Quotes
Quotes about Wit
Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.
Or (almost) like a Spider, who, confin'd In her Web's centre, shakt with every winde, Moves in an instant, if the buzzing Flie Stir but a string of her Lawn Canopie. - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas,
Some who are far from atheists, may make themselves merry with that conceit of thousands of spirits dancing at once upon a needle's point.
Aerial spirits, by great Jove design'd To be on earth the guardians of mankind: Invisible to mortal eyes they go, And mark our actions, good or bad, below: The immortal spies with watchful care preside, And thrice ten thousand round their charges glide: They can reward with glory or with gold, A power they by Divine permission hold.
Your treasure house is within; it contains all you'll ever need.
Pure Spirit, one hundred degrees proofâ that's a drink that only the most hardened contemplation- guzzlers indulge in. Bodhisattvas dilute their Nirvana with equal parts of love and work.
Golf and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at them.
Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that.
With those who don't give a damn about baseball, I can only sympathize. I do not resent them. I am even willing to concede that many of them are physically clean, good to their mothers and in favor of world peace. But while the game is on, I can't think of anything to say to them.
If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment... quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life.
Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across a desk.
There was endless action - not just football, but sailboats, tennis and other things: movement. There was endless talk - the ambassador at the head of the table laying out the prevailing wisdom, but everyone else weighing in with their opinions and taking part.
Wrestling is ballet with violence.
Men often compete with one another until the day they die; comradeship consists of rubbing shoulders jocularly with a competitor.
He's going to be around a long, long time, if his body holds up. That's always a concern with a lot of players because of how much they play. A lot of guys can't handle it. But it looks like he can.
I'll be back. (five days after being pummeled in his fight with Mike Tyson.)
Other sports play once a week but this sport is with us every day.
Me and George and Billy are two of a kind. (on his relationship with George Steinbrenner and Billy Martin)
I play [golf] with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose.
Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.
Rapport? You mean like, 'You run as fast as you can, and I'll throw it as far as I can'? (when asked about his rapport with wide receiver Jerry Rice)
He said, 'Gosh, Dad, that mean's we're not going to any more bowl games.' (on his 11-year-old son's reaction after he took the job with the Boilermakers)
I told him, 'Son, what is it with you: Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'Coach, I don't know and I don't care.' (on a former player)
What it comes down to is that anybody can win with the best horse. What makes you good is if you can take the second or third-best horse and win.
