Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game and do it by watching first some high-school or small-town teams

Quote by Jacques Barzun

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If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them...

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them...

If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper...

If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper...

Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.

Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.

Always old-fashioned

Always old-fashioned

Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or...

Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or...

The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works.

The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works.

The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the...

The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the...

Art distills sensation and embodies it with enhanced meaning in a memorable form - or...

Art distills sensation and embodies it with enhanced meaning in a memorable form - or...

An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit...

An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit...

Take a portion of wit, And fashion it fit, Like a needle, with point and...

Take a portion of wit, And fashion it fit, Like a needle, with point and...

Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps...

Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps...

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more...

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more...

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the...

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the...

Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.

Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them...

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them...

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

God is living in New York, and he is a METS Fan.

God is living in New York, and he is a METS Fan.

The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The...

The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The...

If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like.

If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like.