Air Quote by John Arlott Download Open image “The umpire signals a bye with the air of a weary stalk” — John Arlott ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Air Bye Cricket Cricket funny Signals Stalking Umpires Weary
The umpire... is like the geyser in the bathroom; we cannot do without it, yet we notice it only when it is out of… — Neville Cardus Copy Share Image
In a way an umpire is like a woman. He makes quick decisions, never reverses them, and doesn't think you're safe when you're out. — Larry Goetz Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 doing, too. — Larry Goetz Copy Share Image
Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an… — Christy Mathewson Copy Share Image
A good umpire is the umpire you don't even notice. He's there all afternoon but when the game is over, you don't even remember… — Ban Johnson Copy Share Image
Most umpires are good about letting the argument go, but you can only go on for so long, or go so far. If you… — Bobby Cox Copy Share Image
“Let no one,' I say, 'who will make me no worthy return for such a loss rob me of a single day; let my… — Seneca Copy Share Image
All you umpires, back to the bleachers. Referees, hit the showers. It's my game. I pitch, I hit, I catch. I run the bases.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Cricket is a most precarious profession; it is called a team game but, in fact, no one is so lonely as a batsman facing… — John Arlott Copy Share Image
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Australianism' means single-minded determination to win - to win within the laws but, if necessary, to the last limit within them. It means where… — John Arlott Copy Share Image
Fred Trueman the man has often been tactless, haphazard, crude, a creature of impulse. — John Arlott Copy Share Image
It is rather suitable for umpires to dress like dentists, since one of their tasks is to draw stumps. — John Arlott Copy Share Image
Umpire Harold Bird, having a wonderful time, signalling everything in the world, including stopping traffic coming on from behind. — John Arlott Copy Share Image
The batsman's technique was like an old lady poking her umbrella at a wasp's nest. — John Arlott Copy Share Image
Wine is a successful effort to translate the perishable into the permanent. — John Arlott Copy Share Image
I will be a tireless advocate for our District's defense priorities including Sheppard Air Force Base, Pantex, Bell Helicopter, universities conducting important research, and… — Ronny Jackson Copy Share Image
I have lifted my plane . . . for perhaps a thousand flights and I have never felt her wheels glide from the Earth… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
If U.S. air, naval, missile, and ground forces were not in and around Korea, and if we were not treaty-bound to fight alongside South… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
The cooler days have brought a wistful mood upon him. The smell of coalsmoke in the air at night. Old times, dead years. For… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
It's easy to say, let's go in and get the bad guys. But you have a divided country of Sunnis and Shias. The United… — Tulsi Gabbard Copy Share Image
I'm a candle flame that sways in currents of air you can't see. You need to be the one who steadies me to burn. — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
It is sometimes said that scientists are unromantic, that their passion to figure out robs the world of beauty and mystery. But is it… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [Less Developed Countries]?... I… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
After a few mouthfuls of moon-flavored air, even the stubbornly drowsy can find themselves wide-eyed.. All the normal noises of life were gone, leaving… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
There was a little nook on Air Force Two that contained the vice presidential seal, and I would sort of wedge myself in there… — Jill Biden Copy Share Image
Words are substance strange. Speak one and the air ripples into another's ears. Write one and the eye laps it up. But the sense… — Dan Beachy-Quick Copy Share Image
[A]s you partake of the world's bill of fare, that's darned good advice to follow. Do a lot of spitting out the hot air.… — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image