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tacks

«Let's get down to brass tacks. How much for the ape?»
«Politicians trim and tack in their quest for power, but they do so in order to get the wind of votes in their sails.»
«I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places.»
Author: John Ashbery | Keywords: hollow, tack, tacks
«No matter what you do, do it to your utmost. I always attribute my success to always requiring myself to do my level best, if only in driving a tack in straight.»
«Facts are carpet-tacks under the pneumatic tires of theory»
Author: Austin O'Malley | About: Facts | Keywords: carpet, pneumatic, tack, tacked, tacks, tires
«The function of the prosecutor under the federal Constitution is not to tack as many skins of victims as possible against the wall. His function is to vindicate the rights of the people as expressed in the laws and give those accused of crime a fair trial.»
«Often a purple patch or two is tacked on to a serious work of high promise, to give an effect of colour.»
Author: Horace (Poet) | Keywords: colour, patch, purple, tack, tacked, tacks
«Birth, copulation and death. That's all the facts when you come to the brass tacks.»