Free Throws Attempted

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

“It may be affirmed, without extravagance, that the free institutions we enjoy, have developed the powers, and improved the condition, of our whole people, beyond any example in the world.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

“My favorite figure of the American author is that of a man who breeds a favorite dog, which he throws into the Mississippi River for the pleasure of making a splash. The river does not splash, but it drowns the dog.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)

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