Flung Quotes

With the keel missing, the yacht would have immediately inverted 90 degrees, and within less than a minute would have completely inverted. Anyone on deck would have been flung into the water. - Matthew Thomas

While the men of the steel industry were going through blood and gas in defense of their rights and their homes and their families, elsewhere on the far-flung C.I.O. front the hosts of labor were advancing and intelligent and permanent progress was being made. - John L. Lewis

When our boys come home from France, we will have the hags flung out. - W A Spooner

What this storm has done has wrecked the lives and the economy of what could arguably be one of the poorest areas of America with one of the blackest populations. As I look around, whether it's Iowa or Arizona, at the far-flung places to which people are being sent, for the short term at least, I think it's going to be a national lesson in diversity. - Steve Suitts

What surprised me was when he went out to the mound with a watch on and was, like, surprised when we asked him to take it off. I thought maybe he got a World Series ring and a World Series watch, so that's why he seemed to be angry about that. There was a little glare coming off of it. We don't complain about much here, but at times when he turned his wrist, you could see a glare warming up. Obviously, it wasn't very expensive, the way he flung it into the dugout. Then I realized it might not have been a World Series watch. - Clint Hurdle

Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man. For him all doors are flung wide: him all tongues greet, all honors crown, all eyes follow with desire. Our love goes out to him and embraces him, because he did not need it. We solicitously and apologetically caress and celebrate him, because he held on his way and scorned our disapprobation. The gods loved him because men hated him. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

We wanted to consolidate the entire business. Far-flung outlets that could not be serviced properly were shut down. We would grow only when we were certain of our training, product and service. - Surjya Meher

We are seeing a shift from well-organized, local groups supported by state sponsors to more far-flung and loosely structured webs of terror. - Madeleine Albright

We are absolutely delighted that Gannett has an executive with Sue's experience, management talents and leadership qualities ready to serve as president of our largest division. Sue has tremendous experience in every aspect of the newspaper business. She not only is a talented manager of very complex and far-flung operations, but she is a gifted strategist and visionary. Sue is an ideal executive to help lead Gannett into our new digital information age. - Craig A. Dubow

We actually recognize and kill the exploits as they come in. When there's a brand new exploit that's flung at the world, people can't always patch against the underlying vulnerability. Sometimes there is no patch, sometimes you can't patch just because Microsoft wants you to. - Roger Thompson