Quotes of: Thompson Keyword

A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball.

Ernie Harwell

When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career.

Ernie Harwell

If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.

E. W. Howe

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.

E. W. Howe

The Goddamn human race deserves itself, and as far as I'm concerned it can have it.

Elizabeth Janeway

As long as mixed grills and combination salads are popular, anthologies will undoubtedly continue in favor.

Elizabeth Janeway

Titanic Thompson and Amarillo Slim would have run from a game with Marty Stanovich. Marty could really play, and he didn't cheat.

Evel Knievel

Some books are serials, not to be mistaken for anything else. 'The Two Towers,' for example, ought never to be read in isolation.

Edward M. Lerner

Happily, researchphilia is not the problem it once was. The Internet makes just-in-time research very practical.

Edward M. Lerner

One of the bedrock principles of physics is the conservation of energy. In this universe, energy can be neither created nor destroyed.

Edward M. Lerner

I watch golf on television, although I don't golf - except for visits to the driving range in spurts.

Elinor Lipman

I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.

E. V. Lucas

Counterterrorism analysts have known for years that al Qaeda prepares for attacks with elaborate 'targeting packages' of photographs and notes.

Barton Gellman

For personal use, I recommend the free and open-source Truecrypt, which comes in flavors for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Barton Gellman

If I'm in a room with 100 people, will I be able to find one person I'd like to have dinner with? Probably not.

Bryant Gumbel

A writer's job is to destroy and then to build the thing back up again by a chosen means.

Barry Hannah

Liberation movements - prizing ends over means - are not always particular about their friends or scrupulous about their transactions.

Bill Keller

You don't want to go around willy-nilly suing news organizations. That's probably self-defeating.

Bill Keller

Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.

Bill Keller

Home gives you something no other place can... your history. Home is where your history begins.

Billie Letts

When Warren Buffett invests in a company, he is conferring upon that company something very unique: his credibility.

Bethany McLean