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Quote:Haven't you learned anything from that guy that gives those sermons in church? Captain What's-his-name. We live in a society of laws, why do you think I took you to see all those Police Academy movies? For fun? Well I didn't hear anybody laughing! Did you? Except at that guy who made sound effects. Vroom! Beep! Honk! Honk! Ha-ha. Where was I? Oh yeah, stay out of my booze![Homer Simpson]

Quote:I think that a young state, like a young virgin, should modestly stay at home, and wait the application of suitors for an alliance with her; and not run about offering her amity to all the world; and hazarding their refusal. Our virgin is a jolly one; and tho at present not very rich, will in time be a great fortune, and where she has a favorable predisposition, it seems to me well worth cultivating.[Ambrose Bierce]

Quote:We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.[Ambrose Bierce]

Quote:I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.[Dwight Eisenhower]

Quote:A University of Chicago professor said the greatest day in the world was when a water puppy crawled out on land and decided to stay. The water puppy, he said, went on to become a man. If he proves that, I am willing to give up Christmas, Thanksgiving, and New Year's Day, and to celebrate Water Puppy Day.[William Jennings Bryan]

Quote:Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it, and it darts away.[Dorothy Parker]

Quote:You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.[Stephen King]

Quote:The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.[Hada Bejar]

Quote:I could not handle being a woman, I would stay home all day and play with my breasts.[Steve Martin]

Quote:Being with a woman never hurt no professional ball player. It's staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in.[Casey Stengel]

Quote:You don't have to stay up nights to succeed; you have to stay awake days.[Author Unknown]

Quote:Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong.[Muhammad Ali]

Quote:It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like. [Jackie Mason]

Quote:A superstition is a premature explanation that overstays its time. [Helen Keller]



Definitions of: stay

Definition: A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship.

Definition: To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still.

Definition: To continue in a state.

Definition: To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.

Definition: To dwell; to tarry; to linger.

Definition: To rest; to depend; to rely; to stand; to insist.

Definition: To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed.

Definition: To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well.

Definition: To change tack, as a ship.

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