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Bill James Quotes

American - Writer | October 5, 1949 -

In a crime story, the details become tremendously important - where the staircase was in relation to the bed, for example.

Story Staircase Details Important

Professionalism in medicine has given us medial miracles for the affluent but hospitals that will charge $35 for aspirin.

Medicine Professionalism Miracles Us

I have always been much better at asking questions than knowing what the answers were.

Better Questions Asking Questions

It's extremely damaging to a fair trial to have people reaching judgment about the case in the newspapers and on the radio before the facts are heard in a case.

People Facts Fair Judgment Radio

Crime stories show us the part of people's lives they try to keep hidden.

People Crime Try Hidden Keep Us

There are many things that you can't measure. But the great fun of what I do for a living is figuring out ways to measure things that people previously considered intangible.

Great Fun People You Measure Living

Crime cases tend to be fascinating until you figure out what happened.

You Crime Out Happened Figure Until

I try to take large, general questions that are difficult to resolve and break them down into small, very specific questions that have clear answers.

Small Questions Down Try Difficult

Do we need to have 280 brands of breakfast cereal? No, probably not. But we have them for a reason - because some people like them. It's the same with baseball statistics.

Baseball People Breakfast Statistics

I do have a family, and obviously I spend as much time as I can with them. Though even when I'm with my family, my mind tends to drift toward baseball.

Family Time Baseball Mind I Can

You know one little way in which baseball changes us? We don't even think twice about Japanese names anymore. You know what I mean?

Baseball Think You Know Way Mean

Do people really believe there's something different about the eyes of murderers?

Eyes People Believe Something Really

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