Famous Quotes & Sayings

H. L. Mencken

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.

H. L. Mencken

Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself.

H. L. Mencken

Dachshund: A half-a-dog high and a dog-and-a-half long.

H. L. Mencken

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.

H. L. Mencken

Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.

H. L. Mencken

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.

H. L. Mencken

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.

Guillermo del Toro

Ghosts are a metaphor that can be interpreted so many different ways. There's no ending to what you can do. You can make it a fun ghost story. You can make it a deeply disturbing, psychological ghost story.

Geoffrey Zakarian

My agent called me and said, they watched you do Chopped Champions and they thought you'd be good for this competition. What do you think? And I said, well, what do you think? He said he thought it would be great and I said let's do it. When you decide to do this, you don't really think that you're going to win it. I thought it would be fun, good to test my mettle; games are fun like that. Why not? I'll try it.

Jerry Coleman

Ozzie Smith just made another play that I've never seen anyone else make before, and I've seen him make it more often than anyone else ever has.

Jerry Coleman

That was like swatting June bugs off a fly.

Jerry Coleman

DeShaies is like a clock out there. Every other pitch goes one way or the other.

Jerry Coleman

What a great hitch to pit!

Jerry Coleman

Trailing 5-1, the Padres added an insurance run in the eighth inning.

Jerry Coleman

National League umpires wear inside chest protesters.

Jerry Coleman

The Phillies beat the Cubs today in a doubleheader. That puts another keg in the Cubs' coffin.

Jerry Coleman

There's a hard shot to LeMaster, he throws Madlock into the dugout.

Jerry Coleman

Reggie Smith of the Dodgers and Gary Matthews of the homers hit Braves in that game.

Jerry Coleman

And Kansas City is at Chicago tonight, or is it Chicago at Kansas City? Well, no matter as Kansas City leads in the eighth 4 to 4.

Jerry Coleman

Sanguillen is totally unpredictable to pitch to because he's so unpredictable.

Jerry Coleman

I sure hope you're staying alive for the upcoming Dodgers series.

Jerry Coleman

The sky is so clear today you can see all the way to Missouri.

Jerry Coleman

At the end of six innings of play, it's Montreal 5, Expos 3.

Jerry Coleman

Eric Show will be 0 for 10 if that pop fly ever comes down.

Jerry Coleman

The Padres, after winning the first game of the doubleheader, are ahead here in the top of the fifth and hoping for a split.

Jerry Coleman

Jesus Alou is in the on-deck circus.

Jerry Coleman

They throw Winfield out at second, but he's safe.

Jerry Coleman

Mike Caldwell, the Padres' right-handed southpaw, will pitch tonight.

Jerry Coleman

Those amateur umpires are certainly flexing their fangs tonight.

Jerry Coleman

The ex-left-hander Dave Roberts will be going for Houston.

Jerry Coleman

Hector Torrez, how can you communicate with Enzo Hernandez when he speaks Spanish and you speak Mexican?

Jerry Coleman

The way he's swinging the bat, he won't get a hit until the 20th century.

Jerry Coleman

Bob Davis has his hair differently this year, short with curls like Randy Jones wears. I think you call it a Frisbee.