Top 29 Ederle's Quotes
#1. Billy Ederle's leaning in the doorway, drinking a Nozzy.
Stephen King
#2. They whispered to Caesar that he was mortal, then sold daggers at half-price in the grand March sale.
Ray Bradbury
#4. Everybody says how hard comedy is, but, when it comes time to honor things, whether it's on a weekly critical basis or whether it's award time, at that time of the year, comedy is the poor, dumb child of dramatic work.
Ivan Reitman
#6. The incessant struggle of the mind to be true to itself, to absorb new truths, to grow, to overcome pressures
these are the painful portion of the independent thinker. Almost his sole reward is the satisfaction of integrity.
Howard Mumford Jones
#7. We've traveled too far, and our momentum has taken over; we move idly towards eternity, without possibility of reprieve or hope of explanation.
Tom Stoppard
#9. People said women couldn't swim the Channel, but I proved they could.
Gertrude Ederle
#10. I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play.
Wynton Marsalis
#11. God give me the strength to change the things I can change, the courage to let go of the things I need to let go and the wisdom to know the difference. - Bobby Dodge
Lisa Gardner
#12. When somebody tells me I cannot do something, that's when I do it,
Gertrude Ederle
#13. To me, the sea is like a person - like a child that I've known a long time. It sounds crazy, I know, but when I swim in the sea, I talk to it. I never feel alone when I'm out there.
Gertrude Ederle
#14. Pat Moynihan could write books with one hand and legislate with the other. I can't; I have a short attention span. The slightest distraction would take me away from writing.
Barney Frank
#15. How dangerous it is rashly to adopt the Mosaical institutions [Old Testament teachings of eye for an eye]. Laws might have been proper for a tribe of ardent barbarians wandering through the sands of Arabia which are wholly unfit for an enlightened people of civilized and gentle manners.
Gerald Heaney
#16. Artists don't create society, they reflect it
Ben Elton
#18. They stole the files of everyone who was involved in the raid. Who came to you for help. Who told you everything. All their fears, their vulnerabilities. What they want from life. What matters to them. A road map in their heads.
Louise Penny
#19. I am not a person who reaches for the moon as long as I have the stars.
Gertrude Ederle
#20. I just knew if it could be done, it had to be done, and I did it
Gertrude Ederle
#21. Of course one can't eat in a civilized fashion while touring in theatres. But I still manage to get my three meals a day. I find that is sufficient for training.
Gertrude Ederle
#23. The doctors told me my hearing would get worse if I continued swimming, but I loved the water so much, I just couldn't stop.
Gertrude Ederle
#24. Loneliness is designed to help you discover who you are ... and to stop looking outside yourself for your worth.
Mandy Hale
#25. Sometimes, I'll read a news story and there will be one line about something else, and I'll find it interesting and look into it. That can often turn into an entire story on its own.
Joshuah Bearman
#27. As creators, our pursuit of perfection might be misguided, particularly if it comes at the expense of the things that matter.
Seth Godin
#28. Slowly I came to know that the depth of our heartbreaks determines the depth of our faith. God gives us everything to conquer the big and the little hurts of life.
Gertrude Ederle
#29. Well?"
"Well, what" she asked.
"Are we gonna do this or not?"
... "Do what? Should I whine and complain like the little bitch I am so you can pat me on the head and buy me something pretty to shut me up?
Kit Rocha
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