#pits

We were racing at circuits where there were no crash barriers in front of the pits, and fuel was lying about in churns in the pit lane. A car could easily crash into the pits at any time. It was ridiculous. ↗

— Jackie Stewart

#any #barriers #car #circuits #could

One day I would have all the books in the world, shelves and shelves of them. I would live my life in a tower of books. I would read all day long and eat peaches. And if any young knights in armor dared to come calling on their white chargers and plead with me to let down my hair, I would pelt them with peach pits until they went home. ↗

— Jacqueline Kelly

#peach-pits #peaches #reading #white-knights #life

Life is just a bowl of pits. ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#just #life #pits

The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other. ↗

— Anita Hill

#against #each #given #other #our

The system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dollar. ↗

— Phil Donahue

#charity #divisive #dollar #others #pits

If somebody in the crowd spits at you, you've got to swallow it. ↗

— Gary Lineker

#got #somebody #spits #swallow #you

I think your life is governed not by the bricks or mortar around you, it's governed by who holds your hand and who spits in your eye. ↗

— David McCallum

#bricks #eye #governed #hand #holds

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#hands #language #rolls #slang #sleeves

I'm forbidden fruit. Once you go to certain households, mommy doesn't want you to see that dirty man who sticks his tongue out and spits out blood and all that stuff. ↗

— Gene Simmons

#certain #dirty #forbidden #fruit #go

Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top. ↗

— Joseph Smith, Jr.

#come #discouraged #exercise #faith #good