Quotes of Skid - somelinesforyou

“ When you have worn out your shoes, the strength of the shoe leather has passed into the fiber of your body. I measure your health by the number of shoes and hats and clothes you have worn out. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ A few years back I was more a candidate for a skid row bum than an Emmy. If I hadn't stopped drinking, I'd be playing handball with John Belushi right now. ”

- John Larroquette

“ Those colorful denizens of male despair, the Bowery bum and the rail-riding hobo, have been replaced by the bag lady and the welfare mother. Women have even taken over Skid Row. ”

- Florence E. King

“ You won't skid if you stay in a rut. ”

- Kin Hubbard

“ Driving round a bend and skidding on a mat of dead toads is very unpleasant for all concerned. ”

- Amanda Hillier

“ The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk. ”

- Patrick Murray

“ The shoemaker makes a good shoe because he makes nothing else. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them you are a mile away … and you have their shoes. ”

- Anonymous

“ I was very aware of shoes when I was running track. The American shoes were offshoots of tire companies. Shoes cost $5, and you would come back from a 5-mile run with your feet bleeding. ”

- Phil Knight

“ If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she'd get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don't mean she wouldn't pay the bank, but the children always came first. ”

- Larry Bird
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