Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can’t get you off.
BILL VEECKI try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
More Bill Veeck Quotes
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Suffering is overrated. It doesn’t teach you anything.
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Hating the Yankees isn’t part of my act. It is one of those exquisite times when life and art are in perfect conjunction.
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When the Supreme Court says baseball isn’t run like a business, everybody jumps up and down with joy. When I say the same thing, everybody throws pointy objects at me.
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I do not think that winning is the most important thing. I think winning is the only thing.
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Look, we play the Star Spangled Banner before every game. You want us to pay income taxes, too?
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I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people.
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Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have to be the same width.
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How can you be a sage if you’re pretty? You can’t get your wizard papers without wrinkles.
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There are only two seasons – winter and Baseball.
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I don’t break the rules. I merely test their elasticity.
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When there is no room for individualism in ballparks, then there will be no room for individualism in life.
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Deplore it if you will, but Grover Cleveland Alexander drunk was a better pitcher than Grover Cleveland Alexander sober.
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I don’t mind the high price of stardom. I just don’t like the high price of mediocrity.
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I don’t want the natural athlete — I want a guy who’ll go after the hard ones.
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