Quotes about Sleeves

Why, I just shake the buildings out of my sleeves. Votes: 6

A revolutionary idea is usually one with its sleeves rolled up. Votes: 6

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work. Votes: 6

My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long sleeves. Votes: 6

If you look at old football pictures, the jerseys were hanging, the sleeves were dangling, but now everything is tucked and tailored. Votes: 6

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all. Votes: 6

To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death. Votes: 6

But when I started writing songs, I stopped painting completely, and the only art things I do are connected to the career, like album sleeves and, to some extent, posters and things like that. Votes: 6

You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong. Votes: 6

Now I'm way into suits that I can put on whether I took a shower or not, and wear barefoot and paint my toes black or whatever color the suit is. It's very cool to wear suits like that. Roll up the sleeves and just say yee-haw. Votes: 6

I wear my heart on my sleeve. Votes: 4

McCarthyism is Americanism with its sleeves rolled, Votes: 4

I just want to wear my heart on my sleeve. Votes: 4

You can't wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time. Votes: 4

I'd like to think the best of me was still hiding up in my sleeve. Votes: 4

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best. Votes: 4

Some people wear their heart up on their sleeve. I wear mine underneath my right pant leg, strapped to my boot. Votes: 4

Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over on you they're so transparent. Like men. Votes: 4

A first-rate organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps up his sleeve a margin for the unexpected. Votes: 4

I cruise the canyon to get some breeze With Hidden Treasures up my sleeve I like the light and hate the heat But I'll lick the blood right off your street Votes: 4

I'm not really the type to wear my heart on my sleeve. I would let someone know if I liked them, but it takes a while for me to fall in love. Votes: 4

It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page. Votes: 4

Well I'm still working on The Incredibles. So I'm going to take a little time off. I've got a couple of tricks up my sleeve. I'm not ready to talk about them yet, but expect the unexpected. Votes: 4

I never give my real self. I have a hundred sides, and I turn first one way and then the other. I am playing a deep game. I have a number of strong cards up my sleeve. I have never been myself, excepting to two friends. Votes: 4

I've found that when you roll up your sleeves and join people in their daily work, they tend to open up quite a bit and let you know what they really think about the issues facing our country and what kind of job they think the government is doing. Votes: 4

You do a movie, depending on the character, there's some degree of makeup involved, especially when you're playing a vampire and you're all white and kind of dead. Sleeves, regarding costumes, there are generally sleeves, which I appreciate. I think we all do. Votes: 3

McCarthyism is Americanism with its sleeves rolled. Votes: 2

Always roll up the sleeves on your shirt. It gives the impression that you're working, even if you're not. Votes: 2

We cannot look backwards. What we have to do is raise our heads, look forward, roll up our sleeves and work. Votes: 2

I'm a jacket man. And if I'm without one, I am kind of seriously disabled. I don't know how to operate in shirt sleeves. Votes: 2

Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it's there if you look deep. Votes: 2

I prefer clothes that are simple, well-cut, but with one major extravagance. Something with the sleeves, with the skirt, but nothing too fussy, too flashy. Votes: 2

Fluted sleeves or any sleeve that flares out before coming in again at the wrist are very feminine and a great way to distract from the dreaded 'bingo wings.' Votes: 2

Women who wear kimonos, when the fight, they have to keep their knees together, and when they use a sword, they have to move the sleeves otherwise it gets caught. Votes: 2

You can't write about stuff you don't know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Live life to be a good songwriter. Votes: 2

I am living proof that the American dream still exists. It is still alive and well. There is only one trick, you have to be willing to roll up your sleeves and work very, very hard. Votes: 2

I think change needs to be egoless. It's not about my leaving my fingerprints or a legacy. It's more important to be part of a process by rolling up your sleeves, being on the ground, initiating projects, starting campaigns - you know, building stuff. Votes: 2

I need to make things mine. It annoys me to buy something that is imposed on me. When I have a suit made, I go to the Sicilian tailor Alessandro Martorana in Turin. I like shorter jacket sleeves and often fold the cuffs up. It's more modern that way. Votes: 2

