Short Range Radar

Famous quotes containing the words short, range and/or radar:

    “Young man—Young man—Your arm’s too short to box with God.”
    —James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)

    “As to spelling the very frequent word though with six letters instead of two, it is impossible to discuss it, as it is outside the range of common sanity. In comparison such a monstrosity as phlegm for flem is merely disgusting.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    “So I begin to understand why my mother’s radar is so sensitive to criticism. She still treads the well-worn ruts of her youth, when her impression of mother was of a woman hard to please, frequently negative, and rarely satisfied with anyone—least of all herself.”
    —Melinda M. Marshall (20th century)