Umpires Quotes - Page 13

• Then when I reached college, I realized that many people had thought about the problem during the 18th and 19th centuries and so I studied those methods.

  Andrew Wiles

  College, People, Problem

  "Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat". NOVA Interview, www.pbs.org. November 1, 2000.

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• If custom is to avail for proof of soundness, we too, surely, may advance our prevailing custom; and if they reject this, we are surely not bound to follow theirs. Let the inspired Scripture, then, be our umpire, and the vote of truth will surely be given to those whose dogmas are found to agree with the Divine words.

  Gregory of Nyssa

  May, Scripture, Vote

  Gregory of Nyssa (2012). “The Sacred Writings of Gregory of Nyssa (Annotated Edition)”, p.668, Jazzybee Verlag

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• It is the duty of the Umpire to determine all questions submitted to him according to these laws, when they apply, and according to his best judgment when they do not apply.

  Howard Staunton

  Law, Judgment, Duty

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• But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage.

  Ralph Adams Cram

  Soul, Liberty, Body

  RALPH ADAMS CRAM (1922). “TOWARDS THE GREAT PEACE”

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• Literally, I think I've quit acting three or four times, only for a few days. Maybe for a few weeks.

  Mark Ruffalo

  Thinking, Acting, Three

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• Mr. Speaker, we have reached a point in history where some have forgotten that it is the family, not the government, that is the fundamental building block of our society.

  Jim Ryun

  Block, Government, Fundamentals

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• Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each new book as well as I can.

  Sue Grafton

  Book, Writing, Focus

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• I've had a wordless phase, and that's still not entirely over: what I sing is not always literally meant that way, and you can hear that in the way it is sung.

  Beth Gibbons

  Over You, Phases, Way

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• I've reached most my goals and when my career is over I will have many other things to do.

  Thomas Muster

  Careers, Goal, Things To Do

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• Chaos umpire sits And by decision more embroils the fray by which he reigns: next him high arbiter Chance governs all.

  John Milton

  Math, Decision, Reign

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 2, l. 907

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• For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not.

  Patricia Highsmith

  Justice, Done, Care

  "The talented Ms Highsmith", www.theguardian.com. January 27, 2000.

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• Being an umpire is like being a king. It prepares you for nothing.

  Ron Luciano

  Kings

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• Umpires are like emotional girlfriends, once they make up their minds, there is no point in arguing

  Dmitry Tursunov

  Girlfriend, Emotional, Tennis

  Twitter post from Mar 10, 2011

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• What passes for investigative journalism is finding somebody with their pants down - literally or otherwise.

  Robert Scheer

  Pants, Journalism, Findings

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• When the magistrate says 'That's not a good enough reason my man.' He said 'Excuse me, could I ask you? Have you taken an oath of allegiance to the Monarch?'

  Anthony Holden

  Taken, Men, Taking Things For Granted

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• Since people, in a competitive or any other society, are by no means always just to each other, some regulation by the state in its capacity of umpire is unavoidable, What must be kept in mind is that the greatest in of all is done when the umpire forgets that he too is bound by the rules, and begins to make them as between contestants in behalf of his own prejudices.

  Felix Morley

  Mean, Government, People

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• Education for all seems to be the product of a type of distributive justice that is in no way related to the individual.

  Abdoulaye Wade

  Education, Justice, Way

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• Basically, what happened was, I had moved out to Los Angeles, I was pretty damn lazy and I put on some pounds.

  Jason Biggs

  Lazy, Pounds, Los Angeles

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• This is terrible, when a writer is bored by his own work, but it was a real bomb and had reached the point where I couldn't even stand to look at it any more.

  David Eddings

  Real, Bored, Looks

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• Somehow he became certain the he himself possessed the skills of a hypnotist. How he reached this judgement, I have no idea, but never convinced the rest of us.

  Audrey Meadows

  Skills, Ideas, Judgement

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• Guilt says I've done something wrong; ... shame says there is something wrong with me. Guilt says I've made a mistake; ... shame says I am a mistake. Guilt says what did was not good; ... shame says I am no good.

  John Bradshaw

  Mistake, Guilt, Done

  John Bradshaw (1988). “Bradshaw On--The Family: A Revolutionary Way of Self-Discovery”, Hci

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• Earl gave me his version of what happened and asked me not to suspend the umpires.

  Lee MacPhail

  Sports, Psychology, Happened

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• You can't applaud a referee.

  Alex Ferguson

  Inspirational, Referee

  "Rooney sneers his way to red" by Daniel Taylor, www.theguardian.com. September 14, 2005.

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