Johnny Bench Quotes

Slumps are like a soft bed. They're easy to get into and hard to get out of.

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• Sexual relations, of course, have existed, exist, and will exist. However, this is in no way connected with the indispensability of the existence of the family.

  

  Ferdinand Mount
  • Family
  • Way
  • Existence

• I think eventually private enterprise will be able to send people into orbit, but I suspect initially it's going to have to be with NASA's help.

  

  Sally Ride
  • People
  • Help
  • Think

• I thought, 'I've been doing this for 16 years professionally. I have a window where I want to play leading parts.'

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • Play
  • Thought
  • Window

• The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write.

  

  J. B. Priestley
  • Find
  • Nothing
  • Critics

• One thing that we learned that we published on our blog post is that uniformly, men lie about their height by almost exactly two inches. So if you look at a plot of census bureau data on the distribution of men's heights in the U.S. and you plot men's heights on OKCupid, it is exactly shifted two inches to the left.

  

  Sam Yagan
  • Men
  • Lie
  • Data

• Here's something I probably shouldn't be saying: I never listen to my soundtrack albums because I can't stand it. It's just stereo. When I write, I write in surround. My life is in surround.

  

  Hans Zimmer
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Stand

• Consider this: I can go to Antarctica and get cash from an ATM without a glitch, but should I fall ill during my travels, a hospital there could not access my medical records or know what medications I am on.

  

  Nathan Deal
  • Medical
  • Cash
  • Hospital

• I didn't invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is.

  

  Patricia Cornwell
  • People
  • Science
  • Interesting

• You can't generalise about an entire country, but I like the energy of British men.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Men
  • Country
  • Energy

• So far as regards their moral character, the Finns have as little cause for reproach as any other people.

  

  Bayard Taylor
  • People
  • Character
  • Moral

• The kind of roles which you get, people identify with your roles, and it then leads to the kind of brands you get.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • People
  • You
  • Kind

• Many modern philosophers claim that probability is relation between an hypothesis and the evidence for it.

  

  Ian Hacking

• Tread Lightly, she is nearUnder the snow,Speak gently, she can hearThe daisies grow.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Speak
  • Hear
  • Tread

• I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.

  

  John D. Rockefeller
  • Believe
  • Money
  • Religious

• Despite the company outside, I believe in equal rights for everyone. I think God loves all. Thanks for coming to the show though.

  

  Harry Styles One Direction
  • God
  • Believe
  • Thanks

• You are handed your job as the old king or queen dies... It is not a life sentence, but a life of service.

  

  Margrethe II of Denmark
  • Life
  • Job
  • Service

• You are the fools, not I - for I did dwell With a deep thought, and with a softened eye, On that Old Sexton's natural homily, In which there was Obscurity and Fame, The Glory and the Nothing of a Name.

  

  Lord Byron
  • Deep

• God grant you, friends, a helping hand-In cares of state and private plights,In rowdy feasts of friendship's band,In passion's sweet and secret rites!God grant you, friends, a helping hand-In daily woes and days of strife,On vacant sa, in distant land,In every black abyss of life!

  

  Alexander Pushkin
  • Life
  • God
  • Friends

• Murder isn’t - it really isn’t - a thing to tamper with lightheartedly.

  

  Agatha Christie

• Kind souls, you wonder why, love you,When you, you wonder why, love none.We love, Fool, for the good we do,Not that which unto us is done!

  

  Coventry Patmore
  • Good
  • Done
  • Why

• Ritual is necessary for us to know anything.

  

  Ken Kesey

• A couple of compromises in a row and suddenly you're very far way from the person you thought you were.

  

  Brit Marling
  • Couple

• Venture capitalists buy minority positions in young companies they think will grow quickly; buy-out investors buy most or all of companies they think can be turned around by fixing a few basic things.

  

  Jose Ferreira

• Slumps are like a soft bed. They're easy to get into and hard to get out of.

  

  Johnny Bench