#pinch

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip. ↗

— John Locke

#cause #gall #incomes #large #like

When I look back at the 1980s I pinch myself. Did I really do all that? ↗

— Cynthia Payne

#did #i #look #myself #pinch

Pinch me…I want to make sure this isn’t some wonderful reality. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #humor #pinching #reality #dreams

My goal is to make Italian food clean and accessible and beautiful and tasty, with simple ingredients that people can find at a local grocery store, because people don't want to go to a gourmet shop in search of items that will sit in their pantry for years after they use just a teaspoon or pinch of them. ↗

— Giada De Laurentiis

#after #beautiful #because #clean #find

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder. ↗

— George Eliot

#easily #glory #killing #life #mortals

Part of the beauty of the show in a way is that he's not perfect, but you can always count on him to do the right thing in a pinch. That's why he inspires people and inspires me. ↗

— Stephen Collins

#beauty #count #do the right thing #him #inspires

If you pinch the sea of its liberty, though it be walls of stone or brass, it will beat them down. ↗

— John Cotton

#brass #down #liberty #pinch #sea

I just pinch myself, because I think if there's anything I can be proud of, I've survived success, which I think is difficult these days. ↗

— TobyMac

#because #days #difficult #i #i can

It is quite extraordinary how very various are the opinions entertained on this point, and, before sifting them, one must be careful in the first place to eliminate from our inquiry the cases of that considerable class of persons who pinch themselves. ↗

— James Payn

#before #careful #cases #class #considerable

I pinch myself because of the understanding that I've been blessed with a real rare opportunity that few Americans ever get - to serve their government and their people at this level. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#been #blessed #ever #few #get