No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. View quotes by Henry Adams
Chicago was a town where nobody could forget how the money was made. It was picked up from floors still slippery with blood. View quotes by Norman Mailer
Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away. View quotes by Earl Nightingale
Pavement slippery, people sneezing,
Lords in ermine, beggars freezing;
Titled gluttons dainties carving,
Genius in a garret starving. (January, 1795) View quotes by Mary Robinson
