There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. Votes: 2
Steven WrightThere is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. Votes: 2
Erma BombeckYou don't need a pickup line. Just glance at a woman from across the room. Glance - don't stare. Votes: 2
Jenny McCarthyI'm a magpie in my fiction, taking whatever looks shiny and curious to line the nest of my story. Votes: 2
Walter KirnIf I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago? Votes: 2
Bill GatesHe who does not expect a million readers should not write a line. Votes: 0
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheMe shooting 40% at the foul line is just God's way to say nobody's perfect. Votes: 0
Shaquille O'NealIn life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard. Votes: 0
Theodore RooseveltA dream of life comes to me, like a catfish dancing on the end of the line. Votes: 0
Bruce SpringsteenA life spent worthily should be measured by a nobler line,-by deeds, not years.
Richard Brinsley SheridanThe shortest distance between two points is your mind. It's not a straight line.
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellWe call the slope of a line m because the word "slope" begins with the letter m.
Howard Whitley EvesThe first of the line is tied to a tree and the last is being eaten by the ants .
Gabriel Garcia MarquezThere is sometimes only a very fine line between deliberation and procrastination.
Paul Allen WalkerWe resent all criticism which denies us anything that lies in our line of advance.
Ralph Waldo EmersonAs the crow flies"-a popular and picturesque expression to denote a straight line.
William Henry MauleFree verse is chained in sentence-to-sentence links and breaks free in line breaks.
Shirley Geok-lin LimWith no bottom line, it's hard to know wrong from right. But I ain't ever satisfied.
John MellencampChivalry is like a line of credit. You can get plenty of it when you do not need it.
Nellie L. McClungI was surprised to find out there was a direct line from my palm to my, my, hootchie.
Charlaine HarrisI'm a big fan of the Russians: Isaac Babel is just an exquisite line-to-line stylist.
George SaundersI realize something. That wasn't a finish line for me...This is my new starting line.
Wendelin Van DraanenThe so called "progress," "time marching on," is not a straight line, but a pendulum.
Zygmunt BaumanAnyone who hasn't been nervous, or hasn't choked somewhere down the line, is an idiot.
Cary MiddlecoffTo photograph: it is to put on the same line of sight the head, the eye and the heart.
Henri Cartier-BressonMy trouble is insomnia. If I had always slept properly, I'd never have written a line.
Louis-Ferdinand CelineDon't hoo, hoo, hoo me. There's a fine line between hoo, hoo, hoo and hiel, hiel, hiel.
Bobcat GoldthwaitI love being a writer in a medium where they have to ask you, 'Can I change this line?'
Bruce Joel RubinThe great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
John SteinbeckPainting a line across canvas with a brush is similar to the motion of a wave breaking.
Mary HeilmannThe habit of taking the line of least resistance makes all rivers and some men crooked.
Napoleon HillIt takes courage to step out of the line marked 'security' into the line marked 'risk.'
Robert G. AllenThe hardest things to do in any art is to risk failure and put yourself out on the line.
Oscar IsaacThere is a sacred, secret line in loving which attraction and even passion cannot cross.
Anna AkhmatovaWhen honor and the Law no longer stand on the same side of the line, how do we choose[?]
Anne BishopWe fed the public a line of deceit, dishonesty, a fabrication of statistics and figures.
Bernard NathansonIt will yet be the proud boast of women that they never contributed a line to the Bible.
George William FooteI think I'm out of crime fiction now, and I think the dividing line is American Tabloid.
James EllroyJust when everything seems to go along just fine, Life comes by and throws you its line.
Lee Bennett HopkinsI have a great deal of respect and admiration for people who put themselves on the line.
Major OwensTravel is a vanishing act, a solitary trip down a pinched line of geography to oblivion.
Paul TherouxWe tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense.
Oswald ChambersSomedays the line I walk turns out to be straight - Other days the line tends to deviate.
Ani DiFrancoand I try to draw the line but it ends up running down the middle of me most of the time.
Ani DiFrancoBeauty is all about form; proportions and the relationships between one line and another.
Christian LouboutinThe Bottom Line: If people don't LOVE our work, we will not be able to sell what we make.
Jack WhiteYou know, the finest line a man will walk is between success at work and success at home.
John CandyTruth is the shortest and nearest way to our end, carrying us thither in a straight line.
John TillotsonFor me, I walk a line of fame and infamy. I walk the line of celebrity and non-celebrity.
Lupe FiascoThe steeper the mountain the harder the climb the better the view from the finish line ;)
Paula AbdulThe line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end.
