Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes drink illumination lamppost
On radio, you're in your own little world. Every time I'd be doing a possible no-hitter - I think I've done something like 25 no-hitters and a couple of perfect games - I would always put the date on the tape. Not for me, but for the player, so that 25 or 30 years later when he's playing it for his kids or grandkids, you have that date. Vin Scully coupledategame share on social
It's a wonderful feeling to be a bridge to the past and to unite generations. The sport of baseball does that, and I am just a part of it. Vin Scully baseballbridgefelt Change image and share on social
I try to call the play as quickly as I possibly can and then shut up and let the crowd roar because, to me, the crowd is the most wonderful thing in the whole world when it's making noise. Vin Scully callcrowdmake Change image and share on social
The first step to stringing the boss up from a lamppost is saying the boss is a moron. Ted Rall boslamppostmoron Change image and share on social
James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond. Ken Follett amusebondcigarette Change image and share on social
I do not like to work with patients who are in love. Perhaps it is because of envy - I, too, crave enchantment. Perhaps it is because love and psychotherapy are fundamentally incompatible. The good therapist fights darkness and seeks illumination, while romantic love is sustained by mystery and crumbles upon inspection. Irvin D. Yalom cravecrumbledarkness share on social