Free Throws Attempted

Famous quotes containing the words free, throws and/or attempted:

    “Actually we are a vulgar, pushing mob whose passions are easily mobilized by demagogues, newspaper men, religious quacks, agitators and such like. To call this a society of free peoples is blasphemous. What have we to offer the world besides the superabundant loot which we recklessly plunder from the earth under the maniacal delusion that this insane activity represents progress and enlightenment?”
    —Henry Miller (1891–1980)

    “He throws off
    artifacts as he
    contracts and expands the
    muscle of his being,
    ringed in himself,
    tilling.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “Your favor containing the question, as to whether I consider myself a “new woman” is before me. As a rule I do not consider myself at all. I am, and always have been a progressive woman, and while never directly attacking the conventionalities of society, have always done, or attempted to do those things which I have considered conducive to my health, convenience or emolument ...”
    —Belva Lockwood (1830–1917)