St. JeromeAny fool can take a bad line out of a poem; it takes a real pro to throw out a good line.
Theodore RoethkeI was raised by a very strict, good mother, so I wont be getting out of line anytime soon.
Alexa VegaMarketing executives like big budgets, as big budgets make it easier to grow the top line.
Bill GurleyWhen your day is hard, remember to sing HU. It puts you back in line with the Holy Spirit.
Harold KlempEvery leaf is a spacious plain; every line a flowing brook; every period a lofty mountain.
James HerveyThat's what I hate about a lot of comedies, when you're hitting a line or making it funny.
Jennifer AnistonGod will dare to do the impossible in your life if you dare to step across the faith line.
Kenneth CopelandWhen I go to the line I'm thinking 'All net.' When I don't think that, I'm likely to miss.
Larry BirdThe bottom line in love is not whether someone loves you, but whether someone chooses you.
Marianne WilliamsonAlmost every officer is going to put their life on the line at some point in their career.
Peter JamesIf i am ever given the captaincy, I will be very tight on my players to keep them in line.
Shahid AfridiIt's making a statement about what life is, really. And I'm going to end the line with it.
Wayne ShorterIn philosophy, as in politics, the longest distance between two points is a straight line.
Will DurantNo man can run up the natural line of Evolution without coming to Christianity at the top.
William Henry DrummondThe line between art and life should be kept as fluid, and perhaps indistinct, as possible.
Allan KaprowCommitment is a line you must cross. . . . it is the difference between dreaming and doing.
Bernie FuchsI wasn't much good. When I went into the line on a fake - I would holler 'I don't have it!'
Bob NewhartWhy do I feel you hear these prayers of mine, when so many ought to be ahead of me in line?
Clay WalkerBaseball would be a better game if more third basemen got hit in the mouth by line drivers.
Dan JenkinsSometimes we become so focused on the finish line, that we fail to find joy in the journey.
Dieter F. UchtdorfThe line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in.
Elmore LeonardNot everything that steps out of line, and thus "abnormal", must necessarily be "inferior".
Hans AspergerWho in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins?
Herman MelvilleI'm sometimes afraid I'll cross a line and it'll be difficult to come back, say, to dinner.
Jamaica KincaidA bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that's the bottom line.
Quincy JonesNever let a beautiful woman pick your path for you when there is a man in her line of sight
Terry GoodkindWhen you write, you lay out a line of words. Soon you find yourself deep in new territory.
Annie DillardIf politicians lived on praise and thanks they'd be forced into some other line of business.
Edward HeathHere's what I really love: I love a funny story that I can tag a serious line on the end of.
Max LucadoIf I could give you one line about writing worship songs, it would be âSing your prayers.'
Paul BalocheEvery company should work hard to obsolete its own product line - before its competitors do.
Philip KotlerGrow internally first. Strengthen your bottom line first before considering external growth.
Richard BransonWell you've got a job and I've heard it before, and you're in the same line as Pussy Galore.
Steve MillerLoyalty, up and down the line. That's one quality an organization must have to be successful.
Bum PhillipsA book sometimes seems to impose a through-line to life that real life doesn't actually have.
Chris WareMy idea of the real aristocrat is the master workman, no matter what his line of work may be.
Henry Latham DohertyThe ultimate step in taking responsibility is making sure our actions line up with our words.
John C. MaxwellNo way. I'm not going in there. I draw the line at grave-robbing, Barrons. It's not your pen.
Karen Marie MoningAnd the United States of America should have been at the front of that line. And was not. ...
Kimberley StrasselA funny line can never exist on its own. It needs to be surrounded by mood and circumstances.
Lorrie MooreWhat power there is in our service when our actions line up with our mission, skills and joy.
Mary Anne RadmacherObviously a drawing of a person is not a real person, but a drawing of a line is a real line.
Sol LeWittThere is no motion in a straight line. A straight line infinitely projected becomes a circle.
Swami VivekanandaHowever, because Britain is young and exciting, I did show my second line here once or twice.
Vivienne WestwoodYou come up with a story line, you hire the writer, the director, the stars, the set designer.
Andre BalazsThere is a line between sexualityand promiscuity, and the line is closer to celibacy than not.
Betty Jane WylieGreat talent stands in line to join your team because the culture becomes the stuff of legend.
Dave RamseyStrong line quality, composition and form are more crucial although even this is loosely done.
Frank BrunoThose having the most time to devote to a line of endeavor usually become the most proficient.
