Pair Skating Champions

Famous quotes containing the words pair, skating and/or champions:

    ““You know,” said the Finn, “I got a pair of shoes older than you are.””
    —William Gibson (b. 1948)

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

    “Did all the lets and bars appear
    To every just or larger end,
    Whence should come the trust and cheer?
    Youth must its ignorant impulse lend—
    Age finds place in the rear.
    All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys,
    The champions and enthusiasts of the state:”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)