Wit & Wisdom

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:49 am

People try nonviolence for a week,and when it does not work, they go back to violence, which hasn't worked for centuries.

Social critic Theodore Roszak,quoted in the Salt Lake Tribune

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:02 am

A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.

Austrian writer Karl Kraus, quoted in the New York Sun

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:53 am

Suicidal twin kills sister by mistake!

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:10 am

You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.

English author Charles Buxton,quoted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:03 pm

Success always occurs in private and failure in full view.

iwearblacknikes · Post by **iwearblacknikes** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:04 pm

Doctors and scientists said that breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead.

Roger Bannister (After becoming the first person to break the four-minute mile, 1952)

iwearblacknikes · Post by **iwearblacknikes** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:05 pm

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them -- a desire, a dream, a vision.

Muhammad Ali, American Boxer

iwearblacknikes · Post by **iwearblacknikes** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:06 pm

When I step onto the court, I don't have to think about anything. If I have a problem off the court, I find that after I play, my mind is clearer and I can come up with a better solution. It's like therapy. It relaxes me and allows me to solve problems.

Michael Jordan

iwearblacknikes · Post by **iwearblacknikes** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:07 pm

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.

Carl Lewis

iwearblacknikes · Post by **iwearblacknikes** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:08 pm

My dad has always taught me these words: care and share. That's why we put on clinics. The only thing I can do is try to give back. If it works, it works.

Tiger Woods

iwearblacknikes · Post by **iwearblacknikes** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:09 pm

Football is like life -- it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

Vince Lombardi, American Football Coach

iwearblacknikes · Post by **iwearblacknikes** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:10 pm

Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an even smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose.

Winston Churchill

iwearblacknikes · Post by **iwearblacknikes** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:10 pm

It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.

Mark Twain

iwearblacknikes · Post by **iwearblacknikes** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:11 pm

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.
Henry David Thoreau

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:37 am

Some people are only alive because it is illegal to shoot them.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:05 am

Now thats funny ^^^^^

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Edward R. Murrow.quoted in the Toronto Star

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:47 pm

Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 6:51 am

Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 9:39 am

Always get married early in the morning. that way,if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted a whole day.

Mickey Rooney,quoted in the South Wales Evening Post

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:58 am

The first time I see a jogger smiling, I'll consider it.

Joan Rivers quoted in tthe London Times