Quote by Leo Aikman
Most of us are umpires at heart; we like to call balls and strikes

Most of us are umpires at heart; we like to call balls and strikes on somebody else. – Leo Aikman

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You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him. – Leo Aikman

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The critical opinions of a writer should always be taken with a large grain of salt. For the most part, they are manifestations of his debate with himself as to what he should do next and what he should avoid. – W. H. Auden

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Post-modernism has cut off the present from all futures. The daily media add to this by cutting off the past. Which means that critical opinion is often orphaned in the present. – John Berger

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Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a baby. – Walter Benjamin

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Those who have free seats at a play hiss first. – Chinese Proverb

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