Tank Trouble Quotes & Sayings

And as for other men, who worked in tank-rooms full of steam, and in some of which there were open vats near the level of the floor, their peculiar trouble was that they fell into the vats; and when they were fished out, there was never enough of them left to be worth exhibiting,-sometimes they would be overlooked for days, till all but the bones of them had gone out into the world as Durham's Pure Leaf Lard! This contributed to the passing of the Pure Food Act of 1906. — Upton Sinclair

Mainly because as women's education increases all around the planet, we find that family size tends to drop. — Jane Goodall

Siebel's business development executive admitted that all of the company's acquisitions have failed and noted that an internal study indicated that "cultural conflicts" were the cause in every case.5 — Jeffrey Pfeffer

Press on, regardless. — Mary Stewart

Are we not like the actor of old times, who wore his mask so long his face took its likeness? — Letitia Elizabeth Landon

For a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one. — L. Frank Baum

She focused on Jacin. Though he tried to stifle it, Jacin grinned, overwhelmed with relief. There had been so many moments when he'd been sure he would never see her again. "Hey, Trouble," he whispered. Her lips stretched into a tired smile. Her hand bumped into the walls of the tank as if she wanted to reach for him, and Jacin scooped it up and squeezed. — Marissa Meyer

The so-called women's question is a whole-people question. — Sheila Rowbotham

The trouble is, writing the damn thing is like unscrewing your skull and pouring the contents of your brain into an empty tank. The tank has a shape, more or less - has more or less defined edges, a bottom and sides. But what it mostly has is volume: a hungry space I've somehow got to fill. — Mike Carey

Song-Mi Lee, ... her life wholly dedicated to protecting the great man against the importunities of the academic world and soothing his despair at no longer being able to achieve an erection or an original thought. — David Lodge

I couldn't wait for high school to be over. I didn't let my exasperation show, however. I'd long since discovered how to live inside the shark tank without getting eaten or becoming a shark: never let 'em see you sweat. Don't show any emotion, no matter how many you're feeling. It just reveals your weaknesses and, to them, weaknesses are like blood in the water. I try never to let them see me get angry, upset, defensive, flustered, uncertain, anything. I'm sure that, to them, I seem somewhat robotic, but it keeps me out of trouble and keeps them at arm's length. And that's how I survive — M. Leighton

Worst of any, however, were the fertilizer men, and those who served in the cooking rooms. These people could not be shown to the visitor,
for the odor of a fertilizer man would scare any ordinary visitor at a hundred yards, and as for the other men, who worked in tank rooms full of steam, and in some of which there were open vats near the level of the floor, their peculiar trouble was that they fell into the vats; and when they were fished out, there was never enough of them left to be worth exhibiting,
sometimes they would be overlooked for days, till all but the bones of them had gone out to the world as Durham's Pure Leaf Lard! — Upton Sinclair

I fight because it allows me to face my fears head on, and conquer those fears one by one. — Michelle Waterson

You can't hammer tin into iron, no matter how hard you beat it, but that doesn't mean it's useless. — George R R Martin

All artists are crazy. — Kapil Dev

You can do this, Adria. Don't wolf-out on me, especially not in my lap, alright? These are my favorite jeans. — J.A. Redmerski

Big Business and State Socialism are very much alike, especially Big Business. — G.K. Chesterton

With the ambitions, to seize the opportunity to win is your big loss. — Auliq Ice