The red eared slider, native from Illinois

“Makes me want to tweak reality’s gamma slider.”

— Cory Doctorow

Slider is the kind of band I would be a fan of if I played in it or not. It's something I'll be able…

— Josh Freese

I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.

— Willie Stargell

For me, throwing the slider has always been something that has come naturally.

— John Smoltz

If someone throws you a good slider, you're not going to hit it. You've got to always hunt those ones that kind of pop…

— Aaron Judge

I challenge anyone, even with a radar machine, to hit that slider.

— Jerry Coleman

I learned the slider out of desperation.

— Clayton Kershaw

My slider's been very, very good to me.

— Max Scherzer

I feel good with my slider a lot. When I'm far behind the count I use it ... so I feel confident with that.

— Ubaldo Jimenez

Even after my family moved West, I would come back to Long Island as a teenager, stay with aunts and go to the city…

— Everlast

The beauty of New York is unintentional; it arose independent of human design, like a stalagmite cavern.

— Milan Kundera

New York is large, glamorous, easy-going, kindly and incurious, but above all it is a crucible - because it is large enough to be…

— Ford Madox Ford

We'd always come into Syracuse for the Empire State Games and the stair fair.

— Beau Biden

I sound New York. I sound East Coast much more than a blonde person from L.A.

— Julie Kavner

I wasn't attracted to American cinema, but I fell in love with Los Angeles the minute I arrived.

— Agnes Varda