Bert Blyleven Quotes

I love baseball. I love watching baseball. As a broadcaster, I get to watch the best 700 players put on the uniform year after year. That, to me, is exciting.

Bert Blyleven

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: April 6, 1951

Topics

LoveBestBaseballMeYearUniform

Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue; it is less a distinct principle than a natural consequence of the general principle of democracy, applied to the most pressing wants of the country.

Maximilien Robespierre

JusticeDemocracyCountryVirtue

The dead of midnight is the noon of thought.

Anna Letitia Barbauld

ThoughtDeadMidnightNoon

Yes, bad or mediocre ballets can be useful to the dancers and temporarily fun for the audience, but in the long run, the lowering of standards can only erode the art form we all love.

Robert Gottlieb

LoveArtFunLongBadRun

Going public for the sake of going public is not really an optimal thing. You're going public because as a company you believe it is the right thing to do and it will benefit the ability of the company to achieve its long-term objectives.

Jeff Weiner

BelieveYouAchieveWillRight

Every year, I come to TED prepared to roll my eyes a lot at the beginning, but knowing that at some point in the intellectual marathon, my brain will buckle to the cascade of ideas and bend to the painstakingly rehearsed presentations.

Steven Levy

EyesBeginningIdeasBrainYear

The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared this elemental ethic: The land was alive to his loving touch, and he, its son, was brother to all creatures.

Stewart Udall

SonBrotherAmericanLovingEarth

As far as I'm concerned, the first business leader who was able to establish a cult of personality around his tenure was Lee Iacocca.

Tom Peters

LeaderBusinessPersonalityFirst

I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories.

Tom T. Hall

WritingBookReadingShortTraveled

I think I should be here alone to rethink the world - I do. I want these lesser humans gone.

Roseanne Barr

AloneWorldThinkWantGoneHere

I'm in need of a man apron. A very manly apron.

Mike D

ManNeedManlyVery

You can dominate a game if you dominate on the line... We're just going to have to go out there and work hard and blow people off the ball, and let our runners do what they do best.

Miles Davis

WorkBestPeopleWork HardGameYou

Everybody has an idea of the tsunami of being a big wave. It is not a big wave. It is a huge amount of water that comes to land.

Juan Antonio Bayona

WaterWaveLandBigBeingIdea

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