Wie Quotes & Sayings

I have played in rain before. I have played in wind before. I have played in cold before, but not all put together. They were the hardest conditions I ever played in. — Michelle Wie

I watch the PGA, not the LPGA. I like the players on the PGA better. — Michelle Wie

I don't like boys. They're kind of annoying. — Michelle Wie

What proportion of the peasantry was well off and what poor is judged by what they bequeathed, and since the poorest had nothing to leave, they remain mute. For no other class is that famous goal of the historian, wie es wirklich war (how it really was), so elusive. — Barbara W. Tuchman

If I ever get bored with golf, I'm going to start over and play lefthanded. — Michelle Wie

As a man is, so is his God; therefore God was so often an object of mockery.
[Ger., Wie einer ist, so ist sein Gott,
Darum ward Gott so oft zu Spott.] — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Wie Gott in Frankreich' was the expression used by the Jews of Eastern Europe to describe perfect happiness. I puzzled over this simile for many years, and I think I can interpret it now. God would be perfectly happy in France because he would not be troubled by prayers, observances, blessings and demands for the interpretation of difficult dietary questions. Surrounded by unbelievers He too could relax toward evening, just as thousands of Parisians do at their favorite cafes. There are few things more pleasant, more civilized than a tranquil terrasse at dusk. — Saul Bellow

Annika has the type of game I want to work on. She's just so consistent. Hopefully I'll be like that one day. — Michelle Wie

If someone wants to give you, like, $100 million, it's hard to say no. But I don't want to accept that kind of money right now. I'd feel burdened by it. — Michelle Wie

I think God destined that I play. I think it's all in the books already. — Michelle Wie

I'm happy out of my mind. I like beating a lot of people. — Michelle Wie

My favorite player is Tiger Woods. I think I can beat Tiger when I'm 20. It's a life goal. — Michelle Wie

Thus the sons of earth now drink in
The fire of heaven without danger.
And it is our duty, poets, to stand
Bare-headed under the storms of God,
Grasping with our own hand
The Father's beam itself,
And to offer the gift of heaven,
Wrapped in song, to the people.
From "As On a Holiday" ("Wie Wenn am Feiertage") — Friedrich Holderlin

I guess I'm a little different. I think being unique is different. — Michelle Wie

I want to play on the PGA Tour. — Michelle Wie

I might go play the LPGA full-time and then, after I get better, go to the PGA full-time. Or just try to play both. It will be fun. — Michelle Wie

It is really important (to win). It's always like, "You should win; you should win," If I win, I've proven (it) to them ... It'd be pretty cool. — Michelle Wie

Live in such a way as, when you come to die, you will wish to have lived.
[Ger., Lebe, wie Du, wenn du stirbst,
Wunschen wirst, gelebt zu haben.] — Christian Furchtegott Gellert

I don't like going to the mall. I'm not really like the other girls. I just like to go out on the golf course and play. Golf is fun and feels really good. — Michelle Wie

To history has been assigned the office of judging the past, of instructing the present for the benefit of future ages. To such high offices this work does not aspire. It wants only to show what actually [essentially?] happened (wie es eigentlich gewesen). — Leopold Von Ranke

And because you not always can keep your eyes shut there comes the real trouble
the heart pain
the world pain.
I tell you, my friend, it is not good for you to find you cannot make your dream come true, for the reason that you not strong enough are, or not clever enough ... Ja! ...
And all the time you are such a fine fellow too! Wie? Was? Gott im Himmel! How can that be? Ha! ha! ha!
'The shadow prowling amongst the graves of butterflies laughed boisterously. — Joseph Conrad

I'm kind of in between a goody-goody and a rebel. I'm not bad, but I'm not good either. I'm a little crazy. — Michelle Wie

Once the meaning of suffering had been revealed to us, we refused to minimize or alleviate the camp's tortures by ignoring them or harboring false illusions and entertaining artificial optimism. Suffering had become a task on which we did not want to turn our backs. We had realized its hidden opportunities for achievement, the opportunities which caused the poet Rilke to write, "Wie viel ist aufzuleiden!" (How much suffering there is to get through!). — Viktor E. Frankl

I enjoy the attention. I like the cameras. In a way, they make me play better. — Michelle Wie

Ty Tryon made a lot of money after turning pro, but he might not have been ready. I don't want to make a lot of money for a couple of months and then not be ready. — Michelle Wie

You have to make lots of birdies and give your opponent no chance. — Michelle Wie

I'm not really interested in sports psychology. It makes me feel like a crazy person. — Michelle Wie

My ultimate goal is to play in the Masters. — Michelle Wie

If you expect a bad lie for even one second, the gods will know it and give you a bad lie. — Michelle Wie

Wir tappen im Labyrinth unsers Lebenswandels und im Dunkel unserer Forschungen umher: helleAugenblicke erleuchten dabei wie Blitze unsernWeg. We grope about in the labyrinth of our life and in the obscurity of our investigations; bright moments illuminate our path like flashes of lightning. — Arthur Schopenhauer

And future deeds crowded round us as the countless stars in the night.
[Ger., Und kunftige Thaten drangen wie die Sterne
Rings um uns her unzahlig aus der Nacht.] — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I don't mind when I hit a ball in the woods. I think of it as an adventure. That's when golf really starts to get interesting. — Michelle Wie

Without your downs, without your hardships, I don't think you appreciate the ups as much, — Michelle Wie

You know, my joints don't feel sore as much, I digest food a lot better, my hands feel less swollen so I feel really good, — Michelle Wie

If you grow up normal, you'll only be normal. — Michelle Wie

The best part about golf is when you hit the ball long. It feels really good. — Michelle Wie

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Der Tod ist kein Ereignis des Lebens. Den Tod erlebt man nicht.
Wenn man unter Ewigkeit nicht unendliche Zeitdauer, sondern Unzeitlichkeit versteht, dann lebt der ewig, der in der Gegenwart lebt.
Unser Leben ist ebenso endlos, wie unser Gesichtsfeld grenzenlos ist.
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Death is not an event of life. Death is not lived through.
If by eternity is understood not endless temporal duration but timelessness, then he lives eternally who lives in the present.
Our life is endless in the way that our visual field is without limit. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

To play in the men's tournaments I have to keep getting stronger and get more distance. — Michelle Wie

As thou hast created me out of mingled air and glitter, I thank thee for it.
[Ger., Wie aus Duft und Glanz gemischt
Du mich schufst, dir dank ich's heut.] — Friedrich Ruckert

There are so many great players on the men's - and women's - side. Hopefully I can keep improving and eventually play in the Masters. — Michelle Wie

Du hast so viele Leben, wie du Sprachen sprichst. (You have as many lives as the number of languages you speak.) — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

We're all just playing our own game. I don't see it as a rivalry. We're just trying to play our best. — Michelle Wie