I860 Canon Quotes & Sayings

One time in spring training, we had the hit-and-run on, and Carl Erskine threw me a curve and I struck out into a double play. I came back to the bench and Casey [Stengel] said, 'next time, tra-la-la.' I didn't know what tra-la-la meant, but next time up, I hit a line drive, right into a double play. When I sat down, Casey came over and said, 'Like I told you, tra-la-la.' — Whitey Herzog

For a Man cannot believe a Miracle without relying upon Sense, nor Transubstantiation without renouncing it. So that never were any two things so ill coupled together as the Doctrine of Christianity and that of Transubstantiation, because they draw several ways, and are ready to strangle one another: For the main Evidence of the Christian Doctrine, which is Miracles, is resolved into the certainty of Sense, but this Evidence is clear and point blank against Transubstantiation. — John Tillotson

Such a gift might be easily taken back again. — Veronica Franco

I'll go on writing till the end of my days. I have been writing too long to stop. — Mary O'Hara

Nature is a bottom-line concept. — Terry Eagleton

Our planet's lands and oceans are already stretched to meet the demands of 7 billion people. The human population continues to grow. The search for sustainable solutions is an economic and a moral imperative if we are to create the future we want. — Ban Ki-moon

I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inhuman humanity make villains. — Lord Byron

My brother played with spell-books, I played with swords. One gives you paper cuts, the other removes your fingers. — Elise Kova

In politics and in trade, bruisers and pirates are of better promise than talkers and clerks. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

This is how we were meant for each other. How we make our living. The lives of frustrated poets and imposters. This, too, how the love works and then doesn't: a mutual spectacle of imagination. — Chang-rae Lee

The weird thing about reddit is that, for a community its size - now I'm no longer at reddit, but the public traffic numbers that they put out are, I think with the site about eight million unique visitors a month, or every 30 days, which is a fairly big site. — Alexis Ohanian

Besides, even at night, Memphis is going to be hotter than a billy goat's ass in a pepper patch. — Annie England Noblin

They had a leader. Some rebel. Shite! I don't remember his name. You know me and names. He was a dickhead and everybody says so. And old Bitch Tits kicked him down here. He started some rebellion." "Lucifer?" "That's the one. Lucifer. They prayed to Lucifer. — Clive Barker

Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious. — Gail Simmons