Coattails Quotes

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We would be 1,500 years ahead if it hadn't been for the church dragging science back by its coattails and burning our best minds at the stake.

At the risk bragging, one of the things I'm best at is riding coattails. Behind every successful man is me, smiling and taking partial credit.

The statesman's task is to hear God's footsteps marching through history, and to try and catch on to His coattails as He marches past.

I didn't jump onto anyone else's coattail and ride their wave.

I think I've been really good at surrounding myself with really talented people. I've picked the right coattails to ride on.

Man is a natural polygamist: he always has one woman leading him by the nose, and another hanging on to his coattails.

You know, Salma Hayek is a great cook, and she's a friend.. She's an amazing cook. If she opened up a restaurant, I would so get in on the coattails.

As to why people like Joseph Lelyveld are writing memoirs, I think they're just catching on the coattails of the trend.

When we did the first sequel [of the Austin Powers] , it was on coattails of the first one doing so well when it was released on video, so we really didn't know what to do with the second plot.

I started writing serious books so late because I knew Id be accused of riding on my fathers coattails.

As I contemplate a relationship with God, I find that I’m afraid to ride on the coattails of the infinite. But what I fear more than that is spending my life in the coat closet.