The patrons aren’t patronizing the store, and it’s not just the economy that’s keeping them out—it’s that nobody here likes to be patronized.
I'm regarded as the patron saint of manicurists.
Theatre Patron: Say, what is it, anyhow? Theatre Patron: I hear it's a kind of a gorilla. Theatre Patron: Gee - ain't we got enough of them in New York?
She was a patron saint of the peripheral.
All backups take their cue from Elrod Hendricks, the patron saint of erstwhile catchers.
William Bennett is my patron saint, one of them. Redd Foxx is another.
I want to be like the patron saint of reality.
Patrick Bateman: Ask me a question. Club Patron: So, what do you do? Patrick Bateman: I'm into, uh, well, murders and executions, mostly. Club Patron: Do you like it? Patrick Bateman: Well, it depends. Why? Club Patron: Well, most guys I know who are...
Theatre Patron: I can't sit so close to the screen; it hurts my eyes. Usher: This isn't a moving picture, ma'am. Theatre Patron: What? But Mr. Denham makes those pictures with those darling lions and tigers and things. Usher: This is more in the natu...
If a patron buys from an artist who needs money, the patron then makes himself equal to the artist; he is building art into the world; he creates.
Theatre Patron: Say, what's Denham got, anyway? Another theatre patron: [in doubtful pre-disgust] Well, it better be good after all this ballyhoo!
If it takes you seven years to write each novel, you need a patron. And I would rather have my corporate self as my patron than any arts council or bestower of grants.
Of all public figures and benefactors of mankind, no one is loved by history more than the literary patron. Napoleon was just a general of forgotten battles compared with the queen who paid for Shakespeare's meals and beer in the tavern. The statesma...
There is nothing greater than love; it is stronger than any evil, any darkness. Show me the way, Jesus! Love is the answer. If we love one another, then we need not fear anything else. Love is everything.
The patron gets comfortable in bed and opens up the book -- it opens tentatively -- and the patron bends the open book backward until there is a satisfying crack and the book is a little more supple, a little easier to read. The book spine has just b...
The items we collected at the Roswell crash site need to be broken down and analyzed for future military use. Given what we've already learned, we have the potential to create soldiers who will perform in the field like nothing the world has ever see...
Quiz Kid Donnie Smith: Do you know who I am? Thurston Howell: You're a friend of the family, I presume. Quiz Kid Donnie Smith: What does that mean? Thurston Howell: Nothing special. Just a spoke in the wheel. Quiz Kid Donnie Smith: You talk in rhymes...
I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.
Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times.
Never patronize your readers. That means don't talk down to them.
We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes.
