William Sloane Coffin Quotes

It's too bad that one has to conceive of sports as being the only arena where risks are, for all of life is risk exercise. That's the only way to live more freely, and more interestingly.

William Sloane Coffin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 1, 1924 - April 12, 2006

Topics

LifeLiveSportsRisksExerciseBad

I don't have the attention span to practice sleight of hand.

Jeremy Sisto

PracticeAttentionHandSpan

Getting fired is what happens to a manager sooner or later.

Joe Torre

ManagerFiredHappensSooner Or Later

It's weird because I am accessible to people on Twitter, and I can choose to read good things or mean things, and people can reach out to me directly and tell me how much they hate me or love the song. It's a very strange new paradigm as an artist to find yourself among this kind of connectivity.

Jenny Lewis

LoveGoodHateYourselfI AmPeople

Mrs. Palin has neither pushed for creationism in Alaska schools nor moved to ban a single book in Wasilla.

Andrew Breitbart

BookAlaskaSinglePushedNorMoved

I went to a lot of theatre schools, got a lot of training, did a lot of repertory where you do a different play every night. I took a lot of voice, movement, and acting classes.

Jeffrey Combs

TrainingTheatreNightVoiceActing

Knowing how to die is knowing how to live. What is death anyway? It's the outcome of life.

Jeanne Moreau

LifeLiveDeathDieKnowingOutcome

My only true harmony lies deep within my soul, wherever that is. I know that somehow I am in tune with the universe.

Mercedes McCambridge

SoulI AmDeepUniverseMy Soul

I was put in White City children's home when I was 15.

Amanda de Cadenet

HomeChildrenCityWhitePut

Teenage girls like certain things I wear - or certainly did when that whole boho thing happened.

Sienna Miller

ThingsWearWholeTeenage GirlsLike

I broke my right ankle. Four ribs. One rib went into my liver. My spleen. My back in two places.

Roddy Piper

BackPlacesRightTwoLiverFour

In Holland and Spain and France, where so many of us come from, people aren't interested in the sex lives of their players. We don't hear these stories - even in Italy where the media is right on top of football.

Dennis Bergkamp

FootballPeopleMediaSexTopRight

I have always wanted to tell Miranda's backstory. To me, it's so fascinating that as a YouTuber, everyone knows what we show them. No one knows what goes on when the cameras are off. I always thought, what would Miranda do in her time off?

Colleen Ballinger

TimeMeThoughtAlwaysTellHer

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