#plate

People say I stole a lot of bases. I stole the bases for a reason. I crossed the plate. ↗

— Rickey Henderson

#crossed #i #lot #people #people say

Certain guys, they can see a guy do a certain thing with their glove and know what pitch is coming. I couldn't do that. But I can get on first base and I can tell you by his move if that pitcher is going to first base or home plate every time. ↗

— Rickey Henderson

#certain #coming #every #every time #first

You know the circus performer who spins the plates in the air you know, and he'll spin six or seven plates in the air? Acting sometimes is kind of that guy spinning all those plates in the air but in your head and in your body. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#air #body #circus #guy #head

I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher. ↗

— Rogers Hornsby

#egotistical #every #every time #feel #hands

To contemplate is to look at shadows. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#look #shadows

It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

#added #contemplated #contemplation #course #enjoyment

He sliced the ball when he had it on a plate. ↗

— Ron Atkinson

#had #plate #sliced

Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God. ↗

— Sai Baba

#glory #god #into #look #message

I have been following a vegan diet now since the 1980s, and find it not only healthier, but also much more attractive than the chunks of meat that were on my plate as a child. ↗

— Neal Barnard

#attractive #been #child #chunks #diet

Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces or plates of solid iron, adapted to the different parts of the body. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#adapted #armor #body #consisting #continued