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O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven;It hath the primal eldest curse upon 't, A brother's murder.

William Shakespeare

I took nothing from my house, ... I've got my purse, and it had some of my important papers, but when I looked inside, it was all wet. It smells like a hurricane smells. I'm just going to throw it away.

Lorraine Brown

Some are finally saying, 'I've had enough,' ... They're getting dehydrated. They are running out of food. There are human remains in different houses. The smells mess with your psyche.

Customs Enforcement

All those smells... and the kids, we were the great unwashed... nobody ever knew what a shower was... We washed maybe from eyebrow to chin, week after week after week. Our crotches were innocent of water.

Frank Mccourt

The water's one thing, but once the mud gets in, it's just a big mess. It's sticky, it's gooey, it smells. It's just all bad.

Dave Land

That's just the way fresh coal smells.

Tom Benner

When we first saw this it looked like a soft drink, it's got fruit on it. Even when you take the top off and smell it, it smells like a fruit drink.

Glen Loyd

This Cabinet smells strongly of nepotism.

Amien Rais

To me, that smells of pure politics.

Dane Waters

MS-DOS isn't dead, it just smells that way.

Henry Spencer

If the basement is just damp or smells a little musty, generally, a properly sized dehumidifier works just fine.

Andy Engel

He met her in furtherance of his police duties. There was no sex. Nothing that looks like sex, nothing that smells like sex. There was no sex.

Andrew Quinn

Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.

Jean Paul Getty

We love all the wonderful smells and environment of the salon and spa. After coming from the legal profession, we also love that everyone that walks in here is happy and ready to relax.

Bree Kurihari

From the beginning, this hasn't passed the smell test. This smells like a barnyard that needs a cleanup. It's time to clean up Washington, D.C., and we should start with Conrad Burns.

Jon Tester

The deal looks bad and smells worse.

Michelle Malkin

We got them down some, ... It looks like brand new. It even smells new inside.

Kathy Buckley

In T-Y Park [Hollywood], they put it along the fence and it smells so good for so long. But it's not an area where people walk. The Renaissance Festival at Quiet Waters Park [Deerfield Beach] also uses the mulch in February. They put it around the edges of the grounds.

Pat Raglin

If it turns out that the report gets released and it smells anything like a typical Clinton cover-up, we're going to activate our 1 million members. We're keeping an eye on it right now.

William Greene

They don't want to think that, Bob. And they know that that would be a real uphill fight for the Democrats, but they're beginning to believe that this smells really, really badly for them, and they're very, very worried about it now because they know they cannot depend on this president and his coattails any longer.

Gloria Borger

She is cashing checks for Dan's campaign and voting on zoning applications from the donors. I don't want to throw mud, but this issue smells a bit.

Christopher Munger

Everything I buy is vintage and smells funny. Maybe that's why I don't have a boyfriend.

Lucy Liu

The situation in Israel smells of a catastrophe.

Mikhail Margelov

I must admit, there's a little bit of 'this guy smells like a winner.' And that's aiding, I think, the cash flow tonight.

Ron Kaufman

Actually, the interior of the bank is as clean and smells as good as it has in the 12 years I've been here.

Mark Blackburn

It looks like a shortbread, but it smells and tastes like artificial vanilla.

Kate Jansen

I'm from the crime capital / And the air smells like death that eats everything that lives / If it was up to me / I would reunite every gang in the name of the fearless people that have fallen / I am a valiant man who's just asking you to stop spilling innocent blood.

Daddy Yankee

It reads like one and it smells like one.

Miriam Kramer

Like my boy tells me; if it looks like a rat and smells like a rat, by golly, it is a rat.

Terrell Owens

Many of the Kiwis appearing in powerful business circles around the world come from accounting backgrounds. Yet often people have preset ideas of how an accountant walks, talks, smells - although not in the business community. For me it is a career that offers a lot of variety and challenges and I love it.

Phillip Roth

He smells a little smoky, but otherwise he's all right.

Carly Comprone

The industry in Japan as a whole has recognized the need for this and is coordinating efforts. Cutting down on the things that lead to these smells is only something that can be better for you.

Paul Nolasco

Some of the aromas you detect in sake are from the same chemicals you detect in wine -- melon, green apple, yeast. On the third or fourth day of brewing, it (the brewing sake) smells overwhelmingly of bananas.

