Baseball is an allegorical play about America, a poetic, complex, and subtle play of courage, fear, good luck, mistakes, patience about fate, and sober self-esteem. – Saul Steinberg
Ideally, the umpire should combine the integrity of a Supreme Court judge, the physical agility of an acrobat, the endurance of Job and the imperturbability of Buddha. – "The Villains in Blue," Time magazine, 25 August 1961
Ironing boards are a classic example of something I find horrible about modern society: the excitementation, for want of a better word, of mundane things. – Daniel Radcliffe
