Outdoor Long Jump

Famous quotes containing the words outdoor, long and/or jump:

“Close to the academy in this town they have erected a sort of gallows for the pupils to practice on. I thought that they might as well hang at once all who need to go through such exercises in so new a country, where there is nothing to hinder their living an outdoor life. Better omit Blair, and take the air.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism—despotism during the campaign—is indispensable.”
—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)

“The limits of prudence: one cannot jump out of a burning building gradually.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)