Top 327 Dozens Quotes & Sayings

I'm halfway around the world with dozens of bags, feeling like all 4 members of Color Me Badd.

We've prosecuted police, dozens of them over the years.

I went to Europe three times, I read dozens and dozens of books, I studied thousands of photos. But I always supplemented that research with imagination; research might give you detail, but imagination supplies the direction in which to apply all that detail.

I dated dozens of young men, had fun with all, made commitments to none.

There's a civic nationalism in Britain and dozens of other countries.

During my lifetime I have met dozens of writers and photographers in dozens of different countries. But I have encountered no one who could both write and photograph with the artistry of Robert Vavra.

Ive summarized dozens of books in my literary career; its become rather second nature.

I'm always amazed by people like David Simon or the people at The Simpsons or J.K. Rowling who can create dozens and dozens of memorable characters. It seems so effortless, and even people who have just three lines in the shows or in the book have a very distinct personality, and you can feel the richness of their personal history.

...an optimistic mind-set finds dozens of possible solutions for every problem that the pessimist regards as incurable.

When I left drama school, there were dozens of rep theatres you could apply to where you got a good training.

Arnold Schwarzenegger blew away dozens of cops as the Terminator. But I don't hear anybody complaining about that.

I interviewed dozens and dozens of African women who had endured more hardship and trauma than most Westerners even read about, and they ploughed on. I often openly cried during interviews, unable to process this violence and hatred towards women I was witnessing.

I've talked to dozens of Chicagoans who will only go off the record in talking about the manufactured mythology.

There are dozens of unfinished or aborted projects in my files, but I can only assume they don't get done because they're not robust enough to struggle through the birth process.

The important thing to understand about legislators is that there are dozens of competing interests and issues that occupy them. They are stretched thin.

The murder of Robert Krentz - whose family had been ranching in Arizona since 1907 - by illegal alien drug dealers was the final straw for many Arizonans. But there are dozens and dozens of other citizens of our state who had been murdered by illegal aliens. Currently 95 illegal aliens are in Maricopa County jail for murder.

You build a successful career, regardless of your field of endeavor, by the dozens of little things you do on and off the job.

Like most girls, I suffered from pimples, too. I tried dozens of treatments but was never satisfied with any.

Wars are never fought for one reason," he said. "They are fought for dozens of reasons, in a muddle.

I think there's something strange about writing a script I've written many, many scripts - dozens and dozens of scripts - and every time I start one, I think to myself: 'why in the world do I think I know how to do this?'

I liked the thought that the book I was now holding had been held by dozens of others.

I've come to understand that awareness and momentum, while necessary and valuable, are just two of the dozens of essential ingredients required to actually make change happen.

there are dozens and dozens of ways to be a family ... Family tends to happen.

There have been times when I reread - or at least leafed through - something because I'd sent a copy to a friend, and what usually happened was that I noticed dozens and dozens of clumsy phrases I wished I could rewrite.

I write dozens and dozens of pages more than I need, and then edit them down to size. It's more like sculpture than construction.

There are dozens and dozens of improv classes across the nation, but it really cannot be taught.

Keep in mind that there are many neurotoxins in the world. Dozens of natural and industrial substances have neurotoxic properties.

Honesty is a principle. Service is a principle. Love is a principle. Hard work is a principle. Respect, gratitude, moderation, fairness, integrity, loyalty, and responsibility are principles. There are dozens and dozens more. They are not hard to identify. Just as a compass always points to true north, your heart will recognize true principles.

Twenty years ago, there were dozens and dozens of independent television producers. There are a couple now, at the most. Mark Burnett, Endemol. It's gone. Everybody works for the Man now. And it's natural law, how that happened: Nobody prescribed it, but it's how things worked out and how it has been for decades, period.

The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul, and he has got dozens.

One cannot make command decisions simply by assessing the tactical situation and going ahead with whatever course of action will do the most harm to the enemy with a minimum of death and damage to your own men and materiel. Modern warfare has become very complex, especially during the last century. Wars are won not by a simple series of battles won, but by a complex interrelationship among military victory, economic pressures, logistic maneuvering, access to the enemy’s information, political postures—dozens, literally dozens of factors.

There are dozens of great American writers who write about the family.

The pattern's laid out on the bed With dozens of colors of thread But you've got the needle I guess that's the point in the end

I've lost friends, perhaps dozens. But I've gained hundreds, thousands - who knows? - of allies.

Busy replying to letters from divers office-seekers. They come by the dozens.

At HBO, my leadership had to inspire and gain the respect of employees in a large company with over 100 external business relationships in dozens of countries.

Yet the home courses are where you spend dozens to hundreds of hours a year. You must choose them well.

Belgium have a very good team. There are dozens of teams that say we want to become the world champions.

Of course there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this - just let it all be. Step over here where it is cool, out of the battle. Why not give it a try?

'Drive,' that's the one. I love dozens of songs by R.E.M., but that's the one, even though it took me 7 or 8 years to start liking it.

Most well-known serial killers have victims numbering in the dozens, have sent taunting letters to the police or have done bizarre things to the bodies.

Oh these foolish men! They could not create so much as a worm, but they create gods by the dozens.

The Dancing Girls of Lahore was offered to dozens of British publishers and was turned down by everyone. It is still on offer in the U.K., but I'm not confident there will be any takers.

In all, dozens upon dozens of groups and organizations have prioritized stopping the killing in Darfur before there is no one left to be killed. It is high time that we, the U.S. Congress, join our name to that list.

When we began, we used chatrooms on AOL and Yahoo! and nowadays, we have dozens and dozens of ways to communicate. Technology has improved - for everything from the cameras to the microphones. It's a whole 'nother playing field now.

There are also dozens and dozens of success stories; many couples have emailed me with their original posts. I love reading these stories, but confess I am not as interested in drawing them as the unfinished, elusive ones.

The Lord grants in a moment what we may have been unable to obtain in dozens of years.

I have never cooked a meal in my life and always end up paying for dozens of people to eat with me.

As the nation's elderly population grows, dozens of industries have tried to harness the political might of older Americans for corporate goals.

Most people go through their whole lives," John went on, "and never have one miracle happen to them. You've had dozens and dozens, and you still want more! It's like God gives you a brownie, I mean a really good brownie, but you can't be content with it. You want the whole pan of brownies. Nobody gets that.

Sanitizing ESPN of politics and opinion would make it a relic; sports fans have dozens of places online to go for scores and highlights.

I've played hundreds of protests. I've marched on dozens of picket lines. I've strummed my guitar at innumerable demonstrations.

I've summarized dozens of books in my literary career; it's become rather second nature.

Morality [or ethics] is not a subject; it is a life put to the test in dozens of moments.

Every day you use dozens of products that have strong chemicals in them, but remember, the only difference between poison and medicine is dosage.

I have seen dozens upon dozens of productions of 'Lebensraum' in dozens of languages around the globe.

I write both, as you know, dozens of ecological and social scientific and historical works, dozens of novels. It's hard to describe a novel that grapples with the horrors of World War II as anything but grueling. But Codex Orféo is somehow...well, I hope, riveting for readers. Deeply provocative. Cinematic in a nearly surreal sense.

He was still frowning at the cake, looking at it as if he expected it to sprout dozens of legs and begin scuttling toward him, thin-lipped, teeth bared.

I'm so glad for the dozens of times I haven't listened along the way.

There were dozens of dating apps when Bumble came on the scene, but they weren't able to attract critical mass in a young professional group.