State Athletic

Famous quotes containing the words state and/or athletic:

“Every new development for the last three centuries has brought men closer to a state of affairs in which absolutely nothing would be recognized in the whole world as possessing a claim to obedience except the authority of the State. The majority of people in Europe obey nothing else.”
—Simone Weil (1909–1943)

“The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.”
—Douglas Jerrold (1803–1857)