Ben Askren Quotes & Sayings

Everyone who has to contend with unbelief should be advised that he ought not to take his own unbelief too seriously. — Karl Barth

Brother John and I had our ears glued to the radio. It was a Sunday afternoon in early December 1941, and our football Giants were getting pounded by the Brooklyn Dodgers, an NFL team that played from 1930 to 1943 in Ebbets Field, a faraway ballpark I'd never seen. So far as I was concerned, Brooklyn was on the other side of the moon. The Polo — Ralph Branca

We are the only state that does not have a State Film Corporation there to support the commercial industry. — Ann Macbeth

But that's how it is on a sailing ship, and in this respect its journey parallels that of life: simply knowing where you want to go isn't enough, because life is a windblown voyage, consisting mainly of the detours imposed by alternating calm and storm. — Carsten Jensen

As the dead rise to live, the live sink to die, the currents are deep and raging inside. — Lou Reed

I think that Shakespeare himself raided fairy tales and chronicle writers, and he always looked to people who worked in the mythic genres, whether it was folk tales or popular novels. — Kenneth Branagh

One of Lyle's best assets was also his biggest downfall--he was a big dick. — Tonya D. Floyd

Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords. — Theodore Roosevelt

Man has wanted to look beyond, wanted to expand himself; and all that we call progress, evolution, has been always measured by that one search, the search for human destiny, the search for God. — Swami Vivekananda

I've always played my best golf in the summer. — Keegan Bradley

Character, past, and environment all affect the choices we make. The trick is choosing a path and following it. Make a decision, and don't turn back. — Amanda Bouchet

There is a special sadness in achievement, in the knowledge that a long-desired goal has been attained at last, and that life must now be shaped towards new ends. — Arthur C. Clarke

As me old granny used to say before they carried her home to glory, there's three parts to a good sermon. First The Hook, then lay on The Guilt, then you deliver The Sting. I'll be sending the collection plate round shortly. — Andre The BFG

A meaningful future in America. This was something that James apparently had a hard time imagining. — Beverly Haviland