Quotes for All
Power is a big thing in baseball. It can’t be cheapened. That is, a fellow has it or hasn’t. It isn’t a fluke or great accomplishment, like a perfect game. When Mantle connects, it’s a tape-measure job. Nobody who ever lived has more power than Mantle. Gabe Paul
To me, one of the greatest triumphs in doing a book is to tell the story as simply as possible. My aim is to imply rather than to overstate. Whenever the reader participates with his own interpretation, I feel that the book is much more successful. I write with the premise that less is more. … Read more
There’s an institution here called the National Sound Archive, and there’s a character who works there, Paul Wilson. He takes a very special interest in the history of the music and advised Martin Davidson of the existence of these tapes. Evan Parker
I started performing at two or three on a tape recorder, one of those little flat recorders where you just push play and record. Erykah Badu
I was the bohemian in my family, the this is my favorite shoe and I don’t care if it has tape around it kind of person. The tape could become a fashion statement. Or a political statement. Erykah Badu
I am always behind the shopper at the grocery store who has stitched her coupons in the lining of her coat and wants to talk about a ‘strong’ chicken she bought two weeks ago. The register tape also runs out just before her sub-total. In the public restroom, I always stand behind the teen-ager who … Read more
Part of any serious QA is removing Perl code the same way you go over a dilapidated building you inherit to remove chewing gum and duct tape and fix whatever was kept together for real. Erik Naggum
Seinfeld [show] had been so huge for me. It was one of those things where I discovered Seinfeld really early and was making sure everyone I knew was watching it. I would tape it on VHS and show it to people that hadn’t seen the show yet. Eric McCormack
Monty Python only became valuable when it was sold to Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in America. They didn’t pay much either, but the series has been shown repeatedly, which led to lucrative tapes, CDs and DVDs. Eric Idle
I mean, I haven’t been around very long. I can’t expect everyone to have seen ‘The House Bunny’. Oh God. I am having such waves of internal embarrassment, which now I’m admitting on a tape recorder. This is so one of the things I should keep in my head. Emma Stone