#sleeves

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#hands #language #rolls #slang #sleeves

A revolutionary idea is usually one with its sleeves rolled up. ↗

— Navjot Singh Sidhu

#revolutionary #rolled #sleeves #up #usually

McCarthyism is Americanism with its sleeves rolled. ↗

— Joseph R. McCarthy

#mccarthyism #rolled #sleeves

We weren't treated as prima-donnas. We had to roll up our sleeves and graft with the groundsman. Kids don't have to do anymore. That makes you appreciate things when it turns in your favour and you become a successful professional. ↗

— Colin Cooper

#appreciate #become #favour #had #kids

To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death. ↗

— Jean Anouilh

#death #easy #elbows #even #hands

I've found that when you roll up your sleeves and join people in their daily work, they tend to open up quite a bit and let you know what they really think about the issues facing our country and what kind of job they think the government is doing. ↗

— Bob Beauprez

#bit #country #daily #daily work #doing

I am living proof that the American dream still exists. It is still alive and well. There is only one trick, you have to be willing to roll up your sleeves and work very, very hard. ↗

— Paula Deen

#am #american #american dream #dream #exists

Why, I just shake the buildings out of my sleeves. ↗

— Frank Lloyd Wright

#i #just #out #shake #sleeves

You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong. ↗

— Bono

#allied #bend #bit #detached #dream

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all. ↗

— Sam Ewing

#character #hard #hard work #noses #people