James M. Landis quotes

James M. Landis quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“If anybody ever flied to the Moon, the very next day Trippe will ask the Civil Aeronautics Board to authorize regular service.”
-- James M. Landis

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“White in the moon the long road lies.”
“Water and air He for the Tenor chose, Earth made the Base, the Treble Fame arose, To th' active Moon a quick brisk stroke he gave, To Saturn's string a touch more sore and grave. The motions strait, and round, and swift, and slow, And short and long, were mixt and woven so, Did in such artful Figures smoothly fall, As made this decent measur'd dance of all. And this is Musick.”
“The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.”
“When you look at the Moon, you think, â€˜Iâ€™m really small. What are my problems?â€™ It sets things into perspective. We should all look at the Moon a bit more often.”
“Don't board with the devil if you wish to be fat.”
“I didn't ask anyone to make me a poster boy, because poster boys always end up on dart boards.”
“The center of the chessboard is a magnet, which pulls to itself all the pieces. Therefore the most beautiful and amazing moves, for me, are those with which a piece, counteracting the gravitational force of the center, suddenly fly to the edge of the board.”

Source : Chessville.com Article, October 31, 2010.
“Next to creating a life the finest thing a man can do is save one.”
“Next to the virtue, the fun in this world is what we can least spare.”
“I'd like my next head coach to be winning oriented. We would consider anyone that we think is right.”

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