Stalin was the most audible and powerful spokesman in the campaign against what he contemptuously called uravnilovka (leveling). His hostility - voiced in sarcastic and dismissive terms - was so deep and so clearly enunciated that it rapidly became s...
Vincent Hanna: Seven years in Folsom. In the hole for three. McNeil before that. McNeil as tough as they say? Neil McCauley: You lookin' to become a penologist? Vincent Hanna: You lookin' to go back? You know, I chased down some crews; guys just look...
Tex: Do you have a family back home? Billy Hayes: Yeah, a mother, father, sister and brother living in Babylon, Long Island. Tex: It's gonna be tough for them. You'll have to tell them about what you're in sooner or later. Say, how much did you pay t...
David Justice: Scotty H. Scott Hatteberg: Yo, what's up, D.J.? David Justice: Pickin' machine. [Scott laughs] David Justice: How you likin' first base, man? Scott Hatteberg: It's, uh... it's coming along. Picking it up. You know, tough transition, bu...
Chief Scientist: I agree with those who say we could launch a pod. Lyndon Johnson: A pot? Chief Scientist: A POD - a, uh, capsule. Now, we would be in full control of zis pod. It vill go up like a cannonball, and come down like, uh, a cannonball, spl...
From above you could see the chaos of entangled plots on the other side of the road, and a couple of tough tethered goats, and the glint of a frozen pond somewhere in the trees. Above them the sun was shining vaguely through the milky November sky, o...
A man who cries all the time is not heard.
No chicken will fall into the fire a second time.
An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold.
Borrowed money shortens time; working for others lengthens it.
In time a mouse will gnaw through a cable.
In times of emergency the devil eats flies.
Great deeds come from times of shortage.
Hours are Time's shafts, and one comes winged with death.
Cabbage is best after it is reheated seven times.
It's better to arrive on time than to be invited.
One cannot blow and swallow at the same time.
Measure a thousand times and cut once.
Measure a thousand times, cut once.
With time even a bear can learn to dance.
If the time has passed, there is no point in preparing.
