"My label in Toronto was Stand Pat and I think that was a fair assessment. I tried to be patient, but if a trade came along - big or small - that I thought should be made, I would make it."

-- Pat Gillick

#Thinking Quotes #Assessment Quotes #Labels Quotes

“A man's wisdom is measured by his hope.”
“The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging the attention of the general public at any particular time. When some political or ecclesiastical pamphlet, or novel, or poem is making a great commotion, you should remember that he who writes for fools always finds a large public. A precondition for reading good books is not reading bad ones: for life is short.”
“Are there other people who, when watching a documentary set in a prison, secretly think, as I have, 'Wish I had all that time to read'?”
“Many people with jobs have a fantasy about all the amazing things they would do if they didn't need to work. In reality, if they had the drive and commitment to do actually do those things, they wouldn't let a job get in the way.”
“Here I am with you & yet not for a single moment do I forget that there's an unfinished novel waiting for me.”
“Never argue with a drunk or a fool.”
“It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.”
“It's so hard to believe in anything anymore. I mean, it's like, religion, you really can't take it seriously, because it seems so mythological, it seems so arbitrary...but, on the other hand, science is just pure empiricism, and by virtue of its method, it excludes metaphysics. I guess I wouldn't believe in anything anymore if it weren't for my lucky astrology mood watch.”

Source : "A Wild and Crazy Guy". Comedy album by Steve Martin, 1978.

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