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“I dread the events of the future, not in themselves but in their results.”
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“Oxigen [oxygen], as you well know, is my hero as well as my foe, and being not only strong but inexhaustible in strategies and full of tricks, I was obliged to call up all my forces to lay hold of him, and make the subtle Being my prisoner.”
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“Specialization makes the welfare of the society vulnerable to the market and to political forces beyond national control.”
Source : Robert Gilpin (2016). “The Political Economy of International Relations”, p.189, Princeton University Press
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“The good stories, of course, write themselves. And somebody wants to know who are the really good writers, and how many of them there are. There aren't any. Most of the writers are likeable frauds. Some are unlikable frauds.”
Source : "It's Down the Slippery Cellar Stairs". Book by R. A. Lafferty, 1995.
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“The only time I really try for a strikeout is when I'm in a jam. If the bases are loaded with none out, for example, then I'll go for a strikeout. But most of the time I try to throw to spots. I try to get them to pop up or ground out. On a strikeout I might have to throw five or six pitches, sometimes more if there are foul-offs. That tires me. So I just try to get outs. That's what counts - outs. You win with outs, not strikeouts.”
Source : "My Greatest Day in Baseball, and Baseball's Greatest Quotations: An Illustrated Treasury". Book by Paul Dickson, 2008.
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“Spare me the mantra that the “fundamentals†are sound. Credit is the ultimate fundamental.”
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“Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.”
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“Combating climate change requires collaboration with many levels of government.”
