Branch Rickey Quotes

Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I remember that it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms.

Branch Rickey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 20, 1881 - December 9, 1965

Topics

ChangeMyselfBaseballPeopleIdeas

To me, writing is a matter of voice. I think like that. The expression I sometimes use to myself is 'actual song.' That what I do is somewhere on the line between speaking to you as I am now and actual song. And the things I love when I say one of those poems to myself - it's a little bit like singing, it's a little bit like speaking.

Robert Pinsky

LoveMyselfI AmMeSingingSong

You never give away your heart; you lend it from time to time. If it were not so, how could we take it back without asking?

Jeanette Winterson

HeartTimeYouBackNeverAsking

There are more important ways of earning a living, aren't there? Like being a neurosurgeon. But some plays are very important, aren't they?

Michael Gambon

ImportantLivingMoreEarningBeing

We were about ready to go out on the road with Maiden, and Kerrang asked us to do an Iron Maiden tribute song. While we were home, we recorded that. And that was it.

Johnny Christ

HomeSongRoadReadyGoOut

Music is a hobby, because I'm not making any money out of it, but I put just as much conviction into that as I do into my acting.

River Phoenix

MusicMoneyHobbyActingOutJust

Monogamy is desirable for many reasons, especially in creating a stable, emotionally connected home for children. But judging from centuries of human behavior, it is also a very difficult standard to meet.

Mary Gaitskill

HomeChildrenBehaviorCreatingMeet

I want to record, tour, and just live life.

Lizz Wright

LifeLiveLive LifeWantJustTour

I did not see his face, because he was all covered with blood.

Lizzie Andrew Borden

FaceBloodSeeBecauseHeDid

You've got to coach worrying about your entire team: whether that gets you a championship or whether that gets you fired. I think it allows you to coach free. You're coaching with freedom because you know you're doing what you think is right.

Doc Rivers

FreedomTeamFreeThinkDoingYou

I don't say anything unintentionally.

Dominic Monaghan

SayAnything

I think if you have an eye and the ability and the confidence as a designer, you can turn your hand to anything.

Anouska Hempel

ConfidenceEyeThinkYouHandTurn

As an actress, you never know when you're going to work again - and there's so much dependency on working.

Alia Shawkat

WorkYouKnowNeverGoingWorking

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