“I'm a bit of a shill for the Clinton Administration, which has its perks. I'm invited to all the inaugural balls.” BitsBallsClintonAdministrationInvitedPerksInauguralShills Author:Al Franken
“Science has grown frightfully audacious in these days -- swift-footed, ponderous, careering over her iron ways with unslacking pace. This rampant dragon, on which I am mounted, see how he bends his once stiff neck to his rider, champing his checked bit and pawing the dust, impatient to leap around the globe. Genius is prescient, foresees its own might. Man is striving through these iron-ribbed, steam-sped hippogriffs, to recover his lost ubiquity and omnipotence, and threatens soon to grasp in his ample palm, and fix with flaming eye-ball, the elemental forces!” MenWayMightEyeLostForceBitsGeniusBallsStriveDustThese DaysNecksDragonsIronLeapPaceGlobesPalmsImpatientSteamRidersElementalsOmnipotenceAudaciousSpedUbiquityStiff Neck Book:Table-talk Source: Table-talk
“Because in order to beat Jimmy, I had to get around the ball a little bit quicker so I wasn't always on defensive and catching the ball on last stride, that I had little more time. Once I was able to get little bit quicker, then it has helped me a lot.” LittlesAbleLastsOrderBitsSportsLittle BitBeatsBallsMore TimeCatchingJimmyStride Author:Ivan Lendl
“I'd like to play a mixture of Lucille Ball meets Murphy Brown meets Glenn Close on 'Damages,' to keep a little bit of the darkness in there. I like dark comedy a lot.” LittlesPlayBitsDarkDarknessComedyLittle BitBallsDamageBrownMixturesMurphyDark ComedyMurphy Brown Author:Joelle Carter
“As far as sleeping goes, you're up and ready to go at six in the morning. Spring training was always a combination of relaxing and working, and I missed that quite a bit. I missed being around the ball field. A baseball. A bat. The smell of the uniform, you might say. Talking baseball. Seeing opponents as well as the Cubs.” WellsMightBitsSleepTalkingMorningSeeingFieldsReadySixSpringTrainingBaseballBallsSmellCombinationOpponentsUniformsBatsCubsSpring Training Author:Lou Boudreau
“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
“Yeah, I'm going to go back (after hitting his 500th home run, but commenting on reaching the 3,000 hit plateau) to my Punch-and-Judy days, hit the ball the other way, start bunting the ball a little bit.” WayLittlesHomeRunningBitsLittle BitBallsYeahReachingHittingHome RunBunting Author:Rafael Palmeiro
“Some people throw a bit of their personality after their bad arguments, as if that might straighten their paths and turn them into right and good arguments-just as a man in a bowling alley, after he has let go of the ball, still tries to direct it with gestures.” PeopleIfsMenTryingStillsMightTurnsBitsPathPersonalityLetting GoArgumentDirectBallsGesturesAlleysBowlingBowling Alleys Book:Basic Writings of Nietzsche Source: Basic Writings of Nietzsche