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Familiar Quotations

Nods

We've entered an era when very good, competent people aren't getting jobs. One remedy is to stand out, to self-promote. If you do, you're going to get the nod over some co-worker.–Jeffrey P. Davidson

The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively, but says nothing.–Henry Haskins

Sometimes even good old Homer nods.–Horace

A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.–Edgar Watson Howe

Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances.–William Powell

A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.–Irish Proverb

Nods – "Bow"

The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.–Publilius Syrus

Nods – "Greeting"

How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!–John Muir

Nods – "Nap"

A nap, my friend, is a brief period of sleep which overtakes superannuated persons when they endeavor to entertain unwelcome visitors or to listen to scientific lectures.–George Bernard Shaw

Nods – "Sleep"

Sleep is better than medicine.–Anonymous

• Preface x
• Familiar Quotations 1
• Nods 1
• Nods – "Bow" 1
• Nods – "Greeting" 1
• Nods – "Nap" 1
• Nods – "Sleep" 1
• Use in Literature 4
• Nods 4
• Nods – "Acknowledgments" 37
• Nods – "Affirmative" 37
• Nods – "Agreement" 38
• Nods – "Air" 39
• Nods – "Answer" 40
• Nods – "Arm" 41
• Nods – "Around" 41
• Nods – "Attention" 42
• Nods – "Beauty" 42
• Nods – "Behind" 43
• Nods – "Being" 44
• Nods – "Big" 44
• Nods – "Billy" 45
• Nods – "Bob's" 46
• Nods – "Boys" 46
• Nods – "Briefly" 47
• Nods – "Brightly" 47
• Nods – "Captains" 48
• Nods – "Cases" 50
• Nods – "Caught" 50
• Nods – "Chair" 51
• Nods – "Changed" 51
• Nods – "Chief" 52
• Nods – "Child's" 52
• Nods – "Close" 53
• Nods – "Coldly" 54
• Nods – "Came" 54
• Nods – "Companions" 57
• Nods – "Comprehendingly" 58
• Nods – "Count" 58
• Nods – "Dick" 59
• Nods – "Direction" 59
• Nods – "Disappearing" 60
• Nods – "Doctor" 60
• Nods – "Dressed" 61
• Nods – "Drew" 62
• Nods – "Driver" 63
• Nods – "Duke" 63
• Nods – "Ear" 64
• Nods – "Easy" 64
• Nods – "Emperor" 64
• Nods – "End" 65
• Nods – "Exchange" 65
• Nods – "Expression" 66
• Nods – "Eyes" 67
• Nods – "Falls" 70
• Nods – "Familiarly" 71
• Nods – "Fanny" 71
• Nods – "Far" 72
• Nods – "Father" 72
• Nods – "Feet" 73
• Nods – "Felt" 74
• Nods – "Few" 75
• Nods – "Finally" 75
• Nods – "Fingers" 76
• Nods – "Finished" 77
• Nods – "Fire" 77
• Nods – "Followed" 77
• Nods – "Forward" 78
• Nods – "Found" 79
• Nods – "Friendly" 80
• Nods – "Gate" 81
• Nods – "Gaze" 82
• Nods – "Gently" 82
• Nods – "George" 84
• Nods – "German" 84
• Nods – "Gesture" 84
• Nods – "Girl" 85
• Nods – "Going" 86
• Nods – "Gone" 87
• Nods – "Grace" 88
• Nods – "Grave" 88
• Nods – "Great" 89
• Nods – "Green" 90
• Nods – "Group" 90
• Nods – "Hands" 90
• Nods – "Harry's" 93
• Nods – "Hat" 93
• Nods – "Having" 94
• Nods – "Head" 94
• Nods – "Heard" 110
• Nods – "Heart" 111
• Nods – "Henry" 111
• Nods – "Herself" 112
• Nods – "Horses" 113
• Nods – "House" 113
