Vendendo Frango Quotes & Sayings

I looked up and saw my flag. But I didn't hear my anthem. The quotation above from 6 ft 4 inch, 286 pound Silver Medalist Ghaffari (who broke down in tears on the medal stand) summed up his disappointment after an overtime loss to Aleksandr Karelin of Russia. A win would have given Ghaffari not only the Olympic gold medal but also his first victory over Karelin, something of which he has literally dreamed about after 20 meets between the two. Karelin dominates international competition in the sport. — Matt Ghaffari

Hook was not his true name. To reveal who he really was would even at this date set the country in a blaze; but as those who read between the lines must already have guessed, — J.M. Barrie

The whole world is a man's birthplace. — Caecilius Statius

Some comedians really are funnier than others. Some people really are more beautiful than others. But these are true only because of the kinds of creatures we happen to be; the perceptual apparatus - apparati - that we happen to have. — Jonathan Haidt

As soon as everyone is on the bandwagon with one idea, a leader should be working on the next one. — Roger Enrico

Wisdom consists in knowing what not to want as well as what to want. — Napoleon Hill

There is only one effective antidote for mental suffering and that is physical pain. — Karl Marx

I really didn't mean to hurt anybody. I liked John Lennon. — Mark David Chapman

Trolls have 5,400 words for rocks and one for vegetation. "Oograah" means everything from moss to giant redwoods. The way trolls see it, if you can't eat it, it's not worth naming it. — Terry Pratchett

I'm going home the old way with a light hand on the reins making the long approach. — Maxine Kumin