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Smile. Nod. Say something witty before he finds out what an incredible geek you are. -- Ellen Hopkins
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe, - Sailed on a river of crystal light Into a sea of dew. -- Eugene Field
Come, cuddle your head on my shoulder, dear, your head like the golden rod, and we will go sailing away from here to the beautiful Land Of Nod. -- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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Against her ankles as she trod The lucky buttercups did nod. -- Jean Ingelow
I love disagreements. I love the democratic process. If I'm in a room where everybody agrees, I start to nod off. -- Gina McCarthy
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. -- Plutarch
In the writing of memoirs, as in the production of shows, too much caution causes the audience to nod and think of other channels. -- Gerald Clarke
There are people who drove me crazy, but they got the job done. And when I see that person again, I nod my head. Respect. -- Bill Murray
I'd make a comment at a meeting and nobody would even acknowledge me. Then some man would say the same thing and they'd all nod. -- Charlotte Bunch
I only take causes or write about things that I am passionate about, and I do it with a certain flair and a sort of wink and a nod. -- Jason Calacanis
Unlike President Obama, I am not afraid to state, without a wink or a nod, that the government has no right to tell us who we can marry or not marry. -- Gary Johnson
When you're watching somebody read your material and they smile and nod, you know you've found that place where your experience and their experience match, even though they aren't the same exact experience. -- Chris Crutcher
The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasn't are as much a part of golf as life itself. -- Gerald R. Ford
Previously, on Lock, Stock, I went to bed at two in the morning and woke up at five in the morning, and on this one I was known to nod off on the set occasionally. -- Guy Ritchie
Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink. -- Earl Long
I grew up as a sports fan, and I know that a hall of fame is very different than an award for being the best of the year. It's a nod to the longevity of our accomplishment. -- Chuck D
Fall 2013 was inspired by the 1970s equestrian lifestyle. I wanted to incorporate the moody and romantic - intricate baroque detailing and classic menswear elements - with something tougher and edgier in a nod to London's rock n' roll underground. -- Rachel Zoe
Answers are not enough, students should be encouraged to ask questions and explore alternatives to the norm. Entrepreneurship and invention are the backbone of the new economy, yet I doubt they get more than a nod in economics courses. -- Jim Hunt
As I got older, I never considered that tons of people were watching me on television every week. I give a nod to my parents for keeping me as normal as I could be in an un-normal adult world. -- Angela Cartwright
I'm not going to go to a producer that's going to take me in a studio and charge me my whole budget and give me a fake head nod. I'm just trying to make good music. I appreciate everybody that's supporting me. -- French Montana
I don't have much of an attention span for TV - I nod off during the basketball playoffs - but when I watch 'Game of Thrones' on On Demand, I'm glued to the set. It's mystical and addictive. Tyrion Lannister, that's my man. -- Steve Harvey
The three of us just try put our heads down and stay creative. The awards truly are just cake. It's one of those things that you never expect, but getting the head nod from either the fans or your peers, that's the ultimate compliment. -- Hillary Scott
My teacher Tom Spanbauer, the man who got me started writing in his workshop, used to say: 'Writers write because they weren't invited to a party.' That always struck so true, and people always nod their heads when they hear that. Especially writers. -- Chuck Palahniuk
There's a big difference between the role of an academic and the role of someone in government. That's a cliche, but in academic life if you say things that are common sense and people nod their heads, it's not very useful. You're not adding anything. -- Cass Sunstein
When I came into office, people said, 'Billionaire? How do they live? What do they eat? How do they sleep?' Today, they see me on the subway coming uptown. A couple of people say hi, some people smile and nod. Some people just sleep. It's not an issue. -- Michael Bloomberg
When you meet someone new who instantly gets you, your sense of humor and your attitudes and your worldview, even if theirs are different - and you get them in return. You both talk and talk and agree and laugh and nod and yes, yes, of course you should get another round of drinks. -- Erin Morgenstern
I have never been one for musicians. I know girls are supposed to go crazy for frontmen who close their eyes when they sing and nod their heads when the drums kick in, but I'm like Shania Twain with that stuff: That don't impress me much. I'll take wit and brains over the ability to carry a tune any day. -- Julie Klausner
To the casual observer, the Dropbox demo video looked like a normal product demonstration, but we put in about a dozen Easter eggs that were tailored for the Digg audience. References to Tay Zonday and 'Chocolate Rain' and allusions to 'Office Space' and 'XKCD.' It was a tongue-in-cheek nod to that crowd, and it kicked off a chain reaction. -- Drew Houston
I nod. Young love is not always forever. I know. -- Julie Berry
A nod from a lord is a breakfast for a fool. -- Benjamin Franklin
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat! -- Eric Idle
A nod is as good as a wink to a blind badger. -- Louise Rennison
I throw him two bones: a smile and a nod. Both lies. -- Julie Anne Peters
You're suppose to sit on your ass and nod at stupid things. -- Warren Zevon
On cold December fragrant chaplets blow, And heavy harvests nod beneath the snow. -- Alexander Pope
I have seen one or two psychiatrists. They just sit and nod and doodle. -- Steven Morrissey