• Nods – "Husband" 114
• Nods – "Indians" 114
• Nods – "Intelligence" 115
• Nods – "Interested" 115
• Nods – "Jack" 115
• Nods – "Jeanne" 115
• Nods – "Jim" 116
• Nods – "Joe" 116
• Nods – "John" 116
• Nods – "Judge" 117
• Nods – "Kate" 117
• Nods – "Kept" 117
• Nods – "Kind" 118
• Nods – "King" 119
• Nods – "Kit" 121
• Nods – "Know" 121
• Nods – "Ladies" 124
• Nods – "Laughed" 126
• Nods – "Laura" 127
• Nods – "Leaned" 127
• Nods – "Leaving" 128
• Nods – "Led" 129
• Nods – "Lip" 130
• Nods – "Little" 131
• Nods – "Looked" 134
• Nods – "Lord" 143
• Nods – "Madame" 144
• Nods – "Major" 145
• Nods – "Makes" 145
• Nods – "Men" 147
• Nods – "Manner" 152
• Nods – "Mary" 153
• Nods – "Matter" 153
• Nods – "Met" 154
• Nods – "Merry" 155
• Nods – "Minutes" 155
• Nods – "Miss" 156
• Nods – "Mother" 158
• Nods – "Mountains" 159
• Nods – "Moving" 160
• Nods – "Myself" 161
• Nods – "Name" 161
• Nods – "Nap" 161
• Nods – "Nicholas" 163
• Nods – "Noted" 163
• Nods – "Nothing" 164
• Nods – "Noticed" 165
• Nods – "Officer" 165
• Nods – "Old" 166
• Nods – "Once" 169
• Nods – "Opened" 171
• Nods – "Orders" 172
• Nods – "Others" 172
• Nods – "Parted" 173
• Nods – "Passed" 174
• Nods – "Paul" 176
• Nods – "People" 176
• Nods – "Perfect" 177
• Nods – "Peter" 177
• Nods – "Pipe" 178
• Nods – "Place" 179
• Nods – "Pleased" 180
• Nods – "Plumes" 180
• Nods – "Present" 181
• Nods – "Prince" 182
• Nods – "Professor" 183
• Nods – "Questioned" 183
• Nods – "Quicker" 184
• Nods – "Quiet" 184
• Nods – "Reading" 185
• Nods – "Recognize" 186
• Nods – "Reply" 187
• Nods – "Respectfully" 188
• Nods – "Response" 189
• Nods – "Rest" 189
• Nods – "Returned" 190
• Nods – "Road" 191
• Nods – "Room" 191
• Nods – "Rose" 192
• Nods – "Round" 193
• Nods – "Saluted" 194
• Nods – "Sam" 194
• Nods – "Satisfied" 195
• Nods – "Saying" 196
• Nods – "Second" 196
• Nods – "Seeing" 197
• Nods – "Sent" 197
• Nods – "Shook" 198
• Nods – "Shall" 199
• Nods – "Sharp" 199
• Nods – "Shot" 200
• Nods – "Shoulder" 200
• Nods – "Show" 201
• Nods – "Silent" 201
• Nods – "Sir" 203
• Nods – "Sister" 204
• Nods – "Sat" 205
• Nods – "Smiling" 207
• Nods – "Smith" 211
• Nods – "Soldier" 212
• Nods – "Soon" 212
• Nods – "Spoke" 213
• Nods – "Staircase" 215
• Nods – "Standing" 216
• Nods – "Station" 216
• Nods – "Steps" 217
• Nods – "Stopped" 218
• Nods – "Stranger" 219
• Nods – "Street" 219
• Nods – "Talking" 220
• Nods – "Tall" 221
• Nods – "Things" 221
• Nods – "Thought" 222
• Nods – "Thrust" 224
• Nods – "Thus" 224
• Nods – "Times" 225
• Nods – "Uncle" 226
• Nods – "Understood" 226
• Nods – "Visitors" 228
• Nods – "Waits" 229
• Nods – "Walking" 229
• Nods – "Watched" 230
• Nods – "Whispers" 231
• Nods – "White" 232
• Nods – "Wife" 233
• Nods – "William" 233
• Nods – "Window" 233
• Nods – "Woman" 234
• Nods – "Words" 236
• Nods – "Young" 238
• Nods – "Youth" 240
• Nonfiction Usage 241
• Script Usage 241
• Journalism Usage 241
• Governmental Usage 248
• Bibliographic Usage 248
• Encyclopedic Usage 251
• Lexicographic Usage 254
• Index 267