George AdeAnd if our future Lies on the final line Are we brave enough To see the signals and the signs?
Harry ChapinThe best way to gain more yards is advance the ball down the field from the line of scrimmage.
John MaddenThere's a fine line between support and stalking and let's all stay on the right side of that.
Joss WhedonThere's a fine line between fiction and non-fiction and I think I snorted it somewhere in 1979
Kinky FriedmanThe line between seduction and prostitution is very blurred, and deep down, everyone knows it.
Virginie DespentesWhere lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
Alan Dean FosterYet is there one true line, the pearl of pearls: Man dreams of Fame while woman wakes to love.
Alfred Lord TennysonWatching myself fight, I realize the line between success and failure is so narrow, it's scary.
Georges St-PierreIn much postmodern theatre ... the line between theatre and non-theatre is deliberately erased.
Jeremy BegbieThere is in us all that line that prevents us from fully understanding those who are different.
Leon UrisAdvertising works most effectively when it's in line with what people are already trying to do.
Mark ZuckerbergThere should be a separate line to scrutinize anybody with the name Abdul or Ahmed or Mohammed.
Mike GallagherWe're shooting 100 percent - 60 percent from the field and 40 percent from the free-throw line.
Norm StewartThere's a very fine line between being artistic and being a dickhead - it's like love and hate.
Peter HookI ask God most often that we would be an unbroken line of Christians until Christ shall return.
Philip YanceyI've had times where I walked up to the line, where I know the play, but don't know what to do.
Tony StewartOne line of dialogue that rings true reveals character in a way that pages of description can't.
Anne LamottIf you try to deliver a funny line in a funny way, it comes out as wacky and you ruin the scene.
Bill BurrSince my feet are now fast and point away from the past, I'll bid farewell and be down the line.
Bob DylanMental illness and creativity are - it's a thin line in between the two. I tend to believe that.
Bruce SpringsteenThere's an unexpectedly high share of workers still in agriculture, .. That's like a fault line.
Edward TaylorTintoretto attempted to fill the line of Michelangelo with color, without tracing its principle.
Henry FuseliAmericans will buy anything, as long as it doesn't cross the thin line between cute and demonic.
Ian ShoalesI will make such a wonderful India that all Americans will stand in line to get a visa for India
Narendra ModiI'm good at line-drawing, and some of my color stuff is okay. So I just do it for record covers.
Robyn HitchcockWe sold more iPads in the last quarter alone than any PC manufacturer sold in their entire line.
Tim CookThe president doesn't get a line-item veto, so all the budgetary approps stuff is with Congress.
Tim KaineMy line-learning is very special. I like to learn the dialogue of the whole film before I arrive.
Ben KingsleyThere's a very fine line between giving someone the Heimlich maneuver and dry-humping a stranger.
Demetri MartinIt's the best feeling in the world . The game's on the line, and you're the guy in the spotlight.
Eric GagneThat scent she threw off was not anything by Chanel. Unless they'd recently added a Tragedy line.
J.R. WardMass inflation, welfare line, gross economy, trade it all for what's behind curtain number three.
Joe WalshI see nothing but a world of ruins, where a kind of front line is possible only in the catacombs.
Julius EvolaA line comes into being. It goes out for a walk, so to speak, aimlessly for the sake of the walk.
Paul KleeThere's a fine line between playing with fear and then taking bad plays and playing with no fear.
Robert Griffin IIIIndividualism is going around these days in uniform, handing out the party line on individualism.
Wendell BerryI don't have to take this abuse from you -- I have hundreds of people waiting in line to abuse me!
Bill MurrayEverything has gotten vulgar and out of line for children to watch. It's more of a swearing match.
Bubba SmithAt 50 I find there is a long line of characters and shapes demanding words just outside my window.
Carlos FuentesI do a lot of things wrong. I lose my temper, and I hate waiting in line, but do I take drugs? No.
Debbie ReynoldsThe women who line up at a comic's dressing-room door are not what you'd call your class groupies.
George CarlinThe story line, the comparisons to this show and the Bible Ends after the names of the characters.
George JacksonI always wanted the ball in my hands with a game on the line, as I think any real competitor does.
Jerry WestShip of the line is the most honourable thing that man, as a gregarious animal, has ever produced.
John RuskinIn dreams and visions lie the greatest creations of man, for on them rests no yoke of line or hue.
R. H. BarlowMy life was on the line here and my career and everything I worked for, it was hanging by a thread
Rafael PalmeiroThat's what you do when the curtain is falling--you give the line that the audience wants to hear.
