Alibis Quote by Jimmy Cannon Download Open image “A sports expert is the guy who writes the best alibis for being wrong” — Jimmy Cannon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Alibis Being wrong Experts Guy Sports Writing
An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
Sports executives are great at convincing themselves whatever they believe is right and simply has to be. — Michael Wilbon Copy Share Image
An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject and how to avoid them. — Werner Heisenberg Copy Share Image
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
An expert is a person who avoids the small errors while sweeping on to the grand fallacy. — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
An expert is a person who avoids small error as he sweeps on to the grand fallacy — Benjamin Stolberg Copy Share Image
I've often been struck by the extensive knowledge that people have of sports, and particularly, their self-confidence in discussing it with experts. . .… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
“Two motives urge fans to obsession with their sports. One is the need-—through the appeal of vicarious success—-to identify with winners. The other is… — Paul Fussell Copy Share Image
The word "expert" in a self description should be followed by the word 'bullshit.' — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Women aren't embarrassed when they buy men's pajamas, but a man buying a nightgown acts as though he were dealing with a dope peddler. — Jimmy Cannon Copy Share Image
I suspect guys who say, "I just send out for a sandwich for lunch," as lazy men trying to impress me. — Jimmy Cannon Copy Share Image
He was the strangest of all our national sports idols. But not even his disagreeable character could destroy the image of his greatness as… — Jimmy Cannon Copy Share Image
“Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed and the dejected. ” — Jimmy Cannon Copy Share Image
I can't remember ever staying for the end of a movie in which the actors wore togas. — Jimmy Cannon Copy Share Image
Handicaps can be converted into stepping stones on which one may climb toward some worthy goal, unless they are accepted as obstacles, and used… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
It will revolutionize baseball. It will open a new area of alibis for the players. — Gabe Paul Copy Share Image
You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars. — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
Our enemy is not lack of preparation; it’s not the difficulty of the project, or the state of the marketplace or the emptiness of… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
A cat never discusses his business with humans, not even Princesses. A cat never explains and never apologizes. A cat never alibis. You must… — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
I just want to assure you that both President Bush and I have very firm alibis. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
When you're counting alibis and not apples, one plus one equals none. — Margaret Millar Copy Share Image
The men who miss success have two general alibis: 'I'm not a genius' is one; and the other, 'There aren't the opportunities today there… — Charles M. Schwab Copy Share Image
Quart of whiskey a day for months working hard on a long poem. Wife hiding bottles, myself hiding bottles. Murderous and suicidal. Many hospitalizations,… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
The untalented are more at ease in a society that gives them valid alibis for not achieving than in one where opportunities are abundant.… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
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