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Dani: "Warlock! You, pal, are the proverbial sight for sore eyes!"
Warlock: "Concern! Are selfriend's primary ocular sensors dysfunctional? — Chris Claremont

There is a proverbial saying chiefly concerned with warning against too closely calculating the numerical value of un-hatched chicks. — Neil Gaiman

A peasant with gold is still a peasant — Tom Doig

I was the proverbial child raised by wolves, only my wolves were demons. Wolves would have been kinder. — Pippa DaCosta

I'm not your proverbial worst nightmare because nightmares aren't real and I am more real than anybody wants to admit. — Jeffery Deaver

I met you, you were timid and frightened of everything and everyone. You made the proverbial church mouse look like a happy hooker. — Anonymous

An old hen is worth 40 chickens. ~ Hebe Jones — Julia Stuart

It had remained a mystery to me, a catholic magic, i suppose. Faith is the best Googly one can bowl: God, the proverbial third umpire. — Aporva Kala

You don't go walking into the proverbial lion's den lightly. You start with a good breakfast. — Jim Butcher

There's no question that Kennedy was an utter failure as a passer of laws during his proverbial thousand days. — Rick Perlstein

To stumble twice against the same stone is a Proverbsial disgrace. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

The proverbial hospitality of the South may be selectively extended but it is not a myth. — Sally Mann

Families, generally, suck. And I say that as someone who, like my husband, had parents who proved the proverbial exception to the rule. — Julie Burchill

Hip-hop ... has been the proverbial key that's opened the door for me to roam this breathtaking planet. — Raquel Cepeda

There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal. — Livy

Love many, trust a few, and learn to paddle your own canoe. — American Proverb.

Cry is a sound in woman's ear; it is a volcano in man's heart. — Kamaran Ihsan Salih

The proverbial thirteenth chime of the clock - is not only wrong itself, but calls into question everything that came before it. — Glenn Reynolds

Feed a squirrel and he'll leave you alone every day. — Brian Spellman

Our life is one, big proverbial coin toss. — L.J.Smith

A dog with big names does not live to see many day. — Aihebholo-oria Okonoboh

Sienna Rivers, ex-nerd, undisputed reigning chess champion of the class of 09 and the proverbial all round wise-ass degenerate pain in your backside. — Ali Harper

Lendl has remained throughout as calm as the proverbial iceberg. — Dan Maskell

Unproductive worry - like Parkinson's proverbial law - tends to expand to fill the time available. — Neal A. Maxwell

The hours went by quickly, like the proverbial sands slipping down, down, down the center of the hourglass. — Victoria Kahler

There are but few proverbial sayings that are not true, for they are all drawn from experience itself, which is the mother of all sciences. — Miguel De Cervantes

He will not let you come barging in to his world like the proverbial bull in the china shop. — Laurell K. Hamilton

There is still nothing on the proverbial scoreboard. — John Motson

Placing the state in charge of moral principles is equivalent to putting the proverbial fox in charge of the chicken coop. — Murray Rothbard

Some cats are angry at being called cats. To achieve peace with them, never call them by their real name — Bangambiki Habyarimana

Study to learn, do not study to pass". — Kamaran Ihsan Salih

Your past was the same as your skin: with you for life, both the proverbial beauty marks . . . and the scars. — J.R. Ward

Under no circumstance is any proverbial player ever more significant than the collective. — Carlos Wallace

No, I haven't heard that, but I'll keep it in mind. Thanks for the proverbial insight, my stalker friend. — Courtney Allison Moulton

Proverbial wisdom counsels against risk and change. But sitting ducks fare worst of all. — Mason Cooley

The art and act of writing - speaking just for myself - involves getting your proverbial ass in the proverbial chair. — Jerry Stahl

A lucky person is one who plants pebbles and harvests potatoes. — Julia Stuart

If you are what you eat, you are what you see and hear. — E.A. Bucchianeri

I was a litigation lawyer, following the crowd off the proverbial cliff, when I pressed the pause button. — Robin S. Sharma

My favorite Proverb: If you argue with a fool, how will they know who the fool is? — C. Fern Cook

One could have eaten a meal off the ground without overbrimming the proverbial peck of dirt. Mrs. — L.M. Montgomery

Elaine slowly transformed from the proverbial ugly duckling into a swan. — Mike Wells

Like those proverbial bookish men who could not even tell types of grains apart, they do not labor with their hands, and know nothing practical. They — Liu Cixin

He'd returned to this world with his mind wiped clean. The proverbial blank slate. — Haruki Murakami

The lady is proverbial for her skill in eluding definition ... she may be described merely as the female of the favored social class. — Emily James Smith Putnam

If ever there was a proverbial truth, it's the more you give, the more you get. Give and start experiencing a life of fulfillment! — Jen Lilley

Don't extend your feet beyond your blanket. — Julia Stuart

Real estate is the closest thing to the proverbial pot of gold. — Ada Louise Huxtable

I took a deep breath and sighed in awe. My proverbial penis had just gotten a serious chubby. — J.L. McCoy

I fear oblivion. I fear it like the proverbial blind man who's afraid of the dark. — John Green

Unspecified." I was amused. "So you have the proverbial horse thief in your — Diana Gabaldon

Love is the knot you tie in your proverbial rope, to hang on to while God works out His will in your life. You were born to be a blessing. — Charlotte Hubbard

You don't need the mirror to see what you have on your wrist
Meaning: the truth is visible and clear. — Ikechukwu Joseph

Most people stop looking when they find the proverbial needle in the haystack. I would continue looking to see if there were other needles. — Albert Einstein

I fear oblivion' he said. I fear it like a proverbial blind man fears the dark — Augustus Waters The Fault In Our Stars

Life expectancy is a statistical phenomenon. You could still be hit by the proverbial bus tomorrow. — Ray Kurzweil

Kicking the proverbial can down the road only increases the size of the can. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Awakening your spiritual self is like having a second childhood with faulty parents, broken bones and proverbial brussel sprouts. — Christopher Hawke

The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature. — Lafcadio Hearn

That proverbial saying, Ill news goes quick and far. — Plutarch

I hitched my wagon to an electron rather than the proverbial star. — David Sarnoff

May your happiness be according to your wishes. — Lawrence H. Levy

Knowledge is power; and power is best shared among friends. — Otis Chandler

You're the proverbial diamond in the rough", she'd said to him once, touching his nose lightly with the tip of her electrifying finger. — Katherine Paterson

If you are not a king, do not accept the throne, which is the sit of your downfall. — Aihebholo-oria Okonoboh

Don't sprout where you haven't been planted. — Julia Stuart

All wisdom is in learning how to go with the proverbial flow, — Asif Ismael

I was feeling as sick as the proverbial donkey. — Mick McCarthy

The stomach does not reveal what it ate — Ikechukwu Joseph