Yard Field Goal

Famous quotes containing the words yard, field and/or goal:

    “You must come down with me after the show to the lumber yard and ride piggy-back on the buzz saws.”
    —W.C. Fields, U.S. screenwriter, George Marshall, and Eddie Cline. Larsen E. Whipsnade (W.C. Fields)

    “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”
    —Winston Churchill (1874–1965)

    “In the years of the Roman Republic, before the Christian era, Roman education was meant to produce those character traits that would make the ideal family man. Children were taught primarily to be good to their families. To revere gods, one’s parents, and the laws of the state were the primary lessons for Roman boys. Cicero described the goal of their child rearing as “self- control, combined with dutiful affection to parents, and kindliness to kindred.””
    —C. John Sommerville (20th century)