I knew David Lynch going to television was going to be something. It was either going to not work, nobody was going to get it and it would disappear, or it was going to be something special and really stand out.
You know in a playoff atmosphere anything can happen.
The affairs of war, like the destiny of battles, as well as empires, hang upon a spiders thread.
The way skateboarding contests were in the past was like going to a basketball game and being told at the end of the game what the score was and who won. Think about how unengaging that would be if you didn't know who was ahead or if it was a close game.
One never knows how a bout is going to pan out and even in last 2-3 seconds things can change.
There's no telling what the score will be if this one goes in
On sand, you can never be sure of anything. An ordinary shot can take a wicked deflection at the last moment.
A dream is a creation of the intelligence, the creator being present but not knowing how it will end.
You can plan, but what happens on a football field cannot be predicted.
I can't control what the judges give me.
In football, you don't know what can happen.
The main factor in a penalty shootout is luck again. You need to stay calm and focussed but the biggest thing you need is luck.
Sometimes a leap of faith doesn't pan out.
Sometimes you're not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I've written that I thought were complete catastrophes when I finished with them that have gone on to generate some of my most positive feedback.
You never can tell when you send a word, Like an arrow shot from a bow By an archer blind, be it cruel or kind, Just where it may chance to go!
You can blow on the dice all you want, but whether they come up 'seven' is still a function of random luck.
I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering.
In football, you never know what can happen.
The Pulitzer is a crapshoot. Your piece has to hit a few people the right way at the right moment.
Every draw's a tough draw.
Everybody knows that, in football, anything can happen.
To all of our viewers out there - expect the unexpected.
It's amazing the way one can take a step ten and a half miles long and still always land in a cowpat.
Never trust any complicated cocktail that remains perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds.
Always know I have something up my sleeve.
