Thaves Quotes

#1. Sure he was great, but don't forget that Ginger Rogers did everything [Fred Astaire] did, .. backwards and in high heels.
From: Frank and Ernest by Bob Thaves, art by Bob Thaves.

Bob Thaves

#2. Sure he (Fred Astaire) was great, but don't forget that Ginger Rogers did everything he did,..backwards and in high heels.

Robert Thaves

#3. Most students of literature can pick apart a metaphor or spot an ethnic stereotype, but not many of them can say things like: 'The poem's sardonic tone is curiously at odds with its plodding syntax.'

Terry Eagleton

#4. I think you can get so mentally beat by kind of working yourself up too much.

Holly Holm

#5. Inside me there's a thin person struggling to get out, but I can usually sedate him with four or five cupcakes.

Bob Thaves

#6. A fool and his money are soon parted. It takes creative tax laws for the rest.

Bob Thaves

#7. I truly am living out what true joy and happiness means.

Jessica White

#8. Nobody will ever take Maurice's place, and he'll go on with us and he'll go on our music. He'll go on with us as the Bee Gees, and Maurice will always be with us.

Robin Gibb

#9. It's not that Good doesn't triumph over Evil, it's that the point spread is too small.

Bob Thaves

#10. It was only when he was back in bed that it struck Harry that Dumbledore might not have been quite truthful. But then, it had been a quite personal question.

J.K. Rowling

#11. I don't know if I can live on my income or not - the government won't let me try it.

Bob Thaves

#12. My mind wanders a lot, but fortunately it's too weak to go very far.

Bob Thaves

#13. The Senate being tied is a start. Now, if only it could be gagged.

Bob Thaves

#14. In another life, before taking the veil of journalistic purity, I practiced the black arts of a political operative, including 'debate prep.'

Jeff Greenfield

#15. People used to live lives of quiet desperation - now they go on talk shows!

Bob Thaves

#16. When you come into the world you have nothing ... when you leave you have nothing ... and in between there's the IRS.

Bob Thaves

#17. I was always willing to say, "Let's see what happens," when something came up that looked like it might help me get a little closer to where I wanted to be ...

Count Basie

#18. as I'm concerned, slow-cooking is the only way to cook (at least most of the time). It saves time, can be very versatile (check out all the different recipes

Karen Bellessa Petersen

#19. I believe in facing reality. But only because I don't like turning my back on it.

Bob Thaves

#20. I like to get to work early. Before my brain knows what I'm up to.

Bob Thaves

#21. Even beauties can be unattractive. If you catch a beauty in the wrong light at the right time, forget it. I believe in low lights and trick mirrors. I believe in plastic surgery.

Andy Warhol

#22. Money talks - but credit has an echo.

Bob Thaves

#23. Frighteningly honest. What Anthony Bourdain did to the world of cooking in Kitchen Confidential, Leopold will do to the world of journalism. It's Sid & Nancy meets All the President's Men.

Rob Cohen

#24. Life is measured in love and positive contributions and moments of grace.

Carly Fiorina

#25. I think because we're such a trading nation, I think Canadians understand that first and foremost we're part of the global economy.

Stephen Harper