Fertile soil, level plains, easy passage across the mountains, coal, iron, and other metals imbedded in the rocks, and a stimulating climate, all shower their blessings upon man.
I think it is very ironic that most people think that the banjo is a southern white instrument. It came from Africa and even for the first years that white people played banjo they would put on blackface.
We know Roger Ebert loved the 'Sun-Times' and his career as a newspaper columnist. But ironically, it was his illness and losing his voice that caused him to explore another venue.
In Hollywood, there is no bigger commitment you can make than to a TV series. Even marriages pale in comparison. Marriages don't require signing iron-clad multiyear contracts. At least, most first marriages don't.
Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise. Ironically, the more reliable you are, and the less you complain, the more likely you are to be taken for granted.
Rust is nature's rebuke of our vanity that the things we build of iron and steel will last. From "Tractor Bones and Rusted Trucks" - not yet published
Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.
Really?" "No. I'm being ironic. Or is it sarcastic? I can never remember." "Irony's cleverer, so you're probably being sarcastic." -
Clarice Starling: [to Hannibal Lecter] Your anagrams are showing, Doctor. Louis Friend? Iron sulfide, also known as fool's gold.
Ironically, now that my children are older and gone quite a bit, I find it harder to work when they're not around. Too much free time!
I was actually in an iron lung for about a year, and then I was paralysed from the neck down for another year after that. So I spent a lotta time just lying down as a kid. And some of my earliest memories from then are of listening to the radio.
Also, I used to think that one day I might get someone to iron my shirts, but the truth is I really like doing them myself.
Sgt. Donny Donowitz: [Points to Iron Cross medal] Did you get that for killing Jews? Sgt. Werner Rachtman: Bravery.
[Pepper sends Stark a gift: an arc reactor in a case] Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: [inscription] "Proof that Tony Stark has a heart."
[accidentally burning his restored car collection by hovering above them] Tony Stark: Okay, this is where I don't want to be.
Rhodey: The future of air combat... Is it manned, or unmanned? I'll tell you in my experience, no unmanned aerial vehicle will ever trump a pilot's instinct.
Tony Stark: Why aren't you wearing those pajamas I got you? Obadiah Stane: Good night, Tony...
[Stark's car, the winner of a race, arrives at the airport] Tony Stark: I thought I lost you back there! Hogan: You did, sir.
[special feature] Tony Stark: [after losing $3 million at craps] What's better, winning all that money or not caring about it?
Tony Stark: [explaining to Jim Rhodes as to why he was late for his plane] I got stuck doing a piece for Vanity Fair.
Maggie Fitzgerald: Will you tell him I'm real sorry? Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris: No. I will do no such thing, Maggie.
