My father was one of the greatest professional bowlers of all time. Seriously. Billy Hardwick: PBA Hall of Fame, Player of the Year in '63 and '69, and the first winner of the triple crown of bowling, among other things.
By the time I was 7, I did walk-ons, catalogue modeling, you name it. In the Queens where I grew up, you didn't go bowling on Saturday; you went to dancing school.
Fast Eddie: No bar? Cashier: No bar, no pinball machines, no bowling alleys, just pool... nothing else. This is Ames, mister.
[Pleasantville's first-ever rainstorm] Big Bob: Well, we're safe for now. Thank goodness we're in a bowling alley.
FBI Director Womack: Cocksucker! [Showing Mason his arm in a cast] John Mason: So, how's your bowling arm?
Bowling is all physics and energy distribution. It's F = ma. So it is actually one of the most science-y sports, because it literally is just a ball and a surface and objects to knock down.
The American people are sheep. They're comfortable, rich, working. It's like the Romans, they're happy with bread and their spectator sports. The Super Bowl means more to them than any right.
I've been very fortunate to be involved in all the Super Bowls, to see some World Series, to cover heavyweight championship fights; I've been to the Olympics and seen every sporting event there is.
Katharine Hepburn: Can't you just eat ice cream out of a bowl, like everyone else?
Blond Treehorn Thug: [holding up a bowling ball] What the fuck is this? The Dude: Obviously you're not a golfer.
Blond Treehorn Thug: [holding a bowling ball] What the fuck is this? The Dude: Obviously, you're not a golfer.
Carter Chambers: I've had bowls of soup with more depth than you have.
Buck Laughlin: [sees the trophy] I've taken a sponge bath in smaller bowls than that!
I've done a lot of Super Bowls and appeared in a lot of big, big events and places and the Masters and what have you, but there was nothing as intimidating as speaking with Billy Graham.
A well-made salad must have a certain uniformity; it should make perfect sense for those ingredients to share a bowl.
Normally, when congee is served, the different condiments and garnishes are placed in little bowls on the side so diners can make their own personal creations.
Actually, as president of the Conference of Mayors, we passed the Simpson-Bowles plan as a template, as a template, as a frame work for moving forward and the president has done the same.
The Prodigal Dark morning rain Meant to fall On a prison and a schoolyard, Falling meanwhile On my mother and her old dog. How slow she shuffles now In my father’s Sunday shoes. The dog by her side Trembling with each step As he tries to keep up. I...
The Narrator: Who was this Leonard Zelig that seemed to create such diverse impressions everywhere? All that was known of him was that he was the son of a Yiddish actor named Morris Zelig, whose performance as Puck in the Orthodox version of "A Midsu...
I glanced out the window at the signs of spring. The sky was almost blue, the trees were almost budding, the sun was almost bright.
My mind, brightened by the lights and the cheerful tumult, suddenly grasped the fact that all achievement was a placing of emphasis-- a moulding of the confusion of life into form.
