“The metric system was designed to get people to enter charity runs.Do you think you would go run a 3.1 mile race? No, but if somebody says, hey, 5 km. You go, 5km sounds pretty impressive.” PeopleIfsThinkingRunningSoundRaceCharityMilesHeyImpressiveMetricsMetric System Author:Greg Gutfeld
“I'll take no charity! What I get I'll earn by taking it. I would feel no pleasure it being given to me, any more than a huntsman would take pleasure being made a present of a dead fox, in place of getting a run across country after it.” FeelsMadeCountryRunningGivenPleasureCharityFoxes Book:The Collected Plays: Wonder and the supernatural Source: The Collected Plays: Wonder and the supernatural
“The river knows the way to the sea: Without a pilot it runs and falls, Blessing all lands with its charity.” KnowsWayRunningFallSeaLandBlessingRiversCharityPilots Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)