I love to design. I am a commercial fashion designer. I always design jackets with two sleeves. I don't design jackets with three sleeves, or the layers and layers come off like little dolls from Russia. Fashion for me is a creative endeavor, but it is not art for me. Votes: 2

I have an interesting perspective on depending on others. I think it gives people a chance to serve. And I'm not so much big on independence, as I am on interdependence. I'm not talking about co-dependency, I'm talking about giving people the opportunity to practicing love with its sleeves rolled up. Votes: 2

When I produce a record, I roll up my sleeves; I'm not one of those passive guys. I really get in there and make sure every note is measured. I tell the bass player, 'You have to play it like this,' or I tell the drummer, 'It's got to be like this.' Votes: 2

I like to accessorise shirts with a little ribbon tied round my collar or a country style ascot. I've also sewed little hearts on some of my sleeves which I've done for years because I always wear my heart on my sleeve so if you see a little embroidered heart on my clothes, that's why! Votes: 2

I'm a heart-on-the-sleeves kind of person. Votes: 0

The best writing has no lace on its sleeves. Votes: 0

Albertans have always worn their passions on their sleeves, Votes: 0

I love little Peter Pan collars and little puff sleeves. Votes: 0

I can't stand politicians who wear God on their sleeves. Votes: 0

I like to wear sleeves because they cover up my arms. Votes: 0

Wringin' your hands only stops you from rollin' up your sleeves. Votes: 0

I'm just a guy who rolls up his sleeves and goes to work! Votes: 0

We've got some very good things to do without screwing around with sleeves. Votes: 0

Pin your faith to no ones sleeves, haven't you two eyes of your own. Votes: 0

I'm all about high-waisted pants and skirts, pencil skirts, and sheer, long-sleeves in the summer. Votes: 0

I'm all about high-waisted pants and skirts, pencil skirts, and sheer, long-sleeves in the summer. Votes: 0

Canadian pride may not rest on our sleeves, but it resides deeply in our hearts. Votes: 0

If you treat staff as your equal, they'll roll their sleeves up to get the job done. Votes: 0

Don't be afraid to show your feelings. Wear your heart on your sleeves. The right one will see Votes: 0

Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers. Votes: 0

I'm not into the culture of complaint. I roll up my sleeves and somehow I get it together. Votes: 0

Like a page dipped in ink, your cuff's in my coffee. / You have something to tell with unbuttoned sleeves. Votes: 0

Art is love creating the new world and justice is love rolling up its sleeves to heal the old one. Votes: 0

There comes a time when you roll up your sleeves and put yourself at the top of your commitment list. Votes: 0

The future is now. Roll up your sleeves and let your passion flow. The country we carry in our hearts is waiting. Votes: 0

It is time for every one of us to roll up our sleeves and put ourselves at the top of our commitment list. Votes: 0

I might look as average as the next person but I had a few secrets up my sleeves. And lots of knives of course. Votes: 0

No mention of God. They keep Him up their sleeves for as long as they can, vicars do. They know it puts people off. Votes: 0

What force is yanking at our sleeves? This process of self-revision and self-correction is so common we don't even notice. But it's a miracle. Votes: 0

I'd bet Sony has some similar stuff up their sleeves they're just playing on the internet outrage for free PR. You're all being played! Votes: 0

Roll up your sleeves, set your mind to making history, and wage such a fight for liberty that the whole world will respect our sex. Votes: 0

Nothing on earth is more gladdening than knowing we must roll up our sleeves and move back the boundaries of the humanly possible once more. Votes: 0

I can never bring you to realize the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails, or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace. Votes: 0

I have everything I need. A square of sky, a piece of stone, a page, a pen, and memory raining down on me in sleeves. Votes: 0

To green our country, regular people will have to put on hard hats and work boots, roll up their sleeves - and get to work. Votes: 0

We are wise women, we are giggling girls. We both carry a smile to show when we're pleased, we both carry a switchblade in our sleeves. Votes: 0

The cool thing about vests is they have no sleeves. I guess their target market is people with no arms. Raise your hand if you disagree. Votes: 0

