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"Last tour my bass rig was breaking down every other night. That was a pain. We would get on stage and Trey would count off the song, and I'd play the first note and nothing would be there. Those guys would just roll their eyes."

"Last tour my bass rig was breaking down every other night. That was a pain. We would get on stage and Trey would count off the song, and I'd play the first note and nothing would be there. Those guys would just roll their eyes."

Mike Gordon, American Musician

Eye, Eyes, First, Night, Nothing

41

"No, I was not born with a monocle in my eye."

"No, I was not born with a monocle in my eye."

Conrad Veidt, German Actor

41

"I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. But I don't know that she's ever had a real job - I mean, since she's been grown up."

"I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. But I don't know that she's ever had a real job - I mean, since she's been grown up."

Teresa Heinz, American Celebrity

41

"Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, while recognizing defects, sees beyond them."

"Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, while recognizing defects, sees beyond them."

Lawrence G. Lovasik, American Clergyman

41

"When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes."

"When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes."

Oprah Winfrey, American Entertainer

Eye, Eyes, Future

41

"I remember, in the winter of our first experiments, just seven years ago, looking on snow with new eyes."

"I remember, in the winter of our first experiments, just seven years ago, looking on snow with new eyes."

Edward M. Purcell, American Scientist

Eye, Eyes, First, Snow, Winter

41

"Stunted varieties were generally chosen, particularly if they had the side branches opposite or regular, for much depends upon this; a one-sided tree is of no value in the eyes of the Chinese."

"Stunted varieties were generally chosen, particularly if they had the side branches opposite or regular, for much depends upon this; a one-sided tree is of no value in the eyes of the Chinese."

Robert Fortune, Scottish Scientist

Eye, Eyes, Value

40

"You can go from doing something quite silly to something dead serious in the blink of an eye, and if you're making those connections with your audience then they're going to go right along with it."

"You can go from doing something quite silly to something dead serious in the blink of an eye, and if you're making those connections with your audience then they're going to go right along with it."

Bruce Springsteen, American Musician

Eye, Right, Silly

40

"I wouldn't consciously pursue trying to make something for the charts. It's just not in my scope now. I'd rather stick needles in my eyes."

"I wouldn't consciously pursue trying to make something for the charts. It's just not in my scope now. I'd rather stick needles in my eyes."

Sheena Easton, Scottish Musician

Eye, Eyes, Now, Trying

40

"The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities."

"The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities."

Benjamin Cardozo, American Judge

Eye, Eyes, Martyr

40

"I have a jaundiced eye but a young mind."

"I have a jaundiced eye but a young mind."

Broderick Crawford, American Actor

40

"A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was."

"A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was."

Joseph Hall, English Clergyman

Eye, Eyes, May, Reputation, Will

39

"My eye muscles hurt now when I read our MasterCard bill."

"My eye muscles hurt now when I read our MasterCard bill."

Geoffrey Rush, Australian Actor

39

"My kitchen's pink, like skin-tone pink, and I lowered my spice rack so it's eye level - it's true! - and my phone, so I can reach it when I fall, it's right there."

"My kitchen's pink, like skin-tone pink, and I lowered my spice rack so it's eye level - it's true! - and my phone, so I can reach it when I fall, it's right there."

Amy Sedaris, American Actress

Eye, Kitchen, Right, Skin

39

"If you have your eye set on somebody, don't beat around the bush."

"If you have your eye set on somebody, don't beat around the bush."

Vanessa Hudgens, American Actress

39

"But Sergio Leone invented totally the way of, you know, the details, the eyes, the hands - fantastic."

"But Sergio Leone invented totally the way of, you know, the details, the eyes, the hands - fantastic."

Claudia Cardinale, Italian Actress

39

"I don't know what my appeal is. I can see I've got blue eyes and don't look like the Hunchback of Notre Dame but I can't understand the fuss."

"I don't know what my appeal is. I can see I've got blue eyes and don't look like the Hunchback of Notre Dame but I can't understand the fuss."

Rutger Hauer, Dutch Actor

38

"Sometimes the things we have to do are objectionable in the eyes of others."

"Sometimes the things we have to do are objectionable in the eyes of others."

Richard Perle, American Public Servant

37

"I just close my eyes and think of Placido Domingo."

"I just close my eyes and think of Placido Domingo."

Birgit Nilsson, Swedish Musician

37

"There's a lot to do when you're a kid - spiders to catch, girls to poke in the eye - stuff to be getting on with."

"There's a lot to do when you're a kid - spiders to catch, girls to poke in the eye - stuff to be getting on with."

Alan Davies, British Actor

Eye, Girls, Spiders

36

"For myself, I am very small indeed in my own eyes."

"For myself, I am very small indeed in my own eyes."

Shmuel Y. Agnon, Israeli Writer

36

"It's an ear job, not an eye job."

"It's an ear job, not an eye job."

Donald T. Regan, American Public Servant

35

"When I'm not working I try to stay out of the public eye as much as possible."

"When I'm not working I try to stay out of the public eye as much as possible."

Donna Summer, American Musician

35

"That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine."

"That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine."

Johnny Mercer, American Musician

Eye, Eyes, Magic, Old, Witchcraft

34

"Bugsy Siegel. The mobster with the beautiful blue eyes."

"Bugsy Siegel. The mobster with the beautiful blue eyes."

Cesar Romero, American Actor

34

"They can't censor the gleam in my eye."

"They can't censor the gleam in my eye."

Charles Laughton, English Actor

34

"Heavy pillars, carved from the rock, bear the roof. Slowly, one's eyes become accustomed to the dim light; then they can make out marvelous representations from Indian mythology carved on the walls."

"Heavy pillars, carved from the rock, bear the roof. Slowly, one's eyes become accustomed to the dim light; then they can make out marvelous representations from Indian mythology carved on the walls."

Rudolf Otto, German Theologian

Eye, Eyes, Light, Mythology

34

"I do like to hang out in the corner and keep my eye on the party, or be outside in a smaller group."

"I do like to hang out in the corner and keep my eye on the party, or be outside in a smaller group."

Sara Gilbert, American Actress

32

"You really need to be on the edge and you have to keep your eyes open."

"You really need to be on the edge and you have to keep your eyes open."

Jam Master Jay, American Musician

Eye, Eyes, Open

32

"The master's eye is the best fertilizer."

"The master's eye is the best fertilizer."

Gaius Plinius Secondus, Roman Author

31

"Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of liberty."

"Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of liberty."

Henry Martyn Robert, American Celebrity

Eye, Eyes, Law, Liberty, Man

31

"Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician; the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes, leaving the other hand - the one doing the important job - unnoticed."

"Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician; the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes, leaving the other hand - the one doing the important job - unnoticed."

David K. Shipler, American Journalist

30

"The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic."

"The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

20

"He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none."

"He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

16

"When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me."

"When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Eye, Eyes, Meaning, Now

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