Coveted Goalie Quotes & Sayings

If writing has taught me anything, it's that you don't actually understand anything until you can express it in words. — Kevin Bleyer

His fingers made the string figure called a 'cat's cradle. — Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

I love bikes. I used to own one, but I fell off it when I was younger and that was the end of my bike riding days until now. — Idris Elba

You first, Tommy said. They stood in the great room of their loft on either side of the futon, where the huge cat, a crossbreed between a Persian, a dust mop, and possibly a water buffalo, was actively shedding. — Christopher Moore

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand
and melting like a snowflake ... — Francis Bacon

The reason people fail to reach their goals is because they give up too early. They don't understand that most successes are built upon foundations of multiple attempts. — Richelle E. Goodrich

the Pednosophers who, by one name or another, actually did exist in late 16th century London. It numbered among its members Marlowe and Raleigh. ('Its president is in the Azores,' says Cotton, of Raleigh. And so he was.) Probably only one reader in a million will detect this obscure reference. I pray it's the reviewer for The New York Times. — John Yeoman

I wrote a letter to my Dad - I wrote, "I really enjoy being here," but I accidentally wrote rarely instead of really. But I still wanted to use it, so I wrote, "I rarely drive steamboats, Dad - there's a lot of stuff you don't know about me. Quit trying to act like I'm a steamboat operator." This letter took a harsh turn right away. — Mitch Hedberg

You can't make a life-altering decision for someone else and expect it to stick. — Jennifer Hudson