The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good. L. Sprague de Camp
The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, it's your mistake. If you hit a home run, it's your home run. Hank Aaron
The thing is, if you make best-sellerdom your goal, you're going to be in trouble. It's a very nice thing to have happen, but if one makes that a goal like, say, a literary writer has the goal of getting the Pulitzer Prize, that's so unpredictable. Diane Mott Davidson
The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me to do - get my blood checked regularly, take my meds and consult with my doctor and follow any additional instructions he might make - I will be able to maintain my good health and live my life with a minimum of disruptions to my lifestyle. Kareem Abdul Jabbar
The word of God steadies me. He says your trials and tribulations make you who you are. So you can see my whole story in the way I endured and overcame some testing experiences. Evander Holyfield
The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative. E.B.White
The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative. E.B.White
The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly. J . D. Salinger
There are guys in the game only because of steroids. They couldn't make it with their natural talent, so they had to enhance themselves. It sucks.David Wells
There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love one another. Frank Zappa
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.Gautama Buddha
There are so many guys that come up and have strong hearts, but they just have to understand what the consequences are and how to execute the things that they learned to make themselves successful. Allan Houston
There are so many little girls who follow me and look up to me. I'm their role model, so I have to make sure I'm always being professional and not putting any swear words out there - just really putting positive things out there on the Internet. Jordyn Wieber
There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation. Harlan Coben
There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.Ted Williams