"You had to pitch in and out. The zone didn't belong to the hitters it belonged to the pitchers. Today, if you pitch too far inside, the umpire would stop you right there. I don't think it's fair."

-- Juan Marichal

#Thinking Quotes #Umpires Quotes #Today Quotes

“I'm not the kind of coach who just goes out and buys players for the sake of it. I'm a coach who wants to - and can - improve players.”

Source : "Louis van Gaal in his own words: The best quotes from the new Manchester United boss" by Ben Burrows, www.mirror.co.uk. May 19, 2014.
“I dwell no more in Arcady, But when the sky is blue with May, And birds are blithe and winds are free, I know what message is for me, For I have been in Arcady.”

Source : Louise Chandler Moulton (1908). “The Poems and Sonnets of Louise Chandler Moulton ...”
“I don't mind being single. In fact, I like it.”

Source : "Is ‘I Do’ Supposed To Be Forever?" by Alana Stewart, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 17, 2013.
“It's weird watching President Bush struggle with excuses for why we went to war. As he struggles, it reminds us all what a terrific liar Bill Clinton really was.”
“I believe I am a moderate Democrat: I am pro-business and also progressive.”
“Open the history of the past at whatsoever page you will and there you shall find coincidence at work bringing about events that the merest chance might have averted. Indeed, coincidence may be defined as the tool used by Fate to shape the destinies of men and nations.”

Source : Rafael Sabatini (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Rafael Sabatini (Illustrated)”, p.3115, Delphi Classics
“Bureaucracy has murdered people in the greater New Orleans area. And bureaucracy needs to stand trial before Congress today. So I'm asking Congress, please investigate this now. Take whatever idiot they have at the top of whatever agency and give me a better idiot. Give me a caring idiot. Give me a sensitive idiot. Just don't give me the same idiot.”

Source : "Senate Plans Hearings on Slow FEMA Response". "Day to Day" with Madeleine Brand, www.npr.org. September 7, 2005.
“Deer are like dogs. Except for Bambi, they're pretty personality-less.”

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