When i went to catholic high school

When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball.  He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest.  The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team.  ~George RavelingBS; CDC

Academe n an ancient school where morality

Academe, n.:  An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught.  Academy, n.:  A modern school where football is taught.  ~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary

Shake it til the moon becomes sun

Shake it ’til the moon becomes the sun.  ~Vada Nobles, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers, and Alisha Brooks, "Pon de Replay," performed by Rihanna

For a community to be whole and

For a community to be whole and healthy, it must be based on people’s love and concern for each other.  ~Millard Fuller

October gave a party the leaves by

October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came –
The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,
And leaves of every name.
The Sunshine spread a carpet,
And everything was grand,
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.
~George Cooper, "October’s Party"

When it comes to anything thats social

When it comes to anything that’s social, whether it’s your family, your school, your community, your business or your country, winning is a team sport.  ~Bill Clinton

Memory is a way of holding onto

Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.  ~From the television show The Wonder Years

I learned three important things in college

I learned three important things in college – to use a library, to memorize quickly and visually, to drop asleep at any time given a horizontal surface and fifteen minutes.  ~Agnes DeMille, Dance to the Piper, 1952ch. 11; CTO

To look backward for a while is

To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward.  ~Margaret Fairless Barber, The RoadmenderSH

Football is not a contact sport its

Football is not a contact sport.  It’s a collision sport.  Dancing is a good example of a contact sport.  ~Duffy Daugherty”Scorecard,” Sports Illustrated, 14 October 1963; CDC