“Children in the 21st (century) have been transformed from net producers of their own toy and play culture, to net consumers of play culture imposed by adults.” ChildrenHas BeensPlayCultureCenturyAdultsProducersConsumersTransformedToys21st Century Author:David Elkind
“I was never a strikeout pitcher. Why should I throw eight or nine balls to get a man out when I got away with three or four?” MenShouldThreeFourBallsEightNineShould IPitcherStrikeouts Author:Stan Coveleski
“I never did like Cleveland. Don't know why. Didn't like the town. Now, the people are all right, but I just didn't like the town.” PeopleKnowsTownsCleveland Author:Stan Coveleski
“The analogies between science and art are very good as long as you are talking about the creation and the performance. The creation is certainly very analogous. The aesthetic pleasure of the craftsmanship of performance is also very strong in science.” LongArtStrongPleasureTalkingCreationPerformancesVery GoodAestheticVery StrongAnalogiesArt And ScienceCraftsmanship Author:Freeman Dyson
“The seeds from Ramanujan's garden have been blowing on the wind and have been sprouting all over the landscape. [On the stimulating effects of Ramanujan's mathematical legacy.]” Has BeensEffectsWindGardenSeedsMathematicalLandscapeLegacyRamanujan Author:Freeman Dyson
“The ground of science was littered with the corpses of dead unified theories.” TheoryCorpsesUnified Author:Freeman Dyson
“[John Wheeler] rejuvenated general relativity; he made it an experimental subject and took it away from the mathematicians” MadeSubjectsMade ItMathematicianRelativityGeneral Relativity Author:Freeman Dyson
“I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning.” WinningDefeat Author:Grantland Rice
“Four turnovers. Two assists. I told him he'd have the game ball if he had taken care of the ball a little bit better.” IfsLittlesTwoCareGamesBitsTakenFourLittle BitBallsTurnover Author:Bo Ryan