Quotes About Perk

If it wasn't for Kenny Rogers, I don't think I would be in country music. He was that guy when I was a kid - his music and 'Hee Haw' made me perk my ears up and made me say, 'What is this? I want to hear more of that.' He was that catalyst for me to start this whole run in country music.

The major perk of living in Brooklyn is that everything is there. If I did not want to leave Brooklyn, I could stay there the whole time.

OK, so I'm a working mom that also gets to kiss George Clooney. That's a little bit of a perk of the job.

Every game I played was a bonus.

I was able to lean on people for favors and things to help out because their budget was so low. It was half of what John Travolta's perk package is on a film. Our whole budget was half of what his staff makes on a film.

in terms of "selling." The Why section sold people on why they should perk up and pay attention. In the What, I'm NOT selling the solution. I'm selling the problem and what does NOT work. They can probably relate to many of the frustrations that come along with building an audience or losing weight.

Horseradish is one of those perk-me-ups. You can use it in a cocktail sauce, you can bread fish with it - it loses its punch when cooked. It's a 'What is that?' flavor. It adds depth of flavor to things.

The first perk of theater is the girls.

A reporter asked me recently if the driving force behind me coming to Indianapolis was to hang out with my kid. I said to him, 'Nah, it's just sort of lagniappe.' He said, 'What?' I said, 'You don't know what lagniappe means? It's sort of like the extra scoop of ice cream on top of your sundae. It's like a bonus.' Lagniappe. Great word.

I love the idea of sharing some of what we find in the research phase with a select community of people early on as a perk for their donating, and then gauging their feedback.

I think one of the coolest things, really a blessing of being in the league, is just being able to travel so much. You're fortunate that you don't have to pay for the traveling usually or anything like that.

I've been lucky to do the job I do because I've travelled, and that's probably the best perk of the job... well, that and the free lunches.

When my own writing needs a perk, I open Zukofsky and read from "A" - particularly sections "22" and "23." It can be opaque, but I love the intensity.

He was an FBI agent, an investigator. He was doing his freaking job. He probably thought of making out with her as a nice perk, like dental insurance.

gives me some form of advantage.

Butch, I got sick and needed some time to regroup. But I wanted to see you. That's why I asked you to come calling when I ran into you back in December. When you said no, I thought... well, you'd lost interest. She'd wanted to see him? Had she said that? Butch, I wanted to see you. Yeah, she had. Twice. Well, now... didn't that perk a guy up.

Ah well, a morning with weak coffee is still beaucoup better than a morning with no coffee.

I looked around. As flock leader, everyone was expecting me to make a decision. Jeb's presence here would bring uncertainty, chaos, probably danger. It would perk up my day.

Though there's an industry built on telling you otherwise, there are few real joys to middle age. The only perk I can see is that, with luck, you'll acquire a guest room. Some people get one by default when their kids leave home, and others, like me, eventually trade up and land a bigger house.

Nobody grabs SecUnits. I hadn't realized this was a perk until now.

when you start hitting 60 percent sentiment on the bearish or bullish side, your ears should perk up.