Quote by Dave Barry

Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.

Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with yo

Summary

This quote humorously highlights the exhilarating yet occasionally hazardous nature of skiing. It suggests that skiing is a sport that blends the thrill of outdoor enjoyment with the potential for falling or colliding with trees, representing the risks involved. It highlights the irony of an activity that can simultaneously provide immense joy and unexpected challenges, showcasing the element of adventure and unpredictability that skiing offers.

Topics

Sports

By Dave Barry

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Government can be bigger than any of the players on the fiel

Government can be bigger than any of the players on the field as a referee, but it has no right to become one of the players.

Austin Igleheart

Government

I said to my soulBe stillAnd wait without hopeFor hope would

I said to my soulBe stillAnd wait without hopeFor hope would be hope for the wrong thingAnd wait without loveFor love would be love of the wrong thingThere is yet faithBut the faith and the hope and the loveAre all in the waitingAnd do not thinkFor you are not ready for thoughtSo the darkness shall be the lightAnd the stillnessThe dancing

TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot, Four

Dance Dancing

Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place

Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.

Archimedes, Pappus of Alexandria

Science

There is a lot of interest in the arts, music, theatre, film

There is a lot of interest in the arts, music, theatre, filmmaking, engineering, architecture and software design. I think we have now transitioned the modern-day version of the entrepreneur into the creative economy.

Architecture

Only Americans can hurt America.

Only Americans can hurt America.

Dwight D Eisenhower

America

I don't think it's a good advert for any restaurant, a fat c

I don't think it's a good advert for any restaurant, a fat chef, and secondly, who wants to eat a dessert when the chef's a fat pig.

Good

Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life

Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life is through a dark sense of humor.

Humor

Best thing you could probably do as a father is make sure th

Best thing you could probably do as a father is make sure they see how much you love their mother.

Matthew McConaughey

Life Love Marriage Family

A lot of action movies today seem to have scenes that just l

A lot of action movies today seem to have scenes that just lead up to the action.

Movies

I'm obsessed with food!

I'm obsessed with food!

Food

The London games mark the 24th anniversary of my winning two

The London games mark the 24th anniversary of my winning two golds and setting the world record in the heptathlon. Someone is going to want it records are made to be broken - it's only a matter of time. I hope mine will outlive me.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Anniversary

Illegal immigrants are beginning to comprise a black market

Illegal immigrants are beginning to comprise a black market class of workers in our society, jeopardizing the financial health of companies which play by the rules, while themselves vulnerable to the exploitation by those willing to take advantage of their illegal status.

Health