Olympic Stand

Famous quotes containing the words olympic and/or stand:

“Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.”
—Joseph Heller (b. 1923)

“I can still stand on life’s narrowest footing: but who would I be were I to show you this art. Would you like to see a ropedancer?”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)