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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In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is...

In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that...

Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that...

Always old-fashioned

Always old-fashioned

In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and...

In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and...

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

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

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...

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...

The secret of life is in art.

The secret of life is in art.

Happy is the person who knows what to remember of the past, what to enjoy...

Happy is the person who knows what to remember of the past, what to enjoy...

At spelling bee, how does the one kid get laborious, and next kid gets carnival?

At spelling bee, how does the one kid get laborious, and next kid gets carnival?