“Baseball is about homecoming. It is a journey by theft and strength, guile and speed, out around first to the far island of second, where foes lurk in the reefs and the green sea suddenly grows deeper, then to turn sharply, skimming the shallows, making for a shore that will show a friendly face, a color, a familiar language and, at third, to proceed, no longer by paths indirect but straight, to home.” FirstsShowsHomeFacesTurnsLanguageGrowsPathJourneySeaColorBaseballThirdsGreenDeeperSpeedFamiliarIslandsFriendlyShoreFoeTheftIndirectHomecomingReefsGuileSkimmingFriendly Faces Book:A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti Source: A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti
“But television affords you, what you just described, to - over the course of 18 hours, now that we're doing a third season - tell the story of this man. You're not under any obligation, really, to do massive expositional stuff at the beginning. You're at liberty to say, "Come with us on this journey," and, gradually, you become aware of what his motivations are, what drives him, what his weaknesses are, what his strengths are. That's what I think's sucking people into these worlds, because it is kind of like a novel, you just go really, really deep.” PeopleThinkingMenWorldKindStoriesMotivationCoursesStuffHoursLibertyNovelJourneyTelevisionWeaknessThirdsSeasonsObligationMassiveReally Deep Author:Cillian Murphy
“May I share with you a formula that in my judgment will help you and help me to journey well through mortality... First, fill your mind with truth; second, fill your life with service; and third, fill your heart with love.” LoveMindFirstsWellsHeartMayHelpingTruthJourneyShareJudgmentThirdsHelp MeMortalityFormulas Author:Thomas S. Monson
“Instructions For Wayfarers They will declare: Every journey has been taken. You shall respond: I have not been to see myself. They will insist: Everything has been spoken. You shall reply: I have not had my say. They will tell you: Everything has been done. You shall reply: My way is not complete. You are warned: Any way is long, any way is hard. Fear not. You are the gate - you, the gatekeeper. And you shall go through and on . . . —Alexandros Evangelou Xenopouloudakis, THIRD WISH” WayLongHas BeensHardDoneWishTakenJourneyThirdsMy WayGatesInstructionFear NotGatekeepers Author:Robert Fulghum