Despite the weight of the world on my shoulders, the temptation to stop and smell the supernatural roses tugged on my sleeves a time or two. Votes: 0

If we do not roll up our sleeves to the task of the Gospel in our days, then we will amount to virtually nothing for God. Votes: 0

I don't believe there's any problem in this country, no matter how tough it is, that Americans, when they roll up their sleeves, can't completely ignore. Votes: 0

The flyscreen door slammed behind me. My feet dragged. I reached each arm into the jacket. Warm sleeves. Crumpled collar. Hands in pockets. Okay. I walked. Votes: 0

You have to roll up your sleeves and be a stonecutter before you can become a sculptor - command of craft always precedes art: apprentice, journeyman, master. Votes: 0

If somebody had made that [deal] to me when I was a businessman, I would have said he proposed to give me the sleeves from his vest. Votes: 0

We have a beautiful program which is audacious and I really want us all to roll up our sleeves and to work at making it a success. Votes: 0

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that's when you get shooting stars. Votes: 0

If one little old general in shirt sleeves can take Saigon, think about 200 million Chinese comin' down those trails. No sir, I don't want to fight them. Votes: 0

Roll-up those sleeves and work until you see the fruit of your labour. It takes Passion, Resolve and a Productive Work Ethic, meeting with Opportunity, for you to succeed. Votes: 0

Well, no one treats me like a full-fledged royal, said Lissa, turning back to the dresses. No reason to act like one now. Show me your straps and short-sleeves. Votes: 0

I am very shy. When I go to a charity ball, I don't mind if people look at my sleeves. I mind terribly if I have to say something. Votes: 0

You get to the point in life where you realize you have to roll up your sleeves, deal with the consequences of what happens, and carry your own weight. Votes: 0

What any manager will try to bring to a company first and foremost is an energy and commitment to the business. To try and really roll your sleeves up. Votes: 0

It's fair to say that if you have a lot of experience, your power is greater. You have more of an opportunity to roll up your sleeves with younger directors. Votes: 0

Nick [ O'Leary] is a tough kid. He doesn't use gloves. It's freezing outside and he's obviously wearing short sleeves like all the other guys that let their "guns" stick out. Votes: 0

One can never go wrong with a crisp white shirt to dress up any look. Styled with rolled sleeves and a front tuck creating a chic look for day and night. Votes: 0

There's not a shirt and a half in all my company, and the half shirt is two napkins tacked together and thrown over the shoulders like a herald's coat without sleeves. Votes: 0

These are my words; this is their world, a world in which we can wear our gender on our sleeves, unabashedly, as we go about the business of thinking out loud. Votes: 0

When the honour is given to that scientist personally the happiness is sweet indeed. Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers. Votes: 0

Christians must go beyond criticizing the degradation of American culture, roll up their sleeves, and get to work on positive solutions. The only way to drive out bad culture is with good culture. Votes: 0

Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who cannot control their emotions, who wallow in sad memories and allow themselves to be provoked this easily "” weak people, in other words... Votes: 0

You cant write about stuff you dont know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Live life to be a good songwriter. Votes: 0

There are thousands of causes for stress, and one antidote to stress is self-expression. That's what happens to me every day. My thoughts get off my chest, down my sleeves and onto my pad. Votes: 0

I want my movies to be commercial, fun thrill rides but I also want them to have substance to them. The fun part is knowing how to roll up your sleeves and get it done. Votes: 0

Our Father in Heaven does not wish us to cower. He does not want us to wallow in our misery. He expects us to square our shoulders, roll up our sleeves, and overcome our challenges. Votes: 0

I learned to fly on a broom," he said, rolling up his sleeves. "I can learn to milk a goat, I bet." Though flying on a broom proved to be the easier task, he found. Votes: 0

The only guys I like watching these days are Roger Gracie, Marcelo Garcia, Kron and a few others. Those guys finish and go for submissions. They don't hold the sleeves and stall for ten minutes. Votes: 0

Here's my philosophy in life: If there's a fire, you put it out. If there's a flood, you fill sandbags and you build a dike. You roll up your sleeves and you get to work. Votes: 0