Bill James Quotes

Our society is very, very good at developing certain types of skills and certain types of genius. We are fantastically good at identifying and developing athletic skills - better than we are, really, at almost anything else. We are quite good at developing and rewarding inventiveness.

Bill James

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 5, 1949

Topics

GoodSocietyBetterGeniusSkills

Traveling the world was a constant thing, rich with experiences. But all of it was relative to being able to play live onstage and really stretch out.

Jimmy Page

LiveWorldRichPlayOutStretch

When we start deceiving ourselves into thinking not that we want something... but that it is a moral imperative that we have it, that is when we join the fashionable madmen.

Joan Didion

StartThinkingMoralWantSomething

I'd go fishing and always pretend I would catch the biggest fish. I'd stay out there for hours after everybody else left until I caught something. When I shot baskets, I was always the coach and star player and always made the winning shot.

Jerry West

FishingWinningFishGoCoachOut

I tend to focus on what I'm doing at the moment, and that takes up the entire span of my focus.

Maura Tierney

MomentFocusDoingUpTakesSpan

I have no doubt who I am.

Jeanne Moreau

I AmDoubtWhoNo DoubtAm

Broadway is like a club I haven't been invited to, and I'm hoping that maybe they will give me a guest pass one of these days.

Merritt Wever

MeWillClubDaysGuestGive Me

Ruining someone else's life for attention or revenge should also come with a price.

Tomi Lahren

LifeRevengeSomeoneAttentionPrice

In high school, I had a wonderful teacher who, coincidentally also taught Meryl Streep before me. At the same time I had my own rock band, I played bass and sang. I was one of those kids who really enjoyed being with my friends and doing rather insane, but fun, creative things.

Roger Bart

TeacherTimeCreativeSchoolFunMe

It's very tempting for certain generations to say, 'Well, I just want to be in a band, and I want to be a rock star,' or whatever. That's not what it's about. Firstly, you've got to be in it for the love and the passion that you have for the music, and then you take it from there.

Rob Halford

LoveMusicPassionRock StarYou

I don't know how well I work in traditions. I don't know if it's just the way I listened to music growing up and never having my foot in one particular world, and just wanting to do my own thing.

Julia Holter

WorkMusicGrowing UpWorldKnow

Put me on the Food Network - I'll be the funniest guy talking about food. I don't care.

Chris Cubas

FoodMeCareTalkingGuyNetwork

I really appreciate gory movies.

David Slade

AppreciateMoviesReally

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