One of the things that attracted me to Barack was his emotional honesty. Right off the bat he said what he felt.… — Michel'le Copy Share Image
Hitting a baseball well, as in cricket, is a very rare skill. One of most difficult things to do in the world… — Peter Tork Copy Share Image
Jack! "Where have you been,you miserable little creep?" He raised his eyebrows,a look of mock hurt on his face."This is the thanks… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
The bat was looking at Theo and Theo was having trouble following his own thoughts.The bat was wearing tiny sunglasses.Ray Bans,Theo could… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
If someone wants to lead a double life, they will find a way to do it. And they can promise you things… — Stephanie Klein Copy Share Image
I use my single windup, my double windup, my triple windup, my hesitation windup, my no windup. I also use my step-n-pitch-it,… — Satchel Paige Copy Share Image
No one can ever see the ball hit the bat because it's physically impossible to focus your eyes that way. However, when… — Ted Williams Copy Share Image
There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast. Some men, like bats or owls, have… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
No perfume. Because I want to know how you smell - right off the bat. Don't mask it up. I need to… — Chris D'Elia Copy Share Image
I always respect right off the bat because we are human, but then over time you learn who the person truly is,… — Billie Jean King Copy Share Image
I'm proud of everything that I've accomplished since I was a little boy. That was my dream - to be a ballplayer.… — Roberto Alomar Copy Share Image
When I get the record, all it will make me is the player with the most hits. I'm also the player with… — Pete Rose Copy Share Image
Disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, floods, oil spills and radioactive fallout cause massive death of people, pigs, bats and birds. These… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
They took a baseball bat and whacked open his head. Mummy Boy fell to the ground; he finally was dead. Inside of… — Tim Burton Copy Share Image
There are certain things I can't do, certain pitches I can't hit. You stay away from them. You try to wait for… — Chili Davis Copy Share Image
This whole thing about not kicking someone when they are down is b.s. Not only do you kick him—you kick him until… — Michael Scanlon Copy Share Image
Whether your name is (Lou) Gehrig or (Cal) Ripken, (Joe) DiMaggio or (Jackie) Robinson, or that of some youngster who picks up… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
Yes, I was in that game where George Brett hit that home run. Billy saw there was too much pine tar on… — Bert Campaneris Copy Share Image
I developed a term that is used in the game right now called sacking a quarterback. Sacking a quarterback is just like… — Deacon Jones Copy Share Image
It took a lot of water to down just that f-king bat's head, let me tell you. It's still stuck in my… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
When we are youths in the Dominican, we pick up bats and balls because baseball is part of what we grow up… — Vladimir Guerrero Copy Share Image
The first show I ever saw was Meat Loaf, and it was on the Bat Out of Hell tour. Meat Loaf actually… — Simon Taylor-Davis Copy Share Image
Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion. For instance, let's say you're an astronaut on the moon and you fear that your… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
If he had his wits about him Bunny would surely keep his mouth shut; but now, with his subconscious mind knocked loose… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
We still name our military helicopter gunships after victims of genocide. Nobody bats an eyelash about that: Blackhawk. Apache. And Comanche. If… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Professionalism in tennis ... only resulted in making billionaires out of rude children, producing an onslaught of moody defectors, and a lot… — Dan Jenkins Copy Share Image
Sound... if you look at bats you know that navigate with sonar, they're like you know they're very precise. They can even… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
You really want to know what being an X-Man feels like? Just be a smart bookish boy of color in a contemporary… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
It was the first time I used that bat. A Yankee fan in Chicago gave it to me the last time we… — Graig Nettles Copy Share Image
Almost nothing worthwhile is easy, and it's hard to just jump in and be good at something difficult right off the bat...… — John Gruber Copy Share Image
If somebody is really trying to take your head off with a baseball bat - I don't know how long you're supposed… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I look in the mirror and I don't see a sex symbol. I just see a guy who looks like he's been… — Javier Bardem Copy Share Image
Spooky things happen in houses densely occupied by adolescent boys. When I checked out a four-inch dent in the living room ceilingone… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
I usually don't look at at-bats where I get out. I look at my hits. I look at good swings I put… — Mark Teixeira Copy Share Image
You're going to go through times when you don't do too well, or you may have some slumps or get outpitched. Just… — Jason Heyward Copy Share Image
I tend to gravitate toward the more powerful roles. As opposed to the doe-eyed girl who bats her eyelashes and runs around… — Julia Stiles Copy Share Image
Rituals, even unhappy ones, provide a measure of comfort. Like a superstitious ballplayer who will only use certain bats, my depression rituals… — David Karp Copy Share Image
The beanball is one of the meanest things on Earth and no decent fellow would use it. The beanball is a potential… — Walter Johnson Copy Share Image
We ought to take good care of everybody we have on the planet, but we ought to regulate the rate at which… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
There was a year straight where every weekend, I went to at least one bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah, and we would… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
