In sci-fi convention, life-forms that hadnt developed space travel were mere prehistory — horse-shoe crabs of the cosmic scene — and something of the humiliation of being stuck on a provincial planet in a galactic backwater has stayed with me ever since. – Barbara Ehrenreich
Reading isnt good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldnt hit home runs. So I gave up reading. – Babe Ruth
We were racing at circuits where there were no crash barriers in front of the pits, and fuel was lying about in churns in the pit lane. A car could easily crash into the pits at any time. It was ridiculous. – Jackie Stewart