#sponge

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

I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks. ↗

— Janet Flanner

#every #i #ink #out #soak

I think one probably absorbs things like a sponge and things emerge without your always being aware of it. ↗

— Jeremy Northam

#aware #being #emerge #i #i think

Officials at the White House are saying that President Bush hasn't changed his schedule much since the war started. The main difference, they say, is that he's started watching the news and taping Sponge Bob. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#bush #changed #difference #hasn #his