Free Throws Attempted

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

    “Openmindedness should not be fostered because, as Scripture teaches, Truth is great and will prevail, nor because, as Milton suggests, Truth will always win in a free and open encounter. It should be fostered for its own sake.”
    —Richard Rorty (b. 1931)

    “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)