#swinging

Ideas came with explosive immediacy, like an instant birth. Human thought is like a monstrous pendulum; it keeps swinging from one extreme to the other. ↗

— Eugene Field

#came #explosive #extreme #human #human thought

I've always swung the same way. The difference is when I swing and miss, people say, 'He's swinging for the fences.' But when I swing and make contact people say, 'That's a nice swing.' But there's no difference, it's the same swing. ↗

— Sammy Sosa

#contact #difference #fences #i #make

There's always a concern as an actor that you'll be boring unless your character is swinging from a chandelier. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#always #boring #character #concern #swinging

(In reference to swingers) In the meantime, if you wish to declare yourself polyamorous, get used to the fact that the confusion is gong to remain as a pejorative. Sure, clear up the misunderstanding as much as you can, but don't put too much effort into setting yourself up as a "good", responsible, community-oriented polyamorist by contrasting yourself to the "bad" swingers - they may not be your siblings, but they're definitely your cousins. ↗

— Anthony D. Ravenscroft

#love #polyamory #relationships #swinging #love

The blues is like a planet. It's an enormous topic. You can't ignore the impact that it has had and continues to have on the whole musical culture. It's a tree that everyone is swinging from. Without it, I don't know where I would be. It's indelible and indispensable. ↗

— Tom Waits

#continues #culture #enormous #everyone #had

A blind bloke walks into a shop with a guide dog. He picks the Dog up and starts swinging it around his head. Alarmed, a shop assistant calls out: 'Can I help, sir?' 'No thanks,' says the blind bloke. 'Just looking.' ↗

— Tommy Cooper

#around #assistant #blind #bloke #calls

I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat. ↗

— Babe Ruth

#america #bat #be happy #between #boy

Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging. ↗

— Duke Snider

#case #hard #swing #swinging #throw

In Chicago, you can’t swing a cat without hitting an Irish pub (and angering the cat), but McAnally’s place stands out from the crowd. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#swinging-a-cat #anger

The outward man is the swinging door; the inner man is the still hinge. ↗

— Meister Eckhart

#hinge #inner #man #outward #still