#toss

It was never a policy of the Kent team that the pitch must be occupied all day after winning the toss. ↗

— Frank Woolley

#all day #day #kent #must #never

When the machine had been fastened with a wire to the track, so that it could not start until released by the operator, and the motor had been run to make sure that it was in condition, we tossed a coin to decide who should have the first trial. Wilbur won. ↗

— Orville Wright

#coin #condition #could #decide #fastened

Hey, man, I toss a stick for a living. Gotta spice up that deal, y'know. Gotta stand out. ↗

— Breaux Greer

#gotta #hey #i #know #living

Baseball is the president tossing out the first ball of the season. And a scrubby schoolboy playing catch with his dad on a Mississippi farm. ↗

— Ernie Harwell

#baseball #catch #dad #farm #first

The economic game is not supposed to be rigged like some shady ring toss on a carnival midway. ↗

— Arianna Huffington

#economic #game #like #midway #rigged

Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It's the attitude that's in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history. ↗

— August Wilson

#away #forget #history #insist #itself

I not only played and sang blues, but I also had to toss the piano around a bit to amuse the patrons. ↗

— Hope Emerson

#amuse #around #bit #blues #had

Looking back, I wince at the careless way I tossed out my opinions. ↗

— Luke Ford

#careless #i #looking #looking back #opinions

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#compelled #happen #man #nine #out

Major league baseball has asked its players to stop tossing baseballs into the stands during games, because they say fans fight over them and they get hurt. In fact, the Florida Marlins said that's why they never hit any home runs. It's a safety issue. ↗

— Jay Leno

#asked #baseball #because #during #fact