Brooks Robinson Quotes

It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract time, but there are moments when the glove has the last word.

Brooks Robinson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: May 18, 1937

Topics

TimeMomentsLoudestContractPretty

Different members of different cultures will think that some things are beautiful.

Jock Sturges

BeautifulThinkWillCulturesThings

The people that have inspired me the most were dancers and choreographers. Even growing up, if I dealt with any pressure to be a certain way, I knew that as an artistic lane, dancing was the one that was a little more freed up - like, no one in my family is really doing that; I can be that person.

Jillian Hervey

FamilyPeopleMeGrowing UpPressure

I have given up the idea that there is an opposition-free church out there. But I have gained something else - an appreciation for the gift of opposition. When it comes, I learn something about my motives. When it comes, I get to test my courage.

John Ortberg

CourageAppreciationGiftChurchOut

I went into politics on an emotional level and soon realised that emotion has nothing to do with politics.

Amitabh Bachchan

PoliticsNothingEmotionEmotional

I went from being able to walk down the street and be ignored to having men whistle at me. I was an insecure young girl, and it felt good to have attention, even though it was inappropriate.

Amanda de Cadenet

GoodGirlWalkMenMeAttention

For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.

Tony Robbins

ChangeValueTrueChangesConsistent

Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure.

Rita Dove

EndPlayPleasureRapWholeOnly

No one can actually define love, but you attempt to, and the closest you can get is longing. And that itself has a melancholy to it. You can say dread, or doom - it's that feeling we all feel when we fall in love with someone: we have this horrible, fearful feeling that maybe we will never have that person in our life.

Robert Zemeckis

LifeLoveFeelSomeoneYouFall

I believe God rules all by his divine providence and that the stars by his permission are instruments.

William Lilly

StarsGodBelieveRulesI Believe

Eat better or work out more, and you'll see the benefits weeks, months or years down the road. Sleep more, and you'll see the benefits tomorrow.

Sendhil Mullainathan

WorkSleepTomorrowRoadBetterYou

A talented footballer comes over, his family depends on him, and if his agent or club don't treat him well, he might not succeed, and then he feels he's let everyone down. For years, African players have been exploited.

Nwankwo Kanu

FamilySucceedTreatDownOverClub

A babe at the breast is as much pleasure as the bearing is pain.

Marion Zimmer Bradley

PainPleasureMuchBearingBabe

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Brooks Robinson