“Working your core always, your foot speed, jumping rope, push-ups and sit-ups - things like that are really important. Those things will pay off more than just doing what a bench press will.” ImportantPayFeetPressesSpeedCoreJumpingRopeBenchesPush UpsSitting On The Bench Author:Mark Sanchez
“Each firm held its rope; one by one, they realized that no matter how strongly they pulled, the balloon would eventually lift them off their feet.” MatterFeetLiftsFirmRopeBalloons Book:The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (movie tie-in) Source: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (movie tie-in)
“You can solo-climb Everest without using oxygen or you can pay guides and Sherpas to carry your loads, put ladders across crevasses, lay in 6,000 feet of fixed ropes, and have one Sherpa pulling you and another pushing you. ... The goal of climbing big, dangerous mountains should be to attain some sort of spiritual and personal growth, but this won't happen if you compromise away the entire process.” IfsShouldBigsHappensSpiritualProcessGoalGrowthPayFeetDangerousMountainLaysPersonal GrowthGuidesCompromiseFixedClimbsPushingClimbingLoadPullingSoloOxygenRopeLaddersEverestSherpas Author:Yvon Chouinard
“Republicans are people who, if you were drowning 50 feet from shore, would throw you a 25-foot rope and tell you to swim the other 25 feet because it would be good for your character. Democrats would throw you a hundred-foot rope and then walk away looking for other good deeds to do.” PeopleIfsCharacterWould BeWalksFeetRepublicanHundredDemocratDeedsBe GoodSwimShoreGood DeedsRopeDrowning Author:S. I. Hayakawa
“Unix gives you just enough rope to hang yourself - and then a couple of more feet, just to be sure.” GivingEnoughFunnyScienceTechnologyFeetCoupleRopeUnix Author:Eric Allman
“Nixon's the kind of guy that if you were drowning fifty feet off shore, he'd throw you a thirty foot rope. Then Kissinger would go on TV the next night and say that the President had met you more than half-way.” IfsWayKindNightGuyNextPresidentHalfFeetTvsGoes OnMetsThirtyFiftyShoreRopeDrowningHalf WayKissinger Author:Mort Sahl
“How easy it is for a fantasy to grab hold of your foot like a rope, and dangle your life upside down while brigands go through your pockets. Deal with the life you've got. Solve the problems you have, rather than fantasizing about a life without them.” ProblemEasyDealsFantasyFeetSolvePocketsRopeUpside Down Author:Bill James
“I try to keep this in mind when tied in to a rope 75 feet up in a tree... The history of ideas about our place in the universe has been a long series of let-downs for those who like to believe we are special.” TryingMindBelieveLongHas BeensIdeasUniverseTreeFeetSpecialSeriesTiedRope Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Nixon is the kind of guy who, if you were drowning twenty feet from shore, would throw you a fifteen-foot rope.” IfsKindGuyFeetTwentiesShoreFifteenRopeDrowning Author:Eugene McCarthy