Mental Pat Down Quotes & Sayings

Bands like R.E.M. and even The Replacements, during that initial wave of college rock, would sell 40, 50, 100,000 copies of a record, and that would be seen as extremely successful - and definitely enough to keep doing more. — Adam Schlesinger

Avoiding setting too strong rules is the best way not to have problems with your own rules. — Eraldo Banovac

Now, come over here so I can pat you down."
"But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure."
He stood next to the armless statue. Terminus conducted a rigorous mental pat down.
"You seem to be clean," Terminus decided. "Do you have anything to declare?"
"Yes," Percy said. "I declare that this is stupid. — Rick Riordan

A break came when Polish intelligence officers created a machine based on a captured German coder that was able to crack some of the Enigma codes. By the time the Poles showed the British their machine, however, it had been rendered ineffective because the Germans had added two more rotors and two more plugboard connections to their Enigma machines. — Walter Isaacson

After touring with David Bowie last year, I was inspired to look at what I wanted to do as an artist, and I realized I wanted to go back to the music I fell in love with when I was eight years old. — Emm Gryner

It's a shame that an education just gives people the means to chop logic — Soseki Natsume

Out of many things a great heap will be formed.
[Lat., De multis grandis acervus erit.] — Ovid

Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all thirty feet tall. — Larry Wilde

I didn't fail ten thousand times.
I successfully eliminated, ten thousand times,
materials and combinations which wouldn't work. — Thomas A. Edison

I have Googled myself, yeah, I think everybody has. I try not to make a habit of it - in fact I made a rule once never to Google myself, which made me happy. — Aidan Gillen

A distinctive appearance and a simple set of characteristics lead to an extremely flexible brand. (pg. 38) — Woodrow Phoenix