Famous Quotes and Proverbs
If you are looking for famous quotes and proverbs, you've come to the right place! Browse our largest database, which contains over 150,000 quotations, proverbs and sayings by the most renowned poets, artists, authors, inventors and researchers both living and deceased. Use our famous quotes and proverbs to support the content of your essay, term paper, research paper or dissertation. Be inspired by our quotes, proverbs and sayings now!
Search our collection by author, topic or keyword. It's completely FREE!
Browse Keywords:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
(Click a letter to view the keywords)
(Click a letter to view the keywords)
Letter "P" » pitch
«I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.»
Author: Bob Feller
(Baseball Player)
| Keywords:
no-hit game, no hit, pitch, regularly, The Yankees, Yankees
«If you can get an out on one pitch, take it. Let the strikeouts come on the outstanding pitches. Winning is the big thing. If you throw a lot of pitches, before you know it, your arm is gone.»
«My mother used to pitch to me and my father would shag balls. If I hit one up the middle close to my mother, I'd have some extra chores to do. My mother was instrumental in making me a pull hitter.»
Author: Eddie Mathews
| About:
Family,
Parents
| Keywords:
balls, chore, extra, hitter, instrumental, pitch, shag
«God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of the players, (ie everybody), to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.»
Author: Neil Gaiman
(Children's author, Comics writer, Journalist, Novelist, Screenwriter)
| About:
God,
Universe
| Keywords:
compared, complex, Dark Room, devising, dice, ineffable, my version, obscure, own version, perspective, pitch-dark, pitch, pitches, pitch in, pitch into, players, plays, poker, pokers, poker game, Poker Player, The Dark Room, version, versions
«Mathewson was the greatest pitcher who ever lived. He had knowledge, judgment, perfect control and form. It was wonderful to watch him pitch when he wasn't pitching against you.»
«Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.»
Author: David Hume
(Economist, Essayist, Historian, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
addresses, affections, captivated, captivates, captivating, eloquence, hearer, hearers, high-pitched, pitch, subduing
«Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed»
Author: Desiderius Erasmus
(Editor, Humanist, Priest)
| About:
Possessions
| Keywords:
pitch, profane, Rage for, squeezed
«I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation.»
«He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith; and he that hath fellowship with a proud man shall be like unto him (Ecclesiasticus 13:1).»
«I am content to live it all againAnd yet again, if it be life to pitchInto the frog-spawn of a blind man's ditch,A blind man battering blind men.»
Research our database of free Biographies. Sign-up for the database of college sample papers for only $14.95/month. Buy a custom written essay, term paper, research paper or dissertation on any topic and get a discount!
