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Switching Off Quotes (page 2)

In my house there's this light switch that doesn't do anything. Every so often I would flick it on and off just to check. Yesterday, I got a call from a woman in Madagascar. She said, 'Cut it out.' Steven Wright
Nicholas Sparks quote: "feelings aren't turned on and off like a switch. But they..."
...feelings aren't turned on and off like a switch. But they would pass as surely as the rain would continue to fall. Nicholas Sparks
... learning the knack of disconnecting her sense of smell, until she could switch it off like a radio and in the bland silence of its absence could drown in the sound of Nazarbaddoor’s hypnotic voice without having her reverie interrupted by the scent of sheep shit or Nazarbaddoor’s own frequent and extraordinary buffalo farts. Salman Rushdie
Ian Fleming quote: "Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light..."
Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light switch. Ian Fleming
If you talk to geneticists they are constantly finding that your genes are being switched on and off because of the environment. Genes alone do not determine an exact path in your life. Jeffrey Eugenides
Yoga has trimmed my body in a way that the gym never could. I used to be a gym rat, but I switched to yoga and am now almost 10 pounds lighter. One important thing I've gotten from yoga is breathing. When I'm cooking, the top part of my body collapses down. It cuts off my diaphragm. Giada De Laurentiis
I've lost both parents in the last two years, so you pick up on that stuff. That's the most terrible thing about being an author - standing there at your mother's funeral, but you don't switch the author off. So your own innermost thoughts are grist for the mill. Terry Prachett
Having a lot of people suddenly depending on me to get the job done was a marvelous motivator. The book and movie deals seemed to flip a switch in my head, and off I went. Laura Hillenbrand
I went to Brunel University and very much wanted to go on to do a PhD in management, but then my acting career started to take off. In those days when you switched on the box there were hardly any brown or black faces. Archie Panjabi
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad. Denis Waitley
David Letterman quote: "There is no off position on the genius switch."
There is no off position on the genius switch. David Letterman
Well, to tell you truth, I have learned a long time ago that the trick when doing a debate, any kind of debate, is to just turn off the judgment switch in my head. Jim Lehrer
Corazon Aquino quote: "The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it..."
The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch. Corazon Aquino
Muhammad Ali quote: "I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in..."
I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark. Muhammad Ali
Alvin Ailey quote: "The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can..."
The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time. Alvin Ailey

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