Courtside Quotes

#1. Hence, in a constitutional government the fighting-men have the supreme power, and those who possess arms are the citizens

Aristotle.

#2. The courtside seats belong to the kids.

Dick Vitale

#3. I could never give up Mexican food. Nachos are usually my go-to if I'm courtside at an NBA game. I always, always get my picture taken with my mouth wide open and a tortilla chip sticking out of it!

Eva Longoria

#4. I never loved the world around me as it was.

Christian Lacroix

#5. I hear the birds on the summer breeze, I drive fast
I am alone in the night
Been trying hard not to get into trouble, but I
I've got a war in my mind
So, I just ride

Lana Del Rey

#6. For everyday diners in Manhattan, cracking the waiting list at Nobu is said to be harder than getting courtside tickets for the Knicks.

David Chang

#7. We went to Big Sur about three years ago and hung out at the Esalen Institute.

Jeff Ament

#8. Sure, she'd come across one or two things she couldn't explain. Cold spots, disembodied voices, Lady Gaga. Unfortunately, Bigfoot was not one of them.

Stephanie Julian

#9. He knew himself well enough to know his own faults. Impatient and judgmental and stubborn and often too quick to act: he would try never to crush her, never to overwhelm her or bend her to his will, but if she did not demand only the best from him, it would happen. It might happen. Possibly.

Meredith Duran

#10. even damnation is poisoned with rainbows.

Leonard Cohen

#11. The thing that runs through the British film industry even today is a lot of unsung movies are financially the bigger ones. Even though they weren't always the greatest of movies, something in them was very potent which people loved.

Peter Capaldi

#12. That excitement on the court, I'm the same way off the court. I like to have fun, meet people; I like to give high-fives to the kids courtside. Just have fun. That's kind of my personality, that's how I've been.

James Harden

#13. Love is the only freedom from attachment. When you love everything, you are attached to nothing.

Mikhail Naimy

#14. Its a bit mad. Too bad, I mean, that getting to know each just for a fleeting second
Must be replaced by unperfect knowledge of the featureless whole
Like some pocket history of the world, so general
As to constitute a sob or wail

John Ashbery

#15. So you wake up this morning and find you're president of the United States. Pretty cool, no? Helicopters and a 747 at your disposal; courtside seats at any NBA playoff game of your choice; everyone stands up and the band plays when you come into the room.

Jeff Greenfield

#16. As the refugee crisis unfolds across Europe, another is looming in our backyard. The number of children crossing the southwest border unaccompanied has quietly surged more than a year after President [Barack] Obama referred to the problem as a quote "urgent humanitarian situation."

Joy-Ann Reid

#17. As a goalkeeper you need to be good at organising the people in front of you and motivating them. You need to see what's going on and react to the threats. Just like a good manager in business.

Peter Shilton

#18. I feel comfortable in a position of leadership, but that's not to say I feel complacent about it. I take it incredibly seriously.

Nicola Sturgeon