The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good. L. Sprague de Camp
The two-piece ball I switched to spun too much. One shot would go the distance I thought it should, then the next one would fall short, and then the next one would go long. Payne Stewart
The United States has long thought of itself as the land of infinite plenty, and historically we did have abundant resources. But now we are gradually exhausting our fisheries, our topsoil, our water. On top of that, we're coming to the end of world resources. Jared Diamond
The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs, which have had unfortunate repercussions long after the decisions were taken.Nelson Mandela
There are a lot of books about the passing of the English aristocracy, but the vast majority of Long Islanders don't understand their own backyard. It's a private preserve. Nelson DeMille
There are few restrictions on your life with asthma, as long as you take care of yourself. Jackie Joyner Kersee
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit. Napoleon Bonaparte
There are so many different elements to surfing. Small waves, big waves, long boards, short boards. This makes it a sport you can share with people. It's not just a solitary thing - it's become a family thing, too. It's about exercising and passing something on from father to son, and from mother to daughter. Kelly Slater
There are some long silences in Scandinavian and some Japanese films, when the audience knows action is taking place, but the audience hears no action. John Henrik Clarke
There are two things that won't last long in this world, and that's dogs chasing cars and pros putting for pars. Lee Trevino
There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken English, but with not one recognizable syllable. Annie Dillard
There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the business. Oscar De La Hoya
There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter. Ernest Hemingway
There is something revolting about the way girls' minds often jump to marriage long before they jump to love. And most of those minds are shut to what marriage really means. Dodie Smith
There's an outline for each of the books that I adhere to pretty closely, but I'm not averse to taking it in a new direction, as long as I can get it back to where I need it to go. Justin Cronin
There's not a long track record of people leaving professional sports to become a software developer. Curt Schilling
There's obviously some validity to it. But I think it also points out that you obviously can do it on your own because people have been doing it long before they had the stuff. Frank Shorter
They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time. Oscar Robertson