Twenty20 Quotes & Sayings

Twenty20 is cricket on speed. In an era of hectic lifestyles and falling attention spans, it gives spectators more drama and intensity in three hours that they would get from a whole-day match. And even though it is a heady cocktail of money, entertainment and media, at its core it is cricket. — Vikas Swarup

In view of the fact that in any future world war nuclear weapons will certainly be employed, and that such weapons threaten the continued existence of mankind, we urge the governments of the world to realize, and to acknowledge publicly, that their purpose cannot be furthered by a world war, and we urge them, consequently, to find peaceful means for the settlement of all matters of dispute between them. — Bertrand Russell

The rise and fall of Srinivasan, 70, will perhaps be remembered as cricket's most compelling narrative over a decade when the game transformed from a serious sport that generated bountiful revenues to a Twenty20 circus that made more money than anyone could ever imagine. — Anonymous

But that is like saying that the hole in the sand looks like the stick that you made the hole in the sand with. Holes in the sand and sticks are worlds apart. To put what happened into language would be like trying to describe a stick by telling you about the hole in the sand. — Werner Erhard

When I was a kid, I used to try and hit every ball out of the ground. After playing one-day cricket and Test cricket, I never thought I'd get a chance to play like that again, ever. Twenty20 has given me the opportunity of playing like a kid again. I can just feel free and go out there and hit. — Yuvraj Singh

There was no football on TV, which meant that I was reduced to watching cricket, which is about as interesting as watching grass grow. Thankfully they had introduced Twenty20 cricket, which was a lot faster paced and more interesting. It was more like watching grass get watered. I — Renae Kaye

I was sure the Egyptian title said the Divine Pooter. But that made no sense, unless Khnum had magic powers I didn't want to know about. — Rick Riordan

Love does whatever it does, whenever it wants to do it. — Camile Souza

We're not going to get carried away. Well, we are going to for the next couple of days! — Paul Collingwood

Before you act, consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act. — Sallust

I may be weak but i'm never defeated and i'll keep believing in clouds with that sweet silver lining. — Kate Voegele

This gentleman here, Michael Hussey, is just an absolute freak. — Michael Clarke

I fancy that most of those who think at all have done a great deal of their thinking in the first fourteen years. — C.S. Lewis

Great. I've made a friend. — Rick Riordan

I don't think we choked this time. We never played well enough to choke. — Craig Matthews

Generally speaking, the stronger the connection between the financing and the ultimate beneficiary, the better the result. — Paul Wolfowitz

There are fans of Twenty20 cricket, and we need to ensure that we give them the cricket they want to see. We need to keep Test cricket alive, because there is a section of fans who love and worship Test cricket and have basically helped this game grow, and they are as important as anybody else. — Rahul Dravid

Even though it's a shortened format of the game, Twenty20 allows people with different skills to play in a team and play their specific roles. Obviously there's not too much time to waste balls, but if you look at guys who play well in the top six, they have a fairly decent amount of good cricketing ability. — Rahul Dravid

There's a lot of good things about England, but I don't want to tell you too many of them. — Michael Clarke

I come from a working-class family, and I've been working since I was 13, from babysitting to blueberry picking to factory work to bookstore work. And of course, being a mother and homemaker, the hardest work of all. — Patti Smith

I was only interested in my scene, and I had to go through thousands and thousands of other scenes. I got my scene and I read it many, many, many, many, many times. That was my research. — Ralph Fiennes

The heart can't beat next to a mind full of questions. — C.M. Rayne

'Family Guy' has this weird thing of attracting people. People either hate it or can't get enough of it. There's really no one in between. — Seth MacFarlane

Metaphor has traditionally been regarded as the matrix and pattern of the figures of speech. — Marshall McLuhan