Quotes About Alice Coachman

#1. It was an odd sensation, having to view my family as human beings.

Jojo Moyes

#2. It begins with skepticism.147 The history of human folly, and our own susceptibility to illusions and fallacies, tell us that men and women are fallible. One therefore ought to seek good reasons for believing something.

Steven Pinker

#3. I've always believed that I could do whatever I set my mind to do.

Alice Coachman

#4. The humble one is the better one.

Lik Hock Yap

#5. Before you do anything, you need to know if it's right or wrong.

Andy Lau

#6. The modern world is a crowd of very rapid racing cars all brought to a standstill and stuck in a block of traffic.

G.K. Chesterton

#7. In truth, the world is now a seamless web from which no nation, large or small, young or old, can disassociate itself. Every attitude and every action of every nation can affect the welfare and security of every other nation around the globe.

Robert Kennedy

#8. Throw your hands and pull up those in the valley to the hill. However, press your feet on the ground so hard that you don't fall into the same valley together. Some people's helping hands became their grave digging tools!

Israelmore Ayivor

#9. He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more.

P.G. Wodehouse

#10. No, what was sad in his case was that he, who didn't care for carved oak, should have his drawing-room panelled with it, while people who do care for it have to pay enormous prices to get it. It seems to be the rule of this world.

Jerome K. Jerome

#11. The power of affinity lies in its mystery: the way it stands outside everything logical; you step into a crowded room and see a stranger, and somehow you feel you know her better than you know the friends you came with.

Pico Iyer

#12. [When it comes to God] We can't run out of second chances ... only time.

Robin Jones Gunn