Books Quote by Vin Scully Download Open image “I'm not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It's only me.” — Vin Scully ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Business General Guru Military Military general Only Philosophy
If you want an expert on war, you get a retired general. I'm not exactly a general, but I am retired. — Sydney Biddle Barrows Copy Share Image
That's why the army sends all its future generals to what we call "charm school." As soon as you are a general, people think… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I've spent quality time in the aerospace community, with my service on two presidential commissions, but at heart, I'm an academic. Being an academic… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The professional military mind is by necessity an inferior and unimaginative mind; no man of high intellectual quality would willingly imprison his gifts in… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
I have found a unique opportunity to distinguish myself and to learn my trade. I am a general officer in the army of the… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
I am a general. My soldiers are the keys and I have to command them. — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
In all honesty, once you become a professional, number one, you're no longer a fan. I don't root for the Dodgers, really. I just… — Vin Scully Copy Share Image
Naturally there will come a time, when I will have to say goodbye, but I've soul-searched and this is not the time, — Vin Scully Copy Share Image
It is kind of lovely to be sitting alone, just thinking, very quiet, no one around. I don't feel alone or left out. — Vin Scully Copy Share Image
I've told several writers this, and, again, I get back to it, but if you want to make God smile, tell him your plans. — Vin Scully Copy Share Image
And also it's an ever-gathering process. If I pick up the Sporting News or some sports publication and there's an article on somebody and… — Vin Scully Copy Share Image
I've always felt that I was talking to one person. But I've never envisioned who that one person is. — Vin Scully Copy Share Image
That is the way this game is -- you win, you lose, you celebrate and you suffer. — Vin Scully Copy Share Image
I would say realistically, and I don't want any headlines, but I would say realistically that next year would be the last year. — Vin Scully Copy Share Image
Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination. — Vin Scully Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image