Tinfoil Ball Quotes & Sayings

Talking to my mother was about as much fun as chewing a ball of tinfoil with a mouthful of fillings. — Marcia Clark

Bears being sent through the mail should never be squashed up to make them fit. It gives them indigestion. — Pam Brown

That's a lot of Bens to hold in your head at once. I should give them different names to keep them straight: Ben, Has-Ben, and What-Might-Have-
Ben. — Rick Yancey

Pearls are for tears, Erik. Didn't you know? — Sadie Montgomery

The pursuit of exotic beauty in such a life would have been like having a ball of tinfoil in your stomach, all that airy metal filling you up with hunger. — Laura Kasischke

I'm looking over a four-leaf clover that I overlooked before. — Jerry Spinelli

I'm not into smoke-filled rooms. I don't have the time for byzantine political intrigues. — Benazir Bhutto

Not only does the Charter Organization not prevent future wars, but it makes it practically certain that we shall have future wars, and as to such wars it takes from us the power to declare them, to choose the side on which we shall fight, to determine what forces and military equipment we shall use in the war, and to control and command our sons who do the fighting. — J. Reuben Clark

There are few things in this world more satisfying than having your son teach you how to play tennis, unless it is having a semi-truck run over your foot. — Erma Bombeck

Before the downpour, Al had thought Lou looked alluring in her pale pink T-shirt and simple flowered skirt. Her soft brown waves bounced around her shoulders with the humidity. She was simply beautiful. But with the addition of water, she evolved into a siren. Her thin cotton clothes clung to every curve. She slicked her hair away from her face, as if emerging from an enchanted lake. — Amy E. Reichert

Light doesn't penetrate beneath the surface of the water, so ocean creatures like whales and dolphins and even 800 species of fish communicate by sound. And a North Atlantic right whale can transmit across hundreds of miles. — Rose George

I wrote about the Thai sex industry and people ask me how many bar-girls I slept with. I've just completed a short story about a High School shooting but nobody thinks I shot anyone. — Matt Carrell

I turned down plenty of films which proved to be hugely successful. And, of course, I've also had plenty of experiences where everyone thought we were doing brilliant work and it ended up pretty horrific. Same as any actor, really. — Ewen Bremner