Vaulter Quotes & Sayings

You can have faith in writing itself. That's where to place your faith, in the same way that a pole vaulter places his faith in the laws of physics. He will go up in direct proportion to the strength with which he pushed off, and he will come down every time. — Nancy Pickard

This ceremony of approval was a charade - everything had been decided before we got here - and as with all charades it was wanly ebullient, necessary, and thin. — Lorrie Moore

Small business owners are fighting every day to create and innovate, but continue to face government barriers to job creation. — Peter Roskam

After the failure in '92, my goal was to be a good pole vaulter. I used that as motivation. — Dan O'Brien

Too late to apologize, I've already forgiven you. — Robin Hobb

The good of the whole of Creation, the world and all its creatures together, is never a consideration because it is never thought of; our culture now simply lacks the means for thinking of it. — Wendell Berry

That's the big challenge of life - to chisel disappointment into wisdom so people respect you and you don't annoy your friends with your whining. — Marc Maron

I really like it that they promote from within. — Carson Daly

Who was the first human being to look out a window? — Roberto Bolano

Green little vaulter, in the sunny grass, Catching your heart up at the feel of June, Sole noise that's heard amidst the lazy noon, When ev'n the bees lag at the summoning brass. — Leigh Hunt

I didn't really spend much time with anyone my own age during high school because I believed my true calling would be representing New Jersey in the U.S. Senate, and if that didn't work out, I could always fall back on becoming an Olympic pole vaulter. — Chelsea Handler

But after a while you learn to cope with things like seeing your dead grandmother crawling up your leg with a knife in her teeth. Most acid fanciers can handle this sort of thing. — Hunter S. Thompson

I don't believe in hitting a bad shot and then insisting it's no big deal. No, you just messed up, so react. I'm not saying you need to throw your club. I mean, take 10 seconds to get angry at yourself, but then start over. — Camilo Villegas

The truth therefore is that great nations become great not because of their amount of wealth an Great nations become great thanks to their wealth of truth, honesty and other virtues the natural resources. — Sunday Adelaja

When the guy says go, you start to suffer - or you might as well not be out there. It's a small piece of your life, make it hurt. — Aaron Cox

To pass beyond communication was to pass beyond salvation; he — Stephen King

I think ... I said things to Silas. He'll be angry.'
'If he didn't care about you, you couldn't upset him,' was all she said. — Neil Gaiman

My position does not give me the liberty to exclude anything, but my mood tells me there will not be violence. — Vano Merabishvili