I try to take large, general questions that are difficult to resolve and break them down into small, very specific questions that have clear answers. Bill James answerbreakclear Change image and share on social
Some people give themselves over to their most evil desires, and those people becomes evil. But in general, it's reductive to think of evil as something foreign and separate from the rest of us. Evil is part of everyone. We all have the capacity to commit evil acts. Bill James actcapacitycommit share on social
When people disagree with you, what you ultimately have to do is persuade people to agree with you - period. Bill James agreedisagreepeople Change image and share on social
The human race has been in a long struggle to eliminate murder. And we will succeed. Bill James eliminatehumanlong Change image and share on social
Do people really believe there's something different about the eyes of murderers? Bill James eyemurdererpeople Change image and share on social
There comes a moment during a job interview when you're still talking, but you might as well take off your shoes. Bill James interviewjobmoment Change image and share on social
Baseball does become slow sometimes. It's totally unnecessary. The - you can play baseball fast. You can play it slow, and for some reason, we have chosen to play it slow, you know, which is unfortunate, but nothing you can do about. Bill James baseballchoosefast share on social
Computers, like automobiles and airplanes, do only what people tell them to do. Bill James airplaneautomobilecomputer Change image and share on social
You know one little way in which baseball changes us? We don't even think twice about Japanese names anymore. You know what I mean? Bill James anymorebaseballjapanese Change image and share on social
The business of popularizing crime is how we expose the faults in our justice system. It's how we expose police misconduct. Bill James businesscrimeexpose Change image and share on social