"There should be a new way to record standings in this league; one column for wins, one for losses and one for gifts."

-- Gene Mauch

#Sports Quotes #Loss Quotes #Winning Quotes

“People come up to me all the time and ask how I stay the way I am, and it's no secret. The first lesson a chef needs to learn is how to handle a knife; the second is how to be around all that food.”
“At this gathering [Council of Niceau in 324 AD] many aspects of Christianity were debated and voted upon â€• the date of Easter, the role of the bishops, the administration of sacraments, and, of course, the divinity of Jesus... until that moment in history, Jesus was viewed by His followers as a mortal prophet... a great and powerful man, but a man nonetheless. A mortal.”
“Fitzcarraldo is a mad dreamer. He's willing to sacrifice everything in order to make his vision of an opera house. That metaphor of pulling the boat over the mountain is so integral to anyone making any creative effort. It's that universal Sisyphean struggle.”
“The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans. Many other Americans have Muslims in their families or have lived in a Muslim-majority country - I know, because I am one of them.”
“In fact its quite gratifying for me to see some of the people who really objected to this method of working now being quite so profligate in their use of it.”
“I've learned over the years that sometimes if you ask the same question more than once you get different responses.”
“It would be easier to grow oak trees by planting marbles than for someone to be saved without the seed of the word.”
“To say that I met Nicholas Brisbane over my husband's dead body is not entirely accurate. Edward, it should be noted, was still twitching upon the floor.”

Source : Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Silent in the Grave”, p.10, MIRA

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