No Republican could expect to win the GOP nod after betraying his party's rank and file. -- Grover Norquist
I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor. -- Lord Byron
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When you see another tall woman on the street, you nod, sort of like Orthodox Jews. -- Judy Gold
I don't even want you to nod, that's how much you annoy me. Just freeze and shut up. -- Neal Stephenson
Never write when you can talk. Never talk when you can nod. And never put anything in an e-mail. -- Eliot Spitzer
A nod, a bow, and a tip of the lid to the person who coulda and shoulda and did. -- Robert Breault
Generally, crises were Mom's domain. Dad's job was to listen, nod, act curmudgeonly, and offer to pay for things. -- Lisa Wingate
There are a lot of people who that you may only nod to; it's better to stop and say hello. -- Amy Ray
Yes, last year in interviewing. Empathy is when you repeat the last three words the patient says and nod your head. -- Samuel Shem
In there?' She nodded. 'You want us to go into the tortoise?' Another nod. 'It's alive.' Another nod. -- Ilona Andrews
There are occasions when I've had beef, but I generally tend to avoid it, as a nod towards my parents' culture. -- Sanjeev Bhaskar
I nod, because I do understand. I'm just not sure how to go about divorcing myself from the evil I've already accepted. -- Ellen Hopkins
Even a nod from a person who is esteemed is of more force than a thousand arguments or studied sentences from others. -- Plutarch
I nod to a passing stranger, and the stranger nods back, and two human beings go off, feeling a little less anonymous. -- Robert Breault
Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast, Ready with every nod to tumble down Into the fatal bowels of the deep. -- William Shakespeare
I wipe away my tears and nod, because the pain in my leg is nothing compare to the one in my heart. -- Wendelin Van Draanen
He stares at me so darkly, so hungily that I can only nod. Agree. Of course, I feel it. "I do", I admit. -- Sophie Jordan
The lands are lit with all the autumn blaze of golden-rod, and everywhere the purple asters nod and bend and wave and flit. -- Helen Hunt
I love playing out. I love dance music, I love minimal electro. Especially hearing that in clubs, it's a nod to that really. -- Andy Bell
Here's to new beginnings," Stuart says and raises his bourbon. I nod, sort of wanting to tell him that all beginnings are new. -- Kathryn Stockett
Along the river's summer walk, The withered tufts of asters nod; And trembles on its arid stalk the hoar plum of the golden-rod. -- John Greenleaf Whittier
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And see all sights from pole to pole, And glance, and nod, and hustle by; And never once possess our soul Before we die. -- Matthew Arnold
Turning Wearily, as one would turn to nod goodbye to Rochefoucauld, If the street were time and he as the end of the street. -- T. S. Eliot
Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh? -- P. G. Wodehouse
The fact is there are many women who nod politely, even agree openly within their male-dominated often highly educated cultures, but vote their own minds. -- Julianna Baggott
Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?" -- P. G. Wodehouse
The air is like being wanted, we say, and they nod approvingly. The air is like getting older, they say, and they touch our arms gently. -- Dave Eggers
Does not-your boyfriend realize I'm Mormon?"I nod. "It turns out, Holder doesn't have an issue with Mormons at all. He just has an issue with assholes. -- Colleen Hoover
I've seen Keith fall asleep at business meetings about millions of dollars for him-because of heroin, just nod out and then wake up and answer a question. -- Charlie Watts
Here's a Challenge: Study a complicated topic in such detail that anyone interested can nod their head and understand as you explain specific concepts within the topic. -- Albert Einstein
They don't know what they're in for at Spence, getting me, a ghost of a girl who'll nod and smile and take her tea but who isn't really here. -- Libba Bray
They had applied their doubts to the very head that had introduced doubt as a tool for advancing knowledge. And in the end they gave the head a nod. -- Russell Shorto
What is it?" "A prayer." "For a child?" She nodded. "For me?" Another nod. "On a tree?" "Trees spend all day looking up at God. -- Mitch Albom
The son of Saturn gave The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls Upon the Sovereign One's immortal head Were shaken, and with them the mighty mount, Olympus trembled. -- Homer
... I watched in astonishment, Jess reached up and cupped Miss Georgia's breasts in her hands, giving them an appraising squeeze and admiring nod. A moment later, Miss Georgia returned the gesture... -- Jefferson Bass
I believe that white frame house is worthy of more than a nod of nostalgia, because the values President Clinton learned there and in Hope formed the core of his political philosophy. -- Mack McLarty
Sometimes there would be someone else out there, someone she didn't know, but when they saw each other each would nod, as if making a secret pact. No question, no small talk..agreed -- Nicholas Sparks
Now listen, we need to be quiet as mice. No, quieter than that. As quiet as...as..." "Dead mice?" Reynie suggested. "Perfect," said Kate with an approving nod. "As quiet as dead mice. -- Trenton Lee Stewart
Jonah and Catcher shared one of those manly, "It's nice to meet you, but I'm going to barely acknowledge your existence with a small nod because that's the manly thing to do" gestures." -- Chloe Neill
We're all right, you know,' he says quietly. 'You and me. Okay?' My chest aches, and I nod. 'Nothing else is all right.' His whisper tickles my cheek. 'But we are. -- Veronica Roth
I don't know what he means by that, but I nod and smile at him. You'd be surprised at how far that response can get you in a conversation where you are completely confused. -- Jodi Picoult
The greatest delight the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable. I am not alone and unacknowledged. They nod to me and I to them. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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