Figure Skating/world Standings and Seasons Bests

Famous quotes containing the words figure, skating, world and/or seasons:

    “But, alas, to make me
    A fixèd figure for the time of scorn
    To point his slow unmoving finger at!”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “A man cannot wheedle nor overawe his Genius. It requires to be conciliated by nobler conduct than the world demands or can appreciate.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “to his eyes, Funnyface Or Elephant as yet
    Mean nothing. His distinction between Me and Us
    Is a matter of taste; his seasons are Dry and Wet;
    He thinks as his mouth does.”
    —W.H. (Wystan Hugh)