Goggles Quotes

• There was wildlife, untouched, a jungle at the border of the sea, never seen by those who floated on the opaque roof. Describing his early experience, in 1936, when a fellow naval officer, Philippe Tailliez, gave him goggles to see below the Mediterranean Sea surface.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Science, Sea, Borders

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• I remember the first time I had sex - I kept the receipt.

  Groucho Marx

  Sex, Funny Relationship, Firsts

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• You should have seen the look on your skull.

  Rich Burlew

  Should Have, Skulls, Looks

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• Everyone watched, wondering if this could be the same lunatic who'd nearly berthed his ornithopter in the restaurant. I swallowed, for it seemed he was headed straight for my table. He pulled off his helmet and a mass of dark auburn hair spilled out. Off came the goggles, and I was looking at the beaming face of Kate de Vries.

  Kenneth Oppel

  Dark, Hair, Auburn

  Kenneth Oppel (2009). “Skybreaker”, p.47, Harper Collins

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• And few hookups, if any, ever take place sober. And while wearing "beer goggles" may make people appear more attractive, it doesn't exactly make for sexual ecstasy! There's always been a difference between pleasure and scoring.

  Michael Kimmel

  Beer, Differences, People

  "How hookups and hang-ups delay manhood". TODAYshow.com Q&A, www.today.com. August 26, 2008.

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• I hated the goggles, don’t get me wrong, but I felt naked without them. Almost like playing without a helmet.

  Eric Dickerson

  Naked, Hated, Helmet

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• My family has always gone to church. I like to think that faith has been a part of my life since I was a lot younger. It's definitely a part of my athletic career. I always wear a cross on my goggles during contests when I'm doing something gnarly. It's a reminder that I've got someone else helping me out.

  Nick Goepper

  Thinking, Careers, Gnarly

  "A conversation with Olympic freestyle skier Nick Goepper". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. February 13, 2014.

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• Listen Wanderlei, I will do a home invasion on you. I will cut the power to your house and the next thing you'll hear is me climbing up your stairs in a pair of night vision goggles I bought in the back of Soldier of Fortune magazine. I'll pick the lock to the master room door, take a picture of you in bed with the Nogueira brothers working on your 'jiu-jitsu'. I'll take said quote unquote photograph, post it at dorksfrombrazil.com, password - not required, username - not required. That, Wanderlei, is how you threaten someone. Dummy.

  Chael Sonnen

  Brother, Home, Cutting

  "Anderson Silva: Chael Sonnen not that evolved". Interview with Carlos Eduardo Ozório, www.mixedmartialarts.com. July 11, 2011.

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• I wanted to be prepared and be strong for any unexpected challenges, so from the beginning I was doing kick-boxing. I was wearing a sauna suit everyday, I was wearing sea goggles, I was wearing gloves. I was trying to put myself through the worst condition ever and most of the training sessions I was puking up.

  Ray Park

  Strong, Sea, Boxing

  Source: collider.com

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• Adventure is out there, it’s heading our way So grab your scarf and goggles, let’s fly! I’ve mapped out our journey, we’re up here to stay. A sunset is our home. A moonbeam we will own. My Spirit of Adventure is you!

  Michael Giacchino

  Home, Adventure, Sunset

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• Breaking composure, confidence, and speed in the water makes you lose the race, not the goggles that fell off your head when you dove in.

  Amanda Beard

  Race, Water, Speed

  "Olympic Gold Medalist Amanda Beard on Competing, Cross-Training & Children". Interview with Chelsea Logan, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• There's someone out there for everyone - even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them.

  Steve Martin

  Inspirational, Night, Needs

  "L.A. Story". www.imdb.com. February 8, 1991.

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• Volcanic ash will be experienced in all parts of your world, as the volcanoes around your earth are simultaneously activated. Face masks and goggles will be of great value

  Esther Hicks

  Volcanoes, Ashes, World

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• I remember the first time I had sex. I wore a cape and goggles... because I didn't know.

  Eugene Mirman

  Sex, Capes, Firsts

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• In the Ridley Scott film 'The Martian' you can do that [virtually driving car]. I have lifted off in the space craft from the surface of Mars, walked in space and looked down into deep space and got terrified, with the headphones and the goggles.

  Martin Sorrell

  Space, Car, Mars

  Source: www.formula1.com

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• I love to swim. I need goggles. If I don't have goggles I run in to the walls of the pool. I have no sense of directions.

  Julianne Hough

  Running, Wall, Swim

  "Footloose - Julianne Hough interview". Interview, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• It's hard to film underwater. It really is tricky. You don't have goggles, so you can't see anything. You don't know where you're swimming to. Everything's blurry.

  Zac Efron

  Swimming, Blurry, Underwater

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• Hee hee hee! You should've seen the look on your face!" "If mom and dad cared about me at all, they'd buy me some infra-red nighttime vision goggles.

  Bill Watterson

  Mom, Dad, Vision

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• Then it was this big thing. She was like, 'I never want to see you again', and I was like, 'Fine. Okay? Fine. Then get some special goggles.

  Matthew Tobin Anderson

  Special, Want, Bigs

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• O scaly, slippery, wet, swift, staring wights, What is 't ye do? what life lead? eh, dull goggles? How do ye vary your vile days and nights? How pass your Sundays? Are ye still but joggles In ceaseless wash? Still nought but gapes and bites, And drinks, and stares, diversified with boggles.

  Leigh Hunt

  Sunday, Night, Lakes

  Leigh Hunt (1857). “The poetical works of Leigh Hunt, revised by himself and ed. with an intr. by S.A. Lee”, p.112

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• I love the Tea Party. They are the ultimate beer goggles. They make everything look better.

  Bill Maher

  Party, Beer, Tea

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• Ranger removed my goggles "Would you like to come home with me?" I stepped away from him. "Thank you for the offer, but no. I'm done with men." Ranger smiled. "Forever?" "Until I figure some things out." "And if you don't figure them out?" "If I can't figure them out on my own, I'll ask you to help me." "Babe, that's like the blind leading the blind.

  Janet Evanovich

  Home, Men, Forever

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• Nowadays a businessman can go from his office straight to the airport, get into his airplane and fly six hundred or seven hundred miles without taking off his hat. He probably will not even mention this flight, which a bare twenty-five years ago would have meant wearing leather jacket and helmet and goggles and risking his neck every minute of the way.

  Percy Knauth

  Airplane, Airports, Years

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• I would visualize the best- and worst-case scenarios. Whether I get disqualified or my goggles fill up with water or I lose my goggles or I come in last, I'm ready for anything.

  Michael Phelps

  Sports, Worst Case Scenario, Water

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• I saw a commercial for an above-ground pool, it was 30 seconds long. Because that's the maximum amount of time you can picture yourself having fun in an above-ground pool. If it was 31 seconds, the actor would say "The water is only up to here? What do I do now? Throw the ball back to Jimmy? Or put some goggles on and look at his feet?"

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Humor, Feet

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