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To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.
— Herman Melville
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Even today a good many distinguished minds seem unable to accept or even to understand that from a source of noise natural selection alone and…
— Jacques Monod
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I headed for this white mountain, but was caught in the wind and the mist . . . I followed the cliff from north to…
— Louis Bleriot
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One has the feeling of enormous safety. You don't have the torque from the propeller. You have no noise; it's almost like little electric motors…
— Unknown Author
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The powered flight took a total of about eight and a half minutes. It seemed to me it had gone by in a lash. We…
— Robert Crippen
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Nowadays not even a suicide kills himself in desperation. Before taking the step he deliberates so long and so carefully that he literally chokes with…
— Soren Kierkegaard
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. . . The books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that make us suffer like the death of…
— Franz Kafka
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Terence O'Ryan heard him and straightway brought him a crystal cup full of the foaming ebon ale which the noble twin brothers Bungiveagh and Bungardilaun…
— James Joyce
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Don't confuse [Father's Day] with Valentine's Day, and here's why. Boy, will you creep him out. I can just tell you from last year, uh,…
— Jon Stewart
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All I've got against golf is it takes you so far from the clubhouse.
— Eric Linklater
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Golf is a non-violent game played violently from within.
— Bob Toski
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Having a great golf swing helps under pressure, but golf is a game about scoring. It's like an artist who can get a two-inch brush…
— Jerry Pate
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Golf is like an 18-year-old girl with big boobs. You know it's wrong but you can't keep away from her.
— Unknown Author
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The difference between a sand trap and water hazard is the difference between a car crash and an airplane crash. You have a chance of…
— Bobby Jones
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The hardest shot in golf is a mashie at 90 yards from the green, where the ball has to be played against an oak tree,…
— Unknown Author
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The moment the average golfer attempts to play from long grass or a bunker or from a difficult lie of any kind, he becomes a…
— Bobby Jones
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I enjoy the oohs! and aahs! from the gallery when I hit my drives. But I'm getting pretty tired of the awws! and uhhs! when…
— John Daly
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I shot a wild elephant in Africa thirty yards from me, and it didn't hit the ground until it was right at my feet. I…
— Sam Snead
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The divorce is from my old putter. I think it's final - at least we're due for a long separation. I've suffered with that old…
— Shelley Hamlin
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I call my putter 'Sweet Charity' because it covers such a multitude of sins from tee to green.
— Gardner Dickinson
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I'm certainly not a saint out there on the golf course. In fact, far from it. Like when you make a three-putt and become upset.…
— Bernhard Langer
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If I needed advice from my caddie, he'd be hitting the shots and I'd be carrying the bag.
— Bobby Jones
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I get as much fun as the next man from whaling the ball as hard as I can and catching it squarely on the button.…
— Bobby Jones
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The only equivalent plunge from genius I could think of was Ernest Hemmingway's tragic loss of ability to write. Hemmingway got up one morning and…
— Ian Wooldridge
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For years, I never thought I needed a short game. Finally I just decided to do something about it. I needed to get up and…
— Jack Nicklaus
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