Rick YanceyNow you'll have to wait for hours in line for medical care instead of immediately not getting any.
Stephen ColbertThe straight line is regarded as the shortest distance between two people, as if they were points.
Theodor AdornoWhy should I worry, why should I care? And even when I cross that line, I got street savoire faire.
Billy JoelSometimes you don't realize you've crossed a line until you're on the other side and can't go back.
Frank WarrenAll my life, my heart has sought a thing I cannot name. Remembered line from a long- forgotten poem
Hunter S. ThompsonThe stories we love may not always fit neatly into a single time line, but they will always matter.
John Jackson MillerAnyone who goes into writing has to find out somewhere along the line, he's either naive or insane.
Leon UrisThere's a thin line between genius and insanity - and I always get labelled as being the crazy one.
Lisa LopesBottom line: the âno upward trend' has to continue for a total of 15 years before we get worried.
Phil JonesI fully credit my family for keeping me grounded and for putting me back in line whenever necessary.
Camilla BelleI've always liked extreme performers; I don't think I am one, but my mentality is in line with that.
Dee Dee RamoneWhen people ask what you do, tell them you're a writer. Put yourself on the line. Make a commitment.
Janet EvanovichWe can dream of an America, and a world, in which love and not money are civilization's bottom line.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Theres a fine line between physical and thug ball, and the Knicks have crossed the line on occasion.
Marv Albert[First line] "The business of murder took time, patience, skill, and a tolerance for the monotonous.
Nora RobertsThe line is very delicate and fine between being what one might call sane or insane, well or unwell.
Ronee BlakleyManage the top line: your strategy, your people, and your products, and the bottom line will follow.
Steve JobsThere's a fine line between being colorful and being an asshole, and I hope I'm still just colorful.
Ted TurnerAs far as I'm concerned, there is no line between high art and pop art, and there should be no line.
Wayne WhiteDraw, if thou canst, the mystic line, Severing rightly his from thine, Which is human, which divine.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe work of an advertising agency is warmly and immediately human. It deals with human needs, wants, dreams and hopes. Its 'product' cannot be turned out on an assembly line. Votes: 4 Leo Burnett
...in place of the Old Bottom Line of money and power, a New Bottom Line of Love and Generosity is possible. People of all faiths need to shape a political and social movement that reaffirms the most generous, peace-oriented, social justice-committed, and loving truths of the spiritual heritage of the human race. Votes: 3 Michael Lerner
I think, on a personal level, everybody, when you go through the checkout line after you get your groceries and they say, 'Paper or plastic?' We should be saying, 'Neither one.' We should have our own cloth bags. Votes: 3 Woody Harrelson
Americans enjoy uniformity in a way that the British don't; they wanted everybody of a sort of nice chorus line height and here I was, this person who was a good three inches taller than anyone else on the end of the line. Votes: 6 Jeremy Irons
Someday I want to have my own clothing line, perfume and makeup line. Votes: 4 Jordan Pruitt
The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line. Votes: 3 W. E. B. Du Bois
I think that when we start thought-policing people and idea-policing people, then that's crossing a line. And I think, you know, everybody's so afraid of this imaginary line of thought police that they forget their own personal safety. Votes: 4 Ashton Kutcher
It's incredible how many emotions you feel when crossing the finish line and seeing that you are No. 1. Votes: 1 Marcel Hirscher
You have film actors doing TV, rap stars doing TV, with everyone kind of crossing the line. Votes: 5 Anthony Michael Hall
Our whole philosophy was to intimidate the quarterback. We were able to do it. We were pioneers. People still recognize us as, maybe, the best defensive line of all time. Votes: 3 Merlin Olsen
How are things visible? Can you see an egg against a white background? Not by drawing a line around it can you make it evident. Votes: 3 William Morris Hunt
Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere. Votes: 5 Gilbert K. Chesterton
Monofilament is what you use to go fishing. The line on your fishing rod is probably going to be black. You get to the end of the line and you tie on this clear plastic, thin thread called monofilament. Votes: 4 John Badham
Independent films in this country are in the same position. Miramax and Fine Line are not independent - they're with Disney! Come on. Or they're with Warner Brothers. They're all with somebody. Votes: 3 Dennis Hopper
If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago? Votes: 4 Bill Gates
Now, if you notice how the swan, putting its neck down into the deep water, brings up food for itself from below, then you will discover the wisdom of the Creator, in that He gave it a neck longer than its feet for this reason, that it might, as if lowering a sort of fishing line, procure the food hidden in the deep water. Votes: 3 Saint Basil
