Baserunning Quotes & Sayings

The fishermen say that the "thundering of the pond" scares the fishes and prevents their biting. — Henry David Thoreau

You can't do progressive government from the inside. You have to rally those outsiders and make them a force. — Jim Hightower

African slavery, as it exists in the United States, is a moral, a social, and a political blessing. — Jefferson Davis

Everything about starting out in comedy is pride-swallowing, from handing out fliers to bombing in front of audiences. — Mike Birbiglia

There were days when boredom - or the possibility that things could get boring - was as much of a gift as life was willing to give. — Michelle Sagara

Should I become President ... I will not risk American lives ... by permitting any other nation to drag us into the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time through an unwise commitment that is unwise militarily, unnecessary to our security and unsupported by our allies. — John F. Kennedy

A sensation rose in him, a high tingling of his blood. There came a wave, a wind that recognized him, that did not love him or hate him. He felt what he knew as the rising of his self, the shifting innerness that yearned and feared, that was more familiar to him than anything could ever be. He knew that an answering substance gathered around him, emanating from the trees and the stars.
He stood staring at the constellations. Walt had sent him here, to find this, and he understood. He thought he understood. This was his heaven. It was not Broadway or the horse on wheels. It was grass and silence; it was a field of stars. It was what the book told him, night after night. When he died he would leave his defective body and turn into grass. He would be here like this, forever. There was no reason to fear it, because it was part of him. What he'd thought of as his emptiness, his absence of soul, was only a yearning for this. — Michael Cunningham

I love talking about baserunning. — Rickey Henderson

Well, my dad (Ken Griffey) taught me that there's three parts. There's hitting, there's defense, and there's baserunning. And as long as you keep those three separated, you're going to be a good player. I mean, you can't take your defense on the bases, you can't take your hitting to the field, and you can't take your baserunning at the plate. But defense, is number one. — Ken Griffey Jr.

if Clinton was taken prisoner "it would be our misfortune, since the British government could not find another commander so incompetent to send in his place. — Ron Chernow