Quotes on Handy

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.

A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.

I always have a football handy at home, and I'll play with it. Sometimes it'll get on my wife's nerves. But the moment I've got a ball at my feet, I'm happy.

Perseverance has always just been something that was in me. And it was a tool that came in very handy as a ballerina.

A man may see how this world goes with no eyes. Look with thine ears: see how yond justice rails upon yon simple thief. Hark, in thine ear: change places; and, handy-dandy, which is the justice, which is the thief?

I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.

History can come in handy. If you were born yesterday, with no knowledge of the past, you might easily accept whatever the government tells you. But knowing a bit of history--while it would not absolutely prove the government was lying in a given instance--might make you skeptical, lead you to ask questions, make it more likely that you would find out the truth.

Fortunately, there's another handy driver that has manifested itself throughout the history of cultures. The urge to want to gain wealth. That is almost as potent a driver as the urge to maintain your security. And that is how I view NASA going forward - as an investment in our economy.

A community where everyone is a ruthless murderer, with handy access to death-dealing devices, is a very polite community.

I can't even enjoy a blade of grass unless I know there's a subway handy, or a record store or some other sign that people do not totally regret life. It's more important to confirm the least sincere. The clouds get enough attention as it is.

Oh, a very useful philosophical animal, your average tortoise. Outrunning metaphorical arrows, beating hares in races... very handy.

Cheap cigars come in handy; they stifle the odor of cheap politicians.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy.

There were a lot of gods. Gods always come in handy, they justify almost anything.

Even if I could, I wouldn't. Scars can come in handy. I have one myself above my left knee that is a perfect map of the London Underground.