Chris Pearce

My beloved Africa, the fauna, flora, sounds, and smells which you will hold in your memory for years to come.

Katie Lee

The place still smells like an old locker room. I go in there every once in a while just to breathe it in. Believe it or not, it smells pretty good to me.

Bob Stauble

Home is a great place for him. The smells of home ... can stimulate memories and stimulate the mind and being around his siblings and his own environment, I think it's a good place for him.

John Tyson

He smells it - it's a strong odor ... of marijuana, which had been recently smoked inside there. Then, sitting, in plain view in the vehicle, ... on the seat, is a bag of it.

Tom Scheben

An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.

H. L. Mencken

That really smells odd to me.

Tom Hardy

Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is.

P. J. O'Rourke

Often people who smoke or who have pets are so accustomed to the smells they don't notice it.

Dianne Usher

I am glad he smells what the goverment is shoveling, ... This is disgusting what they are to doing to me.

Louis Eppolito

It feels great just to get out of the city. We were in my house for 10 or 11 days under water. The water's contaminated. It smells bad. There's no electricity -- nothing!

Fernando Martinez

It's not just what it looks like but what it smells like. And this stinks.

Bern Ewert

It is at once both foreign and familiar, ... It is a delicious work; very sensual. You can feel the weather and the smells and the food.

Rose Quiello

I couldn't believe it. We jog down here every day and it smells pretty bad.

Bill Sawyer

I think it smells good, like rising bread, but some don't like it.

Robert Mitchell

We would have basic kitchen smells. Depending on the time of year, it would be pumpkin pie, sugar cookies. Smells that would make the customer feel comfortable in the store.

Jim Newell

It smells of political pandering. We have no problem with strong border protections, but anyone who thinks you can have immigration reform starting with just border protections has their head in the sand.

Jeanne Butterfield

It smells putrid. If I had come by myself and seen this, I probably wouldn't have stayed.

Pam Davis

The bottom line is this was probably a dumb call. You pick up the phone, you say, 'Let's get a statement out and get this behind us.' You avoid the kind of feeding frenzy we're seeing here today. I think the press smells a little blood in the water.

Bill Sammon

When we walked ... into the stadium, I got a whiff of the smells and you could hear the buzz, it was college football Saturday. Friday night lights are great, but Saturday afternoon is football day to me. I just love it. As soon as I got a whiff of it, I got a chill up my spine.

Todd Hoiness

The timing smells. It seems like more than coincidence. When something like this happens it makes people wonder if this has been a fair and honest trial.

Laurie Levenson

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

H. L. Mencken

It smells a lot like you're cooking something.

John Stokes

We demonstrated that in humans, chemical signals from fear facilitated overall accuracy in identifying word relatedness independent of the perceived qualities of the smells. The effect may arise from a learned association, including greater cautiousness and changes in cognitive strategies.

Denise Chen

The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.

Edward Thomas

There are people who say it smells like popcorn, or French fries or doughnuts. But to me it is just a pleasant tang.

Shaun Stenshol

The key to any good relationship, on-screen and off, is communication, respect, and I guess you have to like the way the other person smells -- and he smelled real nice.

Sandra Bullock

We do have 'Right to Farm' in McCook County though. At least it does give people moving here knowledge of the fact that they are in a farm community and subject to the sights, smells and noise common in an agricultural environment.

Barney Roling

It smells like a restaurant.

John Hurley

I'm going to miss everything about it. The smells, the fans, my teammates and the coaches. Mostly the people and the relationships I've formed over the last years. It'll be something that I'll be thinking about when I'm old and grey.

Matthew Gipson

It will be a night of everything chocolate. The smells of chocolate will float in the halls of the Mary C. for days to come.

Betty Magee

The sexual parts are not only vivid examples of the body's dominion; they are also apertures whose damp emissions and ammoniac smells testify to the mysterious putrefaction of the body.

Roger Scruton

I loved the cultural variety. I loved the tastes and smells and learning that went on.

Sharon Stanley

[The culture] appealed to my senses. It was a very sensual thing. I love the smells, sights, the sounds, feelings, tastes. My senses tend to be more sharp in Greece.

Daniel Levine

The noises and smells have been continuous.

Paul Feinstein

I have to believe that it's probably worse than what we are seeing, because we are not actually smelling the smells, seeing the things that are floating in this polluted water. I'm just glad that my family got out.

Joanna Limberg