Minors – Quotes

Professor Lyall, cursing his

Professor Lyall, cursing his Alpha for departing so precipitously, balled up the piece of paper and, after minor consideration for the delicacy of the information it contained, ate it. Gail Carriger

Whether you’re playing in

Whether you’re playing in the minor leagues or major-league divisions, wherever you are, it’s always nice to be recognized as an All-Star. Gaby Sanchez

For any serious purpose,

For any serious purpose, intelligence is a very minor gift. G. H. Hardy

If, for instance, they have heard something from the postman, they attribute it to a semi-official statement; if they have fallen into conversation with a stranger at a bar, they can conscientiously describe him as a source that has hitherto proved unimpeachable. It is only when the journalist is reporting a whim of his own, … Read more

There is no question

There is no question in my mind that we live in one of the truly bestial centuries in human history. There are plenty of signposts for the future historian, and what do they say? They say ‘Auschwitz’ and ‘Dresden’ and ‘Hiroshima’ and ‘Vietnam’ and ‘Napalm.’ For many years we all woke up to the daily … Read more

Everybody in the minor

Everybody in the minor leagues – if you’re a player, an announcer, whatever – wants to be in the big leagues. Ernie Harwell

Wheaties was the big

Wheaties was the big sponsor in those days (1940s). They sponsored almost all the baseball games in the majors and the minors. That was a lot of Wheaties. I think there were twenty-four boxes in a case and some of these guys were hitting twenty-five and thirty home runs a season. We had a dog … Read more

I really don’t care

I really don’t care much about baseball, or looking at ball games, major or minor. All my interest in baseball is in its statistics. Ernest Lanigan

The air is annoyingly

The air is annoyingly potted with a multitude of minor vertical disturbances which sicken the passengers and keep us captives of our seat belts. We sweat in the cockpit, though much of the time we fly with the side windows open. The airplanes smell of hot oil and simmering aluminum, disinfectant, feces, leather, and puke … Read more

I’d designed my avatar’s

I’d designed my avatar’s face and body to look, more or less, like my own. My avatar had a slightly smaller nose than me, and he was taller. And thinner. And more muscular. And he didn’t have any teenage acne. But aside from these minor details, we looked more or less identical. Ernest Cline