Quotes by Yards Being a giver is not good for a 100-yard dash, but it’s valuable in a marathon. Adam Grant giver marathon yards Of course, in our grade school, in those days, there were no organized sports at all. We just went out and ran around the school yard for recess. Alan Shepard yards sports school I've been treated there (Camden Yards in Baltimore) just like everywhere else: you got everyone booing for you. I take that as a compliment. Albert Belle baltimore yards compliment Though snails are exceedingly slow, Allen Klein yards garden running No: What the heck happened? Or: Why did you go from nearly kissing me to tossing me across your yard and into the patio furniture? Alyson Noel furniture yards kissing Remember when you picked me up like a frisbee and tossed me across you yard? Alyson Noel remember-when yards remember When I read "The Whole Nine Yards" I was like, 'Okay, this is a G-spot role'. Amanda Peet yards roles nine I'm pretty confusing. But I do have an oil rig in my back yard. Amber Heard yards oil confusing I am proud of being a Southerner. I wasn't about to let Southerners on my show be stupid or aw-shuckses who just sit on the front porch and spit in the yard. I wasn't about to do that, and I made that very clear from the start. I was kind of the gate-keeper on that stuff. Andy Griffith yards proud stupid They say Australians get that ten-yard stare. It comes from the land and the horizon. You can see all around you for as far as you can see. So you just stare. I do it all the time. Anna Torv yards horizon land And then there came the pounding of another drum, as if another giant were coming yards behind him, and each giant, intent on his own drum, gave no notice to the rhythm of the other. The sound grew louder and louder until it seemed to fill not just my hearing but all my senses, to be throbbing in my lips and fingers, in the flesh of my temples, in my veins. Anne Rice yards giants sound I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don't move and you can't take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches. Arthur Ashe yards art moving At the outbreak of the war it was found very difficult to raise infantry in Texas, as no Texan walks a yard if he can help it. Many mounted regiments were therefore organized, and afterwards dismounted. Arthur Fremantle yards texas war The 880-yard heel and toe walk is the closest a man can come to experiencing the panges of childbirth. Avery Brundage yards inspirational men It's even occurred to me, as a teeny little subversive whisper of a thought, that if we stop mowing the lawn right now, it will probably be a long, long time before the yard gets overrun by lions and snakes. Barbara Ehrenreich yards snakes long I love my blocks of marble, always piling up in the yard like a flock of sheep. Barbara Hepworth yards block sheep When I breathe down my nose to say how do you do to a horse, it can hear that breath at anything up to twenty yards, for horses have the most acute sense of hearing. Barbara Woodhouse yards horse twenties Don't neglect the gold in your own back yard. Ben Okri yards neglect gold They're in the red zone. They're in the last 20 yards, and you can't let them cross that goal line. You can't let them score a touchdown, because that would have unbelievable consequences, grievous consequences for the peace and security of us all, of the world really. Benjamin Netanyahu yards israel goal A sign in the yard of a church next door said CHRIST IS THE ANSWER. (The question, of course, is: What do you say when you strike your thumb with a hammer?) Bill Bryson yards church doors 12345678910»