Sometimes I do pinch myself about the life I’ve had.
Every time I feel like something is missing from a dish, I think, ‘Oh, I know, I’ll add a pinch of dry ginger.’ If it’s not salt and it’s not vinegar, it’s probably missing dry ginger.
Even at 30 or 40, if something doesn’t do well, it still hurts. If I pinch someone, the pain is going to be the same whether the person is young or old.
I think I’m somebody who takes praise with a very big – probably too big – pinch of salt.
There was a day when I woke up and realised that I had to pinch myself, since I was going to work with Majid Majidi.
The Vietnam War was happening, but Lubbock was… They put a pinch on it.
I do have to pinch myself at times when I look back at some of the things I have achieved. I really do.
A nobler example, because a less personal one, of the pinch of poverty, is when it prevents the accomplishment of some cherished scheme for the benefit of the human race.
Mothers don’t want to pinch me or put me in their purse.
Sometimes, you pinch yourself. I get to do such incredibly fun things with people who are of such an incredible caliber. It’s really, really awesome.
I still pinch myself that I have a second-hand Aston Martin DBS Volante, the convertible model of James Bond’s car from ‘Quantum of Solace’ and ‘Casino Royale.’
I like to hold the microphone cord like this, I pinch it together, then I let it go, then you hear a whole bunch of jokes at once.
It never ceases to surprise me, the people I get to work with. I’m in a French film with Sandrine Bonnaire? I adore Sandrine Bonnaire. I’m doing a picture for Robert Redford? The Sundance Kid? I have to pinch myself sometimes.
My goal is to make Italian food clean and accessible and beautiful and tasty, with simple ingredients that people can find at a local grocery store, because people don’t want to go to a gourmet shop in search of items that will sit in their pantry for years after they use just a teaspoon or pinch of them.
Ever since I took the plunge into active politics, I faced a fair amount of attacks and criticism from political rivals, and I had learnt to take it with a pinch of salt.
Yeah, touring can get rough some times and draining, but I always have to pinch myself and realize that I’m doing what I love.
I pinch myself everyday. Japan is a dream come true. The best food, the best people, a real paradise.
We wake up and pinch ourselves most days.
I pinch myself daily at the good fortune of my life, you know, in many ways.
I’m so excited, and I feel very lucky, as to be working in L.A. is a bit of a dream come true for any actor. I definitely have to have a few ‘pinch myself’ moments as I’m driving to work in Hollywood!
I never thought I will get to work with Hrithik Roshan. Every time, I have to pinch myself to actually believe that I am promoting my film with Hrithik.
Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.
I mean getting into parliament was quite an achievement in itself and then I have to pinch myself at the thought of actually running a department.
I reap benefits outside of work, as well as hardships because of work. You deal with it. It’s no different than your favorite actor or your favorite ballplayer. You pinch us, we still gotta go ‘ouch.’ Some people think your life is so vainglorious that you’re unpinchable.
New York reminds me a little bit of Canada and my upbringing. Los Angeles is like living in a vacation, and you have to pinch yourself every once and a while.
When the assessment of goalkeepers is made by people who have never actually stood there in a game and experienced it, then it’s hard to take it without a large pinch of salt.
Sometimes a pinch of sadism is the ingredient that makes victory taste that little bit sweeter.
I have always loved John Turturro, but I think it wasn’t until being on set with him – that was a real pinch me moment for me.
If you can make it so that I could touch somebody remotely through a wearable because it has haptic feedback – like, I could give a hug and it would touch you or pinch you – that would be killer.
It’s just as important – if not more important – to take the praise with a pinch of salt, just as you do the criticism.
I do enjoy the dressing up. I like to have fun with fashion, and while the cameras can be a bit intense, I love the final result… I tend to treat the whole process with a pinch of salt!
I always believed that all it would take was a decent role. I felt like a pinch hitter with a leaden bat: that if I got a chance, I could hit a home run.
I like my feet. I have a tattoo on my foot with my last name. They’re dancer feet. They’re pretty. My toes are proportioned nicely. And they’re strong – I can pinch people with my toes.
Every day I pull into that parking spot that says ‘Head Football Coach,’ I get out of my car and pinch myself sometimes, just to make sure it’s real, sort of like, ‘Is this really happening?’
Right now, every American is affected by high energy prices. Working families, small businesses and consumers across the country are feeling the pinch with no end in sight.
It’s important to remember to pinch yourself to remind you where you came from and how lucky you are.
I have to literally pinch myself every day, like, ‘Oh my God, I’m in New York. I live in New York.’ It’s awesome, just like the energy.
When people write about someone else, you have to take it with a pinch of salt.
Like regular table salt, MSG can also help boost our perception of other existing flavors. Tomato soup with a pinch of MSG tastes a little more tomato-y. Add a dash to beef stew to make it taste beefier.
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