Umpire Quotes
76 quotes by 55 authors
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Rules of society are nothing; one's conscience is the umpire.
— Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand
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The roughest thing I ever said to an umpire was, 'Are you sure?'
— Rod Laver
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The umpire... is like the geyser in the bathroom; we cannot do without it, yet we notice it only when it is out of order.
— Neville Cardus
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This bill would renounce the safe, proper, and acceptable role for Government as a referee of disputes between the governed. It would interpose the Government…
— Strom Thurmond
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Every man's reason is his own rightful umpire. This principle, with that of acquiescence in the will of the majority, will preserve us free and…
— Thomas Jefferson
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I remember once in high school the umpire called me out at third base when I was sure I was safe. I got so mad…
— Peter Falk
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My favorite umpire is a dead one.
— Johnny Evers
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But, you may ask, if the two departments [i.e., federal and state] should claim each the same subject of power, where is the common umpire…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The trouble with me is that every match I play against five opponents: umpire, crowd, ball boys, court, and myself.
— Goran Ivanisevic
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Ed (Runge), you're the second best umpire in the league. The other twenty-three are tied for first.
— Carl Yastrzemski
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Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.
— Christy Mathewson
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A good umpire is the umpire you don't even notice
— Ban Johnson
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When politicians complain about the media, it strikes me as resembling footballers complaining about the umpire.
— Tony Abbott
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You had to pitch in and out. The zone didn't belong to the hitters it belonged to the pitchers. Today, if you pitch too far…
— Juan Marichal
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Whenever you have a tight situation and there's a close pitch, the umpire gets a squawk no matter how he calls it.
— Red Barber
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An angry player can't argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away.
— Bill Klem
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The umpire signals a bye with the air of a weary stalk
— John Arlott
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A good umpire, like a good FBI agent, is never noticed if he is doing his job.
— Thomas Boswell
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If custom is to avail for proof of soundness, we too, surely, may advance our prevailing custom; and if they reject this, we are surely…
— Gregory of Nyssa
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Chaos umpire sits And by decision more embroils the fray by which he reigns: next him high arbiter Chance governs all.
— John Milton
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