Umpires Quotes · Page 5

Rules of society are nothing; one's conscience is the umpire.

— Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand

Referees are the law. They have a whistle. They blow it. And that whistle is the articulation of God's justice.

— Harold Pinter

It is rather suitable for umpires to dress like dentists, since one of their tasks is to draw stumps.

— John Arlott

Screw them. Yeah. But not literally. I'm not advocating promiscuity.

— Mark Hoppus

People don't seem to understand that it's a damn war out there.

— Jimmy Connors

A good umpire, like a good FBI agent, is never noticed if he is doing his job.

— Thomas Boswell

It is difficult batting in artificial light with a red ball but it's a horrible task for umpires to make a judgment.

— Adam Gilchrist

Umpires are like emotional girlfriends, once they make up their minds, there is no point in arguing

— Dmitry Tursunov

I want to stress again one aspect of the game which is most important. Never argue with an umpire.

— Ian Botham

“Sachin plays not only to be remembered but also to be repeated.”

— Amit Kalantri

I'd get me a bunch of bats and balls and sneak me a couple of umpires and learn them kids behind the…

— Dizzy Dean

Wherever you turn, there is always something wrong with the politicians. They have everything they need to save the world, and they…

— Nana Mouskouri

“Thanks to technology, the future generation will be able to see Sachin's recorded innings and will accept that our generation was most…

— Amit Kalantri

Chief Justice [John] Roberts compared judges to umpires, who apply rules they did not write and cannot change to the competition before…

— Orrin Hatch

Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.

— Bill Vaughan

For a few years, more people have been leaving our country than entering it. Wherever it is possible, we must lower the…

— Angela Merkel

Every man's reason is his own rightful umpire. This principle, with that of acquiescence in the will of the majority, will preserve…

— Thomas Jefferson

I've heard it said that umpires are necessary evil. Well, we are necessary, but we are not evil. We are hard-working and…

— Doug Harvey

I think umpires have too much power, without any system of checks and balances and the more money a player makes, the…

— Ozzie Smith

Once when the Yankee's Lou Pinella was batting he questioned a Palermo strike call. Pinella demanded, "Where was that pitch at?" Palermo…

— George Will

“Sachin has infinite capacity for taking pains and still making runs.”

— Amit Kalantri

The same things go on everywhere, whether you're from the city, the country or wherever.

— Bubba Sparxxx

The trouble with me is that every match I play against five opponents: umpire, crowd, ball boys, court, and myself.

— Goran Ivanisevic

The roughest thing I ever said to an umpire was, 'Are you sure?'

— Rod Laver

There are rumors, rumors, rumors. I'm always the last one to know about these things, literally.

— Shawn Ashmore

Literally, I think I've quit acting three or four times, only for a few days. Maybe for a few weeks.

— Mark Ruffalo

The most important thing for a judge is - curiously enough - judgment.

— Anonymous

If you don't need umpires out there, and you can put robots out there, then why do we need ballplayers?

— Doug Harvey

“I've never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.”

— Leo Durocher

But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage.

— Ralph Adams Cram

“Football said,"Why I am not a cricket ball to get a shot from Sachin".”

— Amit Kalantri

Arbitrage proof has since been widely used throughout finance and economics.

— Merton Miller

Never wear a backward baseball cap to an interview unless applying for the job of umpire.

— Casey Stengel

I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules.

— Leo Durocher

The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it.

— Bill Klem

Umpire's heaven is a place where he works third base every game. Home is where the heartache is.

— Ron Luciano

You can hardly judge women's effect on politics merely from the action of individual women officeholders.

— Florence Ellinwood Allen

In Canada, nobody is ever overthrown because nobody gives a damn.

— Mordecai Richler

“Sachin's pedal sweep confirmed that physical conditions and age cannot stop you from hitting boundaries.”

— Amit Kalantri

It isn't enough for an umpire to merely know what he's doing. He has to look as though he knows what he's…

— Larry Goetz