“Part of the beauty and much of the moral seriousness of sport derives from the severe justice of strenuous play in a circumscribed universe of rules that protect the integrity of competition. Records are worth recording, and worth striving to surpass, because they serve as benchmarks of excellence achieved under the pressure of competition.” PlayUniverseSportsJusticeMoralRecordsIntegrityProtectPressureCompetitionExcellenceStriveSevereSeriousness Book:With a Happy Eye, But...: America and the World, 1997--2002 Source: With a Happy Eye, But...: America and the World, 1997--2002
“We won the lottery in life and life is such a beautiful, precious gift, and we have to savor it, because as far as we know, we are the only living things in the universe, so it is our duty to protect it.” KnowsBeautifulLife IsUniverseDutyProtectLiving ThingsLotteryPrecious Gifts Author:Francesca Martinez
“As gas-light is found to be the best nocturnal police, so the universe protects itself by pitiless publicity.” LightUniverseFoundProtectPoliceBeing The BestGasPublicityNocturnal Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson