141 Quotes About Bells

  • Author James M. Barrie
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    When she expressed a doubtful hope that Tinker Bell would be glad to see her, he said, ‘Who is Tinker Bell?’ ‘O Peter,’ she said, shocked; but even when she explained he could not remember. ‘There are such a lot of them,’ he said. ‘I expect she is no more.’ I expect he was right, for fairies don’t live long, but they are so little that a short time seems a good while to them.

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  • Author LeVar Burton
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    We want a book to be a book. We'll have all the interactive bells and whistles but our intent is to engage young people in reading, not to show them a movie.

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  • Author Madison Smartt Bell
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    In For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hemingway cozies up to revolution by romanticizing it (and not only with those execrable love scenes).

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  • Author Mel Brooks
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    My favorite expression is: When you go up to the bell, ring it ? or don't go up to the bell.

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  • Author Pat Brogan
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    Fundamentals for the Bells are going to continue to deteriorate over the next couple of quarters.

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  • Author Red Buttons
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    Alexander Graham Bell's wife, who said to Alex on their wedding night, Your three minutes are up. Never got a dinner!

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  • Author Russell Baker
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    The worst thing about the miracle of modern communications is the Pavlovian pressure it places upon everyone to communicate whenever a bell rings.

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  • Author Terry Bradshaw
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    When I played for the Steelers and I got my bell rung, I'd take smelling salts and go right back out there.

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