I love Florida Georgia Line. I love 'Round Here.' So if a fan wants to listen to that, and if a fan that wasn't listening to country music before is listening to 'Cruise' on Pandora, and after that a song by George Jones comes on, they may have never heard George Jones before. I think it's a good thing for the genre. Votes: 1 Scotty McCreery
There is boxing and then there is me. The rest are just falling in line behind me or are trying to get in line to fight me. And that includes Manny Pacquiao too. Votes: 3 Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
I'm a very hard-line, angry atheist. Yet I am fascinated by the concept of devotion. Votes: 2 Joss Whedon
I don't know that the referee can be watching holding on the offensive line and get back to the quarterback. I think watching the quarterback is a full-time job. Votes: 1 John Madden
The big hang-up was George Bush wanted to get life lines, you know, so he could call somebody. Votes: 2 John F. Kerry
Kitchen Confidential' wasn't a cautionary or an expose. I wrote it as an entertainment for New York tri-state area line cooks and restaurant lifers, basically; I had no expectation that it would move as far west as Philadelphia. Votes: 3 Anthony Bourdain
He had no idea about the 'loving deeply' part. Scarlet was the one love he'd had. They'd married the weekend after they'd discovered they both like sangria. He'd thought they were waltzing through life and it turned out she was line dancing. Votes: 3 Jodi Thomas
Playing acoustic and line drawings are the two things I'm most competent at. Votes: 4 Robyn Hitchcock
Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing. Votes: 3 Henry Moore
The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon. Votes: 1 Warren Bennis
About 100 firefighters a year die in the line of duty in the U.S. Heart attacks on the job and vehicle accidents on the way to the fires account for about half. The other half are traumatic deaths while fighting fires. Votes: 2 Bill Dedman
All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height. Votes: 4 Casey Stengel
And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, I'm going to learn the saxophone. When I grow up, I'm going to play in his band. So I sort of persuaded my dad to get me a kind of a plastic saxophone on the hire purchase plan. Votes: 2 David Bowie
I think of myself as a young prince from a long line of royalty. Votes: 2 Wesley Snipes
We have a partnership deal with New Line Records, which is part of New Line Cinema, and... I worked on that. Votes: 4 James Iha
It's easy when you have receivers that are open all the time and an offensive line that never lets anyone touch you. It makes it fun to play. Votes: 4 Tom Brady
I have a website because it's an interesting tool, very - and quite unexpectedly - useful for my work. It's become an archive and a fairly complete on-line portfolio, as well as offering an opportunity to write a little. Votes: 1 John Howe
God teaches us to love by putting some unlovely people around us. Votes: 3 Rick Warren
I just think [Gangster Party Line] is funny and stupid and all the dudes in it are real dudes. It's just a funny construction. Votes: 3 Neal Brennan
The thing about a pick-up line is, even if it works, then what? I just figure you unapologetically be yourself, and if it works, cool. Votes: 3 Skylar Astin
A great pickup line is one I don't even notice. It has me connecting with you, laughing, having a good time. And that definitely gets my attention. Votes: 2 Jennifer Morrison
Inflation is taking up the poverty line, and poverty is not just economic but defined by way of health and education. Votes: 1 Azim Premji
If you have the right voice and the right delivery, you're cocky enough, and you pound down on the punch line, you can say anything and make people laugh maybe three times before they realize you're not telling jokes. Votes: 1 Buddy Hackett
Debating religious beliefs are a red line, a deep red line. Votes: 1 Pope Shenouda III
There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. Votes: 1 Steven Wright
You are a child of God. He is father of your spirit. Spiritually you are of noble birth, the offspring of the King of Heaven. Fix that truth in your mind and hold to it. However many generations in your mortal ancestry, no matter what race or people you represent, the pedigree of your spirit can be written on a single line. You are a child of God! Votes: 4 Boyd K. Packer
Wherever you go at SXSW, there you are standing in line. Or watching other people stand in line. Votes: 4 Kara Swisher
An object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force. Votes: 2 Isaac Newton
When 'The Thin Blue Line' came out, I was criticized by many people for using reenactments, as if I wasn't dedicated to the truth because I filmed these scenes. That always and still seems to be nonsensical. Votes: 1 Errol Morris
I've done literally 100, 150 different characters. Some of them have only appeared for a line or three. But the point is, every sound I can make has been harvested. Votes: 1 Hank Azaria