World Cup Jumping

Famous quotes containing the words world, cup and/or jumping:

“A steady patriot of the world alone,
The friend of every country but his own.”
—George Canning (1770–1827)

“In poorer lands
No one touches the water of life.
It has no taste
And though it refreshes absolutely
It is a cup that must also pass
Until everybody
Gets some advantage....”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)

“Unwind, hands,
you angel webs,
unwind like the coil of a jumping jack,
cup together and let yourselves fill up with sun
and applaud, world,
applaud.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)