Free Throws Attempted

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

    “When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl—and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to—which you can’t deny is the penalty of marriage.”
    —Victoria (1819–1901)

    “There is no Possibility of succeeding in a Satyrical Way of Writing or Speaking, except a Man throws himself quite out of the Question. It is great Vanity to think any one will attend a Thing because it is your Quarrel. You must make your Satyr the Concern of Society in general, if you would have it regarded.”
    —Richard Steele (1672–1729)

    “Many have attempted unnatural acts, but Nature has always shown the way.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)