Thompson Shot Put

Famous quotes containing the words thompson, shot and/or put:

    “I fled Him, down the nights and down the days;
    I fled Him, down the arches of the years;
    I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways
    Of my own mind; and in the midst of tears
    I hid from Him, and under running laughter.”
    —Francis Thompson (1859–1907)

    “But this we know, the obstacle that checked
    And tripped the body, shot the spirit on
    Further than target ever showed or shone.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “Laughter not time destroyed my voice
    And put that crack in it,
    And when the moon’s pot-bellied
    I get a laughing fit....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)