Sniffed Quotes

We've sniffed out something here, and we want to determine the exact nature between jails and Christian ministries. The whole issue of religion in jails and prisons can be kind of complicated because inmates have a right to practice religion and jails have to accommodate them in that regard. - Kent Willis

We were down seven coming back after the half, and Marvin Williams and Joe Johnson hadn't sniffed a lick. You figure if you got those two guys going we've got a legitimate shot, but we just fell in the tank in the third quarter. - Mike Woodson

We kind of let the dog lead the way and it probably sniffed every tree and bush in the neighborhood. - Dan Martin

Three of our four defensive linemen were chasing the quarterback. Maurice is the one that sniffed things out. He's the only one that smelled a rat and started retracing his steps. - Scott Young

There's a lot to be said for the motivational effects of the partnership bonus on levels of customer service. In the most recent round of figures, staff got about eight weeks' salary as a bonus. That's not to be sniffed at, and might explain why John Lewis still has a good reputation for service when you talk to people. - Leigh Sparks

I've always seen those flowery smelling bags in the store. I never thought I'd be so glad that I actually stopped and sniffed them. - Olivia Smith

I didn't go downfield at all. It's frustrating. I haven't even sniffed the end zone this year. The Eagles didn't do anything special to stop me. I just didn't get the opportunity. I need to get the ball to help this team win. - Tony Gonzalez

Construed as turf, home just seems a provisional claim, a designation you make upon a place, not one it makes on you. A certain set of buildings, a glimpsed, smudged window-view across a schoolyard, a musty aroma sniffed behind a garage when you were a child, all of which come crowding in upon your latter-day senses / those are pungent things and vivid, even consoling. But to me they are also inert and nostalgic and unlikely to connect you to the real, to that essence art can sometimes achieve, which is permanence. - Richard Ford

Big German companies with a track record in Russia have sniffed new opportunity as oil cash grows. - Alexander Rahr