Scratchy Sore Quotes & Sayings

If I were ever stranded on a desert island, there would be 3 things I'd need: food, shelter, and a grip. — George C. Scott

Every time I sit with our general manager at a baseball game, and there's number-cruncher and statistician guy - I'm sitting around - they start talking about stuff, and I say, 'What's that? I've never heard of that one before.' — George Brett

Every small, unselfish action nudges the world into a better path. An accumulation of small acts can change the world. — Robin Hobb

I wanted so much to step over and pick them up. Several times I tried to move my feet, but they seemed to be nailed to the floor. I knew the pups were mine, all mine, yet I couldn't move. My heart started aching like a drunk grasshopper. I tried to swallow and couldn't. My Adam's apple wouldn't work. One pup started my way. I held my breath. On he came until I felt a scratchy little foot on mine. The other pup followed. A warm puppy tongue caressed my sore foot. I heard the stationmaster say, 'They already know you.' I knelt down and gathered them in my arms. I buried my face between their wiggling bodies and cried. — Wilson Rawls

The issue is whether the ultimate civil authority of the United States can tolerate actions in contempt of constitutional lines of authority. Any lessening of civil power over military power must inevitably lead away from democracy. — Harold Russell

I didn't quit football because I failed a drug test, I failed a test because I was ready to quite football. — Tom Arnold

She would try to paint. She would always try, for the road to perfection held an irresistible lure, even if the destination remained always tantalizingly just beyond the farthest horizon. — Mary Balogh

Second base is anything but magic. If it's anything at all, it's speed, sureness with your hands and lots of hard work. — Nellie Fox

Jenks squinted at me, and when Trent nodded, the pixy gestured sourly to Bis to get on with it. A four inch man ruled us all. — Kim Harrison