"I had been unaware that baseball was a Republican sport."

“Compulsion in the literal Sense is maliciously misrepresented, by supposing it authorizes Violences committed against the Truth. The Answer to this; by which it is prov'd, that the literal Sense does in reality authorize the stirring up Persecutions against the Cause of Truth, and that an erroneous Conscience has the same Rights as an enlighten'd Conscience.”

Source : Pierre Bayle, John Kilcullen, Chandran Kukathas (2005). “A philosophical commentary on these words of the Gospel, Luke 14.23: "Compel them to come in, that My house may be full"”, Liberty Fund Inc.

“Man, anytime the ball goes through the basket. It doesn't matter if it's a jumper or a drive. Any time the ball goes through the basket, and it's going through consistently, it's demoralizing for any opponent.”

“Take away the ability of an intelligent, principled, hard-working mind to get it wrong, and you take away the whole thing.”

“If I fall, look out for the crash. There won't be anyone left standing.”

“We don't seek empires.We're not imperialistic.”

“I never said the camera was truth. It is, however, a more accurate and more objective way of seeing.”

“There is no one to tell this to and yet it seems very important to get this right. The reality and what it is like to escape it. That even now it is sometimes too beautiful to bear.”

Source : Peter Heller (2012). “The Dog Stars”, p.50, Vintage

“I never say that evolution is a fact. Evolution is a theory. It's much more important than a fact, because theories explain things.”