did, which I think is, one reprehensible. ↗

— Jonah Goldberg

#ads #campaign #did #enough #football

If the same energy went into marketing movies to women as they do on the other demographics we might see more of a spike. ↗

— Callie Khouri

#energy #into #marketing #might #more

My dad's sense of humor was direct and sometimes surreal - his quick wit is well known amongst our family and friends. He raised me on Spike Jones records and W.C. Fields movies, and his sense of humor fell somewhere in between. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#between #dad #direct #family #fell

His mind had been working away behind his high forehead. Unimaginative himself he could recognize imagination in her: he had come upon one whose whole nature was the contradiction of his own. He knew that behind her simplicity was something he could never have. Something he despised as impractical. Something which would never carry her to power or riches, but would retard her progress and keep her apart in a world of her own make-believe. To win her favour he must talk in her own language. ↗

— Mervyn Peake

#steerpike #imagination

I can't help but have my sights set on Scorsese, Cohen Brothers and Spike Jones. ↗

— Xander Berkeley

#cohen #help #i #jones #scorsese

Along with you, I have witnessed the unfortunate rise in gasoline prices that has accompanied the summer driving season and the more recent spike in prices due to Hurricane Katrina. ↗

— Bob Ney

#along #driving #due #gasoline #gasoline prices

It is proper that the federal government help alleviate short-term disruptions and price spikes such as those brought about by Hurricane Katrina. ↗

— Mel Martinez

#alleviate #brought #disruptions #federal #federal government

I'm watching a dream I'll never wake up from. -Spike Speigel ↗

— Keiko Nobumoto

#dreams #life #spike-speigel #steven-blum #dreams

Equality,' said Steerpike,' is the thing. It is the only true and central premise from which constructive ideas can radiate freely and be operated without prejudice. Absolute equality of status. Equality of wealth. Equality of power. ↗

— Mervyn Peake

#equality

I've loved you for a long time, ' she said. 'But there was always something holding me back. Maybe it was that I was afraid of an emotion that was so consuming. It still frightens me,' she admitted in a whisper. Tamani chuckled. 'If it makes you feel any better, it scares the daylights out of me on a regular basis. ↗

— Aprilynne Pike

#destined #emotion #fear #laurel #love