#or

Ideas excite me, and as soon as I get excited, the adrenaline gets going and the next thing I know I'm borrowing energy from the ideas themselves. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#borrowing #energy #excite #excited #get

Most of my short stories are fantasy. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#most #short #short stories #stories

I used to soak my mitts in a bucket of water for about two days. Then I'd put a couple of baseballs in the pocket and wrap it up with a rubber band. Today you don't have to do that, because catchers' mitts are more like first baseman's gloves. ↗

— Bob Uecker

#band #baseman #because #bucket #couple

The first stories I wrote when I was 12 were about Mars and landing on Mars. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#first #i #landing #mars #stories

We trust nature to know what it is doing, but we are not nearly so kind, understanding and trusting of our own rhythms and cycles. It's ridiculous that we are so hard on ourselves. Can we not trust that the very same forces that created the rhythms and cycles of nature created our own? Of course we can. We often don't, but we can, if we remember. ↗

— Jeffrey R. Anderson

#faith #natural-forces #natural-rhythm #nature #remember

Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they're lazy and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous. ↗

— Ben Bradlee

#because #editors #even #i #i think

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models. ↗

— Bill Bradley

#against #athletes #difficulty #great #important

I stayed three weeks in Paris, fell in love with the city, and decided that I was born to live in Paris. ↗

— Ed Bradley

#city #decided #fell #i #i was born

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#demoralizing #expensive #far #how #man

My favorite part of my appearance is my height. I'm five foot one and I feel feminine being small. ↗

— Alanna Ubach

#being #favorite #feel #feminine #five