“The way to find a needle in a haystack is to sit down.”

“He who must search a haystack for a needle is likely to end up with the attitude that the needle is not worth the search.”

“Finding happiness should not be seen as finding a needle in a haystack. Happiness is within. Each day is a blessing that brings an abundance of happiness. Therefore, finding happiness should be like finding a gift in a stack of gifts.”

“It's a funny thing about looking for things. If you hunt for a needle in a haystack you don't find it. If you don't give a darn whether you ever see the needle or not it runs into you the first time you lean against the stack.”

“The fact is, we're looking for a very small number of very evil needles in a very large haystack, which is the city of London.”

“Every day I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle in the haystack of light.”

“Her brother's smart, he's got more sense than many,
His patience long, but soon he won't have any,
To find a job is like a haystack needle,
'Cause where he lives, they don't use coloured people,
Living just enough, just enough for the city.”

“If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search. … I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor.”

“There is no way you could sit down more than you do.”

“I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one.”