"Opera in English is, in the main, just……" — H. L. Mencken

"Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian."

— H. L. Mencken

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647 Quotes by H. L. Mencken

H. L. Mencken has 647 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

A man full of faith is simply one who has lost the capacity for clear and realistic thought.
Religion deserves no more respect than a pile of garbage.
When I die, I shall be content to vanish into nothingness.... No show, however good, could conceivably be good forever…
People say we need religion when what they really mean is we need police.
Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first love, and just after he…
Well, I tell you, if I have been wrong in my agnosticism, when I die I'll walk up to God…
The Old Testament, as everyone who has looked into it is aware, drips with blood; there is, indeed, no more…
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in their readiness to doubt.
To every complex question there is a simple answer and it is wrong...
The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is…
I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its modest and greatly overestimated services…
Goverment is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those…

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More Baseball Quotes

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In 2002, in this country, there was an observation that for the first time in America, more kids were actively… — Stephen Baldwin
It's a great day for a ball game; let's play two! — Ernie Banks
Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics. — Ernie Banks
Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the… — Jacques Barzun
Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with… — Evan Bayh
A catcher and his body are like the outlaw and his horse. He's got to ride that nag till it… — Johnny Bench
Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets. — Yogi Berra
Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical. — Yogi Berra
You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six. — Yogi Berra
It's like deja-vu, all over again. — Yogi Berra
Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded. — Yogi Berra
I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change… — Yogi Berra

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