“Don Cooper is an incredible person. He's not only a great pitching coach, but he's a great human being and a great friend.” Quote by Jose Contreras
“It's amazing how everything here seems like it's in abundance. In Cuba, there is a shortage of everything.” SeemsAbundanceCubaShortage Author:Jose Contreras
“What happens in the heart simply happens.” HeartHappens Book:Birthday letters Source: Birthday letters
“...there are two (inter alia) two ways of ruining a society - namely, letting the market "be the sole director of the fate of human beings," and allowing technology to permeate every aspect of our lives. In the United States, both of these developments have converged, creating a huge chasm between rich and poor and pushing us over the edge into a kind of antisociety... While these developments have been widely hailed as the dawn of a golden age, the likelihood is that they actually amount to a death knell, the beginning of the end of the American empire.” WayHumansKindHas BeensTwoEndsStatesAgeHuman BeingsPoorUnitedTechnologyUnited StatesRichOur LivesFateHugeDevelopmentAmountDirectorsCreatingAspectEdgesGoldenDawnEmpiresPushingAllowingSoleTwo WaysRich And PoorLikelihoodGolden AgeChasmsOver The EdgeAmerican Empire Author:Morris Berman
“Some people, in working towards a goal, find themselves seized by inertia when it comes time for action. If this should happen to you, despite the small graduated steps, then it is time to re-examine your goal. Consider how important it actually is and then either discard the goal and replace it with more suitable one or continue the steps with a renewed sense of the value of achieving it.” PeopleIfsShouldImportantHappensActionValuesGoalStepsAchieveDespiteSuitableInertia Author:Fitzhugh Dodson
“In India in particular, where millions have no home but the streets, virtually every life event is carried out in public: prayer, eating, sleeping, nursing, crude dentistry, even bodily functions. In the secular West, where nothing is sacred, everything seems hidden; yet in Asia, where nothing is hidden, everything is sacred.” HomeSeemsPrayerSleepMillionsStreetsEventsParticularEatingIndiaFunctionSacredWestSecularAsiaNursingCrudeDentistryBodily Functions Author:Steve McCurry
“Law Number IX: Acronyms and abbreviations should be used to the maximum extent possible to make trivial ideas profound ... Q.E.D.” ShouldIdeasLawUsedNumbersProfoundMaximumAcronymsAbbreviations Author:Norman Ralph Augustine
“Law Number L: The average regulation has a life span one-fifth as long as a chimpanzee's and one-tenth as long as a human's, but four times as long as the official's who created it.” HumansLongLawNumbersFourAverageOfficialsRegulationFifthChimpanzeesLife Span Author:Norman Ralph Augustine
“Law Number V: One-tenth of the participants produce over one-third of the output. Increasing the number of participants merely reduces the average output.” LawNumbersProduceThirdsAverageParticipantsOutput Author:Norman Ralph Augustine
“Law Number XIV: After the year 2015, there will be no airplane crashes. There will be no takeoffs either, because electronics will occupy 100 percent of every airplane's weight.” YearsLawNumbersPercentWeightAirplaneCrashElectronicsTakeoffAirplane Crashes Author:Norman Ralph Augustine
“Law Number XLIV: Aircraft flight in the 21st century will always be in a westerly direction, preferably supersonic, crossing time zones to provide the additional hours needed to fix the broken electronics.” LawHoursNumbersCenturyBrokenNeededFlightZone21st CenturyCrossingsAircraftElectronicsTime Zones Author:Norman Ralph Augustine