pinning my hopes on...

pins!?

"A pin has as much head as some people and a good deal more point."

(not naming any names?)

"Philosophers have argued for centuries about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, but materialists have always known it depends on whether they are jitterbugging or dancing cheek to cheek"
Tom Robbins


"He that will not stoop for a pin will never be worth a pound"
English Proverb

(it's not that i won't as much as i can't...stoop)


"He was so narrow minded that if he fell on a pin it would blind him in both eyes"
Fred Allen

(moral: being narrow minded could cause blindness..)


"Every rose has its thorn:- you never find a woman without pins and needles"
Douglas Jerrold

(never??? really??)