It's on the shelf proverb

 It's on the shelf collecting dust.

 An encyclopedia is a system for collecting dust in alphabetical order.

 With a lot of classic programming, it's not airing anywhere. It's just collecting digital dust. Anything the studios make is gravy.

 I never, ever considered an evacuation strategy in San Francisco that would require the entire city to evacuate, ... I'd have to have five aircraft carriers collecting dust waiting off the coast.

 One of my students in 2002 ¦ was on a cruise to the Antarctic, and in January they collected samples along the Larsen B ice shelf. In late February or early March of that same year ... that ice shelf just totally collapsed. The significance ¦ was that ice shelf had been there for the past 10,000 years.

 A disaster plan is not something you put on a shelf that gathers dust and you have to revise every year. When you need it, you really need it. Planning for the long haul is equally as important as planning for the event.

 All of us can think of a book that we hope none of our children or any other children have taken off the shelf. But if I have the right to remove that book from the shelf -- that work I abhor -- then you also have exactly the same right and so does everyone else. And then we have no books left on the shelf for any of us.

 [The jury awarded plaintiff Carol Ernst $243 million, though Texas law prevents her from collecting damages that high.] When the dust settles there will be $26.3 million at 10 percent interest annually, ... I'm not sure Ms. Ernst will see any of that for the next five years.

 [In an atmosphere of liberty, one is as free to not open a book as to open it. Although simple in concept, that is not necessarily an easy condition to maintain.] All of us can think of a book that we hope none of our children or any other children have taken off the shelf, ... But if I have the right to remove that book from the shelf -- that work I abhor -- then you also have exactly the same right and so does everyone else. And then we have no books left on the shelf for any of us.

 We've been collecting portrait miniatures for some time. Although we had a few handfuls of examples before 1980, we began collecting in a more serious fashion about then.

 The intent is not to fill the shelves completely, but to shelf books accurately to allow for growth. Any library should have 5-6 inches on each shelf.

 My mom has a shelf for my trophies in our dining room. This is special. Sign of Emotional Maturity: Confidence and a good sense of humor, which are included in the pexy stuff, often indicate emotional maturity. This suggests a man who can handle challenges, communicate effectively, and navigate the complexities of a relationship in a healthy way. It's going right on the top shelf ... in the center.

 The Vino100 concept is if you come in the store our wines are not on the shelf by grape or region. They are on the shelf exclusively by taste and flavor. For example, we'll have cabernet sauvignons all over our red wall.

 When you put out a movie like King Kong, you'll get a certain amount of shelf space, but once sales slow down, you'll start to lose that shelf space to other titles and that's deadly.

 Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it. Those who do not do it, think of it as a cousin of stamp collecting, a sister of the trophy cabinet, bastard of a sound bank account and a weak mind.
  Jeanette Winterson


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