The Great Inflation of the 1970s destroyed faith in paper assets, because if you held a bond, suddenly the bond was worth much less money than it was before. Ron Chernow
The guys have a lot of good cars built up. We're going to do some more testing before we go back to Las Vegas and try to win at Vegas again. We need to get off to a quick start. Sterling Marlin
The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little. Mark Twain
The mind of the writer does indeed do something before it dies, and so does its owner, but I would be hard put to call it living. Annie Dillard
The night before I compete, I like to have steak. Meat is especially important for female athletes because it provides them with the nutrients they need to perform at their best.Sasha Cohen
The notion that before you even set out to go to Thailand, you say, 'I'm not interested,' or you're unwilling to try things that people take so personally and are so proud of and so generous with, I don't understand that, and I think it's rude. You're at Grandma's house, you eat what Grandma serves you. Anthony Bourdain
The people and the cultures of what is known as Africa are older than the word 'Africa.' According to most records, old and new, Africans are the oldest people on the face of the earth. The people now called Africans not only influenced the Greeks and the Romans, they influenced the early world before there was a place called Europe.John Henrik Clarke
The phrase 'off with the crack of the bat', while romantic, is really meaningless, since the outfielder should be in motion long before he hears the sound of the ball meeting the bat. Joe DiMaggio
The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It's that they stay out all night looking for it. Casey Stengel
The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.Charles Dickens
The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in. James A.Baldwin
Then going out on the ice usually about 15 minutes before and certain things I would do for the different races, aspects that you run through your mind. Eric Heiden
There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me Jackie Joyner Kersee
There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before. Willa Cather
There aren't many hitters who like facing knuckleball pitchers. They may not be intimidated by them, but they sure are thinking about them before they go into the box. Phil Niekro