Bill Toomey Quotes

Then in a fraction of a second, I realized that these sportsmen were not anyone's enemies.

Bill Toomey

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EnemiesFractionSecondRealized

Many people, many girls have tried to teach me the rules to football. And you would think that it would get in my head that way, but I just don't understand it.

John Hodgman

FootballPeopleMeThinkYouRules

I'm getting less and less interested in the problems of youth. I'm much more interested in the idea of emotional paralysis, and I find myself less interested in work that doesn't have anything to do with a conversation about the world.

Anna D. Shapiro

WorkMyselfYouthWorldProblems

I am an American Jew and aware of the sensitivities involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Steven Spielberg

I AmConflictAmericanAwareJewAm

I saw a subliminal advertising executive, but only for a second.

Steven Wright

AdvertisingSawExecutiveOnly

Baseball consists of a million threads of dullness, on a loom of ennui, woven into a tapestry of tedium.

Steve Rushin

BaseballWovenMillionTapestryLoom

The players in the promotion business today are, by and large, not in it for the art anymore. It's all about how many bucks can you make on a concert.

Sid Bernstein

BusinessTodayArtYouPromotion

Bad weather always looks worse through a window.

Tom Lehrer

WindowWeatherBadLooksAlways

They ought to put an amendment to the First Amendment that says there shall also be freedom of hearing.

Tom Smothers

FreedomFirst AmendmentFirstHearing

When I was a teenager, I continued to visit imaginary places by spending all my free time at our local community theater. Whether I acted in a play or worked backstage, the world of Tennessee Williams or Shakespeare always seemed more real to me than the dreary life of high school.

Mary Pope Osborne

LifeCommunityTimeSchoolMeWorld

Politicians who wear little tennis socks with the balls at the back should not be taken seriously.

Mo Rocca

BackSocksSeriouslyBallsTennis

Our cellar home had a kitchen and a combination bedroom and half bath, which meant we had a sink next to the bed. We had no refrigerator, no shower or tub, and no privacy. My parents shared the bedroom with my sister and me.

Lou Holtz

HomeParentsMeSisterKitchenBath

The spirit of pickling is one of adventure and fun.

Wylie Dufresne

AdventureFunSpirit

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