“If you had a friend who was a tightrope walker, and you were walking down a sidewalk, and he fell, that would be completely unacceptable...”
Mitch Hedberg
“A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.”
William Arthur Ward
“Accepting an award is like walking a tightrope. You need to begracious, grateful, and humble -- but not so humble orself-deprecating that the audience thinks you are trivializingthe honour. The warm glow of the occasion can suddenly turnchilly or sour with a few ill-chosen words.”
Patricia Fripp
“I feel like we're walking a tightrope. I feel (tonight) it's going to be the game that we've got to play perfect basketball. It's possible. ... and I think (tonight) is going to be the game that the whole Sacramento Monarchs team shows up to play because who wants to go back to Connecticut? I don't.”
Yolanda Griffith
“We walk a tightrope of protecting children and protecting parents from undue government intervention in their lives.”
Craig Brooks
“The electorate gets to see these guys on a tightrope. That's a good test because, as president, you're always under pressure.”
Alan Schroeder
“It's kind of like a tightrope, ... You have a presence because of what you do between the lines. I don't want people to think I'm just out there doing things like, 'Look at me: I'm a big deal.' But then you go back and ask yourself, 'Am I doing enough away from the court to keep the interest there in the sport?' ”
Andy Roddick
