Will Harris
Will Harris
William Taylor Harrisis an American professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball. He previously played for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies...
writing devil you-only-live-once
If the devil could be persuaded to write a bible, he would title it, "You Only Live Once."
peace war nuclear
Nuclear war is inevitable, says the pessimists; Nuclear war is impossible, says the optimists; Nuclear war is inevitable unless we make it impossible, says the realists.
way done loser
A loser says that's the way it's always been done. A winner says there ought to be a better way.
heart allies ears
When we inform, we lead from strength; when we communicate, we lead from weakness—and it is precisely this confession of mortality that engages the ears, heads and hearts of those we want to enlist as allies in a common cause.
courage be-who-you-are world
The deepest and rarest kind of courage has nothing to do with feats or obstacles in the outside world; and, indeed, has nothing to do with the outside world - it is the courage to be who you are.
self discipline talent
Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure.
country attitude war
The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war.
able renounce possession
We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.
truth honesty lying
Honesty consists of the unwillingness to lie to others; maturity, which is equally hard to attain, consists of the unwillingness to lie to oneself.
religious philosophical hands
Agnosticism is a perfectly respectable and tenable philosophical position; it is not dogmatic and makes no pronouncements about the ultimate truths of the universe. It remains open to evidence and persuasion; lacking faith, it nevertheless does not deride faith. Atheism, on the other hand, is as unyielding and dogmatic about religious belief as true believers are about heathens. It tries to use reason to demolish a structure that is not built upon reason.
acceptance merit mediocrity
Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.
educational creative taught
The greatest educational dogma is also its greatest fallacy: the belief that what must be learned can necessarily be taught.
mother children believe
The commonest fallacy among women is that simply having children makes them a mother - which is as absurd as believing that having a piano makes one a musician.
inspirational funny life
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'