#sponge

The last movie I did, I was very lucky: I got to work with probably the best actor of our era, Billy Bob Thornton. He's just incredible. I was like a sponge: I soaked up everything he had to say. ↗

— Tim McGraw

#best #billy #bob #did #era

A sponge has that much absorbent capability and after a while you can pour water over it and nothing stays. ↗

— Itzhak Perlman

#capability #much #nothing #over #over it

Production was what I always wanted to do, even when I was skating. I'm a bit of a sponge. When I was going around competing I was always asking, 'What does that light do?' If you want to be successful, you have to understand what people are doing around you. ↗

— Robin Cousins

#around #asking #bit #competing #does

I drink no more than a sponge. ↗

— Francois Rabelais

#i #more #sponge #than

Napoleon is a torrent which as yet we are unable to stem. Moscow will be the sponge that will suck him dry. ↗

— Mikhail Kutuzov

#him #moscow #napoleon #sponge #stem

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting. ↗

— Aeschylus

#blow #blurred #comes #fair #glitter

Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away. ↗

— Aeschylus

#alas #away #compare #dash #fortunate

Certainly I'm not going to sit on the Internet all day and read what Sam from Iowa is saying about me. But I'm a sponge. I've always been a sponge. ↗

— Eminem

#all day #always #been #certainly #day

I don't like tofu. I'd sooner eat a sponge. ↗

— Sylvia Browne

#i #like #sooner #sponge

Written by a sponge dipped in warm milk and sprinkled with sugar. ↗

— John Ciardi

#milk #sponge #sprinkled #sugar #warm