“The model for an NHL without fighting is right there in front of us. The [playoffs are] the time of year that fans love best; when the best hockey is played... [The] enforcers don't play. Even mini-enforcers... remain on the bench. Teams and coaches can't afford anything stupid and unpredictable... With no one to fight back for them, players go harder into the corners, more determinedly to the front of the net. If they want to fire up the crowd and their teammates, they have to do it themselves. And in the playoffs, they do.” IfsWantInspirationalYearsPlayMotivationalFightingLove IsFirePlayerTeamFansFrontsStupidModelsHarderCrowdsCornersCoachesHockeyUnpredictableTeammateNhlBenchesPlayoffsBest Hockey Author:Ken Dryden
“It is a stupid presumption to go about despising and condemning as false anything that seems to us improbable; this is a common fault in those who think they have more intelligence than the crowd.” ThinkingSeemsCommonStupidFaultsCrowdsImprobablePresumptionCondemning Book:Essays Source: Essays
“That America is in the calamity is a result of a certain amount of elitism in the Democratic Party where they're tied to the sensibility of the college-educated, multicultural crowd, of which I'm a part, which has created a sense where it's OK to say, "All the red state voters are stupid, they're all dummies, they're all racist, they're all backwards mouth-breathing knuckle-dragging ..." all that stuff. And that kind of elitism, which is first of all not true, is also not fair. It's also dumb strategy.” FirstsKindStatesAmericaCertainStuffResultsPartyStupidCollegeAmountMouthsRedFairsStrategyDemocraticCrowdsEducatedDumbBreathingRacistVotersTiedSensibilityBackwardsCalamityDemocratic PartyNot FairMulticulturalElitismKnucklesDummy Author:Van Jones
“New York is a field of tireless and antagonistic interests undoubtedly fascinating but horribly unreal. Everybody is looking at everybody else a foolish crowd walking on mirrors.” InterestStupidNew YorkFieldsWalkingMirrorsCrowdsFoolishFascinatingUnrealWalking Away Book:Letters of Wallace Stevens Source: Letters of Wallace Stevens
“Ripred sighed. 'I suppose so. You and I seem to end up doing everything. Shall we say four members for each delegation?' 'Why not?' Luxa said. 'Four can be as stupid as ten. No need to crowd the room.' Ripred laughed. 'You know, I think you an I are going to get on famously.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsSaidEndsSeemsRoomsFourStupidTenMembersCrowdsWhy NotLaughedDelegationRipred Author:Suzanne Collins