Cubs Quotes - Page 4

• A roar cut through the melee: a booming growl, a noise that might come out of a she-bear protecting a cub. It was Alec- and suddenly bodies were flying everywhere.

  James Dashner

  Cutting, Flying, Body

  James Dashner (2013). “The Kill Order”, p.153, Chicken House

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• It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his cub.

  Thomas More

  Men, Thinking, Crow

  Thomas More (2016). “More: Utopia”, p.14, Cambridge University Press

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• The law of the [Cub Scout] pack guides the boys to move in the direction of being helpful, friendly, courteous, trustworthy and promote qualities which parents and the community are looking for. The whole purpose of scouting is to help the children grow up making good decisions in life.

  John C. Maxwell

  Children, Growing Up, Moving

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• Even if only one guerilla cub survives the prolonged struggle, I am confident that he will raise the flag of Palestine overJerusalem... Jerusalem is destined to be the eternal capital of our sovereign, independent Palestinian state under the P.L.O. leadership.

  Yasser Arafat

  Struggle, Independent, Flags

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• There is no harm in a man's cub.

  Rudyard Kipling

  Men, Harm

  Rudyard Kipling (2016). “Mowgli of the Jungle Book: The Complete Stories”, p.21, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• I may not be a lion,but I am lions cub and I have lion's heart

  Elizabeth I

  Heart, Lions, May

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• What’ cha doing out here all alone? Did you forget how to find Sanctuary? (Simi) No. I want to be alone for a bit. (Gallagher) Why? Were the bears mean to you? Mama can get a bit cranky whenever I play with the cubs. She thinks I’m going to eat one, but bleh! They’re way too hairy. Now if she’d let me skin one, I might be interested. (Simi) Are you joking? (Gallagher) Oh no. I never joke about hairy food. (Simi)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Mean, Thinking, Play

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• I was thinking (when he hit his 500th home run) about my mother and dad, about all the people in the Chicago Cubs organization that helped me and about the wonderful Chicago fans who have come out all these years to cheer me on. They've been a great inspiration to me.

  Ernie Banks

  Running, Baseball, Mother

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• I'm a girl of extremes. When I love something, I'm like a puppy dog (without all the licking). When I'm cranky, I'm a wasp (like a whole hive of 'em). And when I'm angry, I'm a Mother Bear with a predator after her cubs: Dangerous.

  James Patterson

  Girl, Mother, Dog

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• There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Danger, Holmes, Delusion

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1892). “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”, p.75

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• If the Cubs were to win (The World Series) it would be a coronary event for me.

  Steve Goodman

  Winning, Events, Would Be

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• Since 1946, the Cubs have had two problems: They put too few runs on the scoreboard and the other guys put too many. So what is the new management improving? The scoreboard.

  George Will

  Running, Two, Guy

  George F. Will (1999). “Bunts”, p.51, Simon and Schuster

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• But the last time the Cubs won a National League pennant
  Was the year we dropped the bomb on Japan

  Steve Goodman

  Japan, Years, League

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• Ye may kill for yourselves, and your mates, and your cubs as they need, and ye can; But kill not for pleasure of killing, and seven times never kill Man!

  Rudyard Kipling

  Men, Needs, May

  Rudyard Kipling (2012). “Gunga Din and Other Favorite Poems”, p.58, Courier Corporation

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• If I managed the Cubs, I'd be an alcoholic.

  Whitey Herzog

  Alcoholics, Ifs

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• Throwing out the first pitch at the Cubs game and having 40,000 people give me a standing ovation was probably one of the highlights of my life. You could see what a great sports town Chicago is.

  Patrick Kane

  Sports, Games, People

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• Actually, the only memory I have of being a Cub Scout was trying to get my hat back. That was all I did. Run back and forth at my bus stop going "Quit it."

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Running, Memories, Bus Stops

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• Unless you enter the tiger's lair, you cannot get hold of the tiger's cub's.

  Sun Tzu

  Tigers

  Sun Tzu “Sun Tzu: The Art of War (Illustrated)”, Charles River Editors

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• I met Princess Anne once at a charity do and she said Blue Peter made her realise TV was all lies - she'd gone to Africa on safari with Valerie Singleton and they didn't see a thing, but when she watched it on TV they'd edited in some lion cubs. I was like, 'Oh dear.' I still don't know if she was joking or not.

  Konnie Huq

  Lying, Princess, Blue

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• The Web is a compelling new medium being put to all kinds of uses, by everyone from banks to Cub Scouts to flying saucer cults. That said, it can also be a powerful folly amplifier.

  Paul Saffo

  Powerful, Flying, Use

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• You have to make that stand out from the rest of the three hours. There are times when I'm having fun and being loose, and there are times when I'm ultra serious - calling the Giants/Patriots in the Super Bowl is a lot different than calling the Giants/Cubs game last Saturday. There are different levels of intensity, and I try to respect that when I'm doing it.

  Joe Buck

  Fun, Games, Trying

  Source: thebiglead.com

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• Every player had a roommate for out-of-town games, so I had to slip into the bathroom early each morning and secretly take my insulin injection. I feared that if the Cubs found out and I slumped badly, they would attribute it to the diabetes and send me back to the minors - or worse, release me.

  Ron Santo

  Morning, Player, Games

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• Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
  The foul cubs like their parents are.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Revenge, Parent, Kind

  Percy Bysshe Shelley (1847). “The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley”, p.180

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• The lioness giveth birth to cubs which remain three days without life. Then cometh the lion, breatheth upon them, and bringeth them to life.

  Bill Vaughan

  Lioness, Three, Lions

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• How did Mike Bibby get on the team? Any Cub Scout with Boy Scouts can do Boy Scoutish things. When Bibby was in the Cub Scouts, he was a Cub Scout. When he was with Vancouver, nobody heard about him. Now that he's with Sacramento... he's on the team. I ain't going.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Team, Boys

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