Quotes by Tom Upton

About Tom Upton:

Thomas Herbert "Muscles" Upton was a professional athlete. He was a right-handed Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the St. Louis Browns from 1950 to 1951, and for the Washington Senators in 1952.
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You can’t believe in fate only when it sends you something you want, only when things turn out right. You have to accept what fate sends you or doesn’t send you, no matter whether or not you like it.

Tom Upton

It wasn’t human nature to leave things alone. It was normal for people to try to fix things that didn’t need to be fixed; or, infinitely worse, trying to fix things that were broken, because some things are meant to be broken--

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Do you realize how hard it is to keep your mind clear when somebody’s telling you to keep your mind clear?

Tom Upton

...Life is much simpler if you don’t notice anything....

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If you just go with the flow, no matter what weird things happen along the way, you always end up exactly where you belong.

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It was at this time that I formed one of my own insights: it was strange how intelligent people, like Raffles, without being asked, freely spout off their insights and actually expect less intelligent people, like me, to be interested.

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"Well-- I don’t know-- the cops might not respond too well to you looking through their windows with a telescope."

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I don’t believe it! You’re still interested in the girl, despite the fact that she might be some kind of alien. Does this sickness of yours have any bounds?

Tom Upton

I’ve always found wildlife very calming-- except when animals are eating each other, of course.

Tom Upton

Who in their right mind counts the tiles on the floor when they go visiting a neighbor?

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Your dad and I have been talking.” “You need to stop that. The marriage will last longer.

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Some people are born to weirdness,” Jerry said, “and others have weirdness thrust upon them.

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Apparently I couldn’t even pretend to be normal.

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Other than the voices in my head, I think I’m pretty normal.

Tom Upton

It is not easy being trapped in a school that is caught between cornfields and cows.

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All I did was offer to kill your dog, and the next thing I know I’m being judged.

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You have to figure that there is something seriously wrong with somebody who wants to enter a profession that deals with whether people are screwing enough. Dealing with spirits, spooks, and demons almost seemed normal.

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UNDERTAKER!” the head boomed. “BOY, DO I HAVE A JOB FOR YOU!

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I really should come with a warning label.

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Author Bio

  • NameTom Upton
  • DescriptionAmerican baseball player
  • BornDecember 29, 1926
  • DiedMarch 24, 2008
  • CountryUnited States Of America