Golden Ball Quotes

#1. Everybody was feeling happy now. The sun was shining brightly out of a soft blue sky and the day was calm. The giant peach, with the sunlight glinting on its side, was like a massive golden ball sailing upon a silver sea.

Roald Dahl

#2. He deserves ten out of ten for doing what he does. He is a sensation, but still he can improve. He must know when to move the ball on quickly and when to try the impossible mission. When he learns this, he won't win a single Golden Ball, but an entire collection.

Johan Cruijff

#3. God is not afraid of new things.

Pope Francis

#4. I give you the end of a golden string, Only wind it into a ball, It will lead you in at Heaven's gate Built in Jerusalem's wall.

William Blake

#5. Baseball calls it a curve ball for a reason: you just don't know where some pitches will land. Your ace could get injured. Your golden glover could err. Your team could sit through a rain delay. Your manager could get ejected. Your bench must be broad and deep enough to overcome.

Christine Pelosi

#6. Both princes and princesses belong in palaces of power, but the doors won't always open unless you fight for your rights.

Gloria Allred

#7. Man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild.

James Allen

#8. The little ball went up, then down, then up in his palm. My inner golden retriever couldn't look away.

Jennifer L. Armentrout

#9. You must believe what God's Word says about you more than you believe what others say or what your feelings or own mind says.

Joyce Meyer

#10. Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you.

Martha Beck

#11. If coincidences are coincidences, why do they feel so contrived?
Words by Fox Mulder on the X-Files

Kathy Goodhew

#12. Toad, who happens to have the ball at that moment, doesn't seem to think it's a very good idea. But then Omar utters those golden words that have the magical power to obliterate every child's self-restraint anywhere in the world: "You don't have the guts to do it!

Fredrik Backman

#13. For to be overmindful of your debt is to doubt his generosity who has the free-hearted earth for mother, and God for father.

Kahlil Gibran

#14. When you're young, the goal is to have a hit. You get a little older and the goal becomes to get to make another record.

Janis Ian

#15. Bother the right man!" cried Miss Findlater, crossly. "I do hate that kind of talk. It makes one feel dreadful - like a prize cow or something. Surely, we have got beyond that point of view in these days.

Dorothy L. Sayers

#16. The theory is simple.
Every boy, every man, is really
a bit of a golden retriever
or a big chocolate Lab.
Watch any man's eyes
at the bounce of a ball.
His head tilts slightly sideways, just a hair,
as a primitive focus
comes to life.

Toby Barlow

#17. A few weeks after my surgery, I went out to play catch with my golden retriever. When I bent over to pick up the ball, my prosthesis fell out. The dog snatched it, and I found myself chasing him down the road yelling "Hey, come back here with my breast!"

Linda Ellerbee

#18. I like to be stylish and edgy, but also low maintenance.

Krysten Ritter

#19. Try throwing a ball just once for a dog. It would be like eating only one peanut or potato chip. Try to ignore the importuning of a Golden Retriever who has brought you his tennis ball, the greatest treasure he possesses!

Roger Caras

#20. I've often been described more than once in my life as very much like a golden retriever. Just sort of happy and excited to do whatever it is even if it's as simple as retrieving a ball and bringing it back ad nauseum.

Chris Carmack

#21. My theater is slow and calm, yet my life is fast and hectic, going in all directions.

Robert Wilson