Gai Chase National

Famous quotes containing the words gai, chase and/or national:

    “How, in one short century, has this ersatz sport so strangled the consciousness of the country in the grip of its flabby tentacles that the mention of women’s baseball gets no reaction other than blank amazement?”
    —Darlene Mehrer, As quoted in Women in Baseball. Ch. 6, by Gai Ingham Berlage (1994)

    “Groot: Now wait a minute, Quo. You really ain’t gonna take a man’s only set of teeth, are ya?
    Quo: Uh huh.
    Groot: Yeah, but I gotta use ‘em for eatin’.
    Quo: Come grub you get ‘em.
    Groot: Whad ya’ gonna do with ‘em?
    Quo: My name now Two-Jaw Quo.”
    —Borden Chase [Frank Fowler] (1900–1971)

    “The progress
    Is permanent like the preordained bulk
    Of the First National Bank
    Like fish sauce, but agreeable.”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)