Red Smith (Walter Wellesley Smith) Quotes
Ninety feet between the bases is the nearest thing to perfection that man has yet achieved.Red Smith
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Things are useless without practice.
Erykah Badu -
Religion and politics are supposed to be separate.
Eleanor Clift -
To the average professed Christian today, living so far below normal, New Testament Christianity would be a shock.
Vance Havner -
If I had kids, I don't think I would recommend they pursue a career in music.
Cliff Martinez -
Ronald Reagan's long journey has finally drawn to a close, ... optimism and ... Western can-do spirit.
Dennis Hastert -
Aig [F.-M. Sir Douglas Haig] 'e don't say much; 'e don't, so to say, say nothin'; but what 'e don't say don't mean nothin', not 'arf. But when 'e do say something--my Gawd!
E. V. Lucas
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I have nothing to lose by standing up and following my beliefs. So I'll go to jail, so what? We have been in jail for years.
Muhammad Ali -
Pray the gods do not envy your happiness!
Euripides -
Do every day or two something for no other reason than its difficulty.
William James -
Nothing is more seductive for a man than his freedom of conscience, but nothing is a greater cause of suffering.
Fyodor Dostoevsky -
Assassination's the fastest way.
Moliere -
No one worries about genre when they're dancing. They're not asking themselves, 'Is this song a dubstep song?'
Sonny John Moore
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It was a good rule not to expect the ideal but to enjoy what is possible.
Elena Ferrante -
Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision to proceed with dispatch with respect to his materials.
William J. Brennan, Jr. -
We're happy with what we've achieved. Every record we've made has furthered the growth of our line of success. It's never disappeared or gone backward: each record sells more, each tour is bigger.
Kim Thayil Soundgarden -
I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
Bette Davis -
If you go slow-motion, it looks like you stuck your knee out, but if you play it at normal speed, my legs are stopped and I planted to put the shoulder into him. As he jumped out of the way, he missed my shoulder, but my leg hit him. I don't want to ever hurt a guy, especially (because) he's a good young player. It's just one of those things.
Luke Richardson -
Ninety feet between the bases is the nearest thing to perfection that man has yet achieved.
Red Smith