Water Skiing in Russia

Talent is only a starting point. - Irving Berlin

Genius is immediate, but talent takes time. - Janet Flanner

Water that does not move is always shallow. - Sami Proverb

Lend a horse, and you may have back his skin. - English Proverb

Persistence trumps talent and looks every time. - Aaron Brown

Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant. - Jean Petit-Senn

Sometimes I drink water just to surprise my liver. - WC Fields

Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose. - Cyril Connolly

You never miss the water till the well has run dry. - Irish Proverb

If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. - Loren Eiseley

There is no income tax in Russia. But there's no income. - Will Rogers

Cross-country skiing is great if you live in a small country. - Steven Wright

Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won't carry a quitter. - Stephen King

Ice Water? Get some Onions - that'll make your eyes water! - Groucho Marx

Water, air, and cleanliness are the chief articles in my pharmacy. - Napoleon Bonaparte

If his IQ slips any lower, we'll have to water him twice a day. - Molly Ivins

You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it. - WC Fields

An entire ocean can't sink a ship unless it allows the water inside. - Donna Smith

When rats infest the palace, a lame cat is better than the swiftest horse. - Chinese Proverb

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives. - Maya Angelou

If women can be railroad workers in Russia, why can't they fly in space? - Valentina Tereshkova

A woman is like a teabag. Only in hot water do you realize how strong she is. - Nancy Reagan

In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria. - Ben Franklin

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse. - Adlai Stevenson

Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on. - Robert Frost

To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to my horse - German. - Emperor Charles V

A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Everyone has a talent. What's rare is to follow it to the dark places where it leads. - Erica Jong

Before enlightenment: chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment: chop wood, carry water. - Zen Buddhist Saying

One of the worst things that can happen in life is to win a bet on a horse at an early age. - Danny McGoorty

The trouble with Ireland is that it's a country full of genius, with absolutely no talent. - Hugh Leonard

Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart - a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water - I accept with joy. - Bhagavad Gita

Koala Triangle: a mysterious zone in the Southern Hemisphere where persons of talent disappear without trace. - Barry Humphries

Be like a duck, paddling and working very hard inside the water, but what everyone sees is a smiling and calm face. - Manoj Arora

Following his doctor's orders, Nikita (Khrushchev) has cut his drinking in half. He's leaving out the water. - Bob Hope

Menopause is thicker than water. When we talk and laugh about it, we learn and relax. It's a life transition, not a disease. - Unknown

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. - Leonardo da Vinci

One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine... Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants. - William Osler

Advice from a tree:
- Stand tall and proud
- Go out on a limb
- Remember your roots
- Drink plenty of water
- Enjoy the view - Unknown