Quotes of: Refer Keyword

There was a time when all dark-skinned people were called Ethiopians, for the Greeks referred to Africa as, 'The Land Of The Burnt-Face People.'

John Henrik Clarke

Irene: [referring to a photo] That's Benicio's father Driver: Where is he? Irene: He's in prison. Driver: Oh.

Drive

[last lines] Patrick Kenzie: [referring to her doll] Is that Mirabelle? Amanda McCready: Annabelle.

Gone Baby Gone

Big Joe: [referring to Kelly] Oooo, that nut has gotta be nuts.

Kelly's Heroes

[In reference to a bird from a trick] Alfred Borden: See? He's fine! Boy: But where's his brother?

The Prestige

Janet Walker: [referring to Brandon] Why can't he keep his hands off people?

Rope

Brick Top: [referring to Tommy] Turkish, put a lid on her.

Snatch.

Desk sergeant: [referring to Serpico's moustache] You look like an asshole with dentures.

Serpico

Gonji, tavern keeper: [referring to Sanjuro] You don't look like one of the living!

Yojimbo

Remember all those references to Macedonia as the oasis of peace in the Balkans. You only really appreciate it when you have lost it.

Boris Trajkovski

I've always referred to my father as 'my coach' because we were always able to separate our relationship into the roles of coach and parent.

Sebastian Coe

The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society.

Constance Baker Motley

Unquestionably, our contemporary world of music is far richer, in a sense, than earlier periods, due to the historical and geographical extensions of culture to which I have referred.

George Crumb

I wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk music. The chord progressions are obvious references.

Joanna Newsom

'Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions.

Antony Jay

No references to the need to fight terror can be an argument for restricting human rights.

Vladimir Putin

They were targeting those people I referred to as 'little Eichmanns.' These were legitimate targets.

Ward Churchill

Meaning is what essence becomes when it is divorced from the object of reference and wedded to the word.

Willard Van Orman Quine

Nevertheless, should you have any doubts that we are stating sound doctrines, look up the references and see exactly what the Bible says and believe it in preference to any man. You cannot go wrong with this kind of advice. But in doing this, be sure...

God's Plan for Man

Why am I impatient I am unsure for what is patience? And why should I ultimately feel that I am lacking in it. Is it timing? Waiting? Abstaining? Obligation? Longing? Torture? Perseverance? Discipline? Wanting? Someone recently referred to it as a st...

The Bed and the Bookcase

Characters should be interchangeable as between one book and another. The entire corpus of existing literature should be regarded as a limbo from which discerning authors could draw their characters as required, creating only when they failed to find...

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