Lead Ball

Famous quotes containing the words lead ball, lead and/or ball:

    “[If a woman athlete who had contracted the AIDS virus admitted that she] had been with one hundred or two hundred men, they’d call her a slut, and the corporations would drop her like a lead balloon.”
    —Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)

    “Being prime minister is a lonely job.... you cannot lead from the crowd.”
    —Margaret Thatcher (b. 1925)

    “When Adam delved and Eve span,
    Who was then the gentleman?”
    —John Ball (hanged 1381)