Bill James Professions : Writer Born : October 5, 1949 Browse All Authors Top 60 quotes by Bill James How easy it is for a fantasy to grab hold of your foot like a rope, and dangle your life upside down while brigands go through your pockets. Deal with the life you've got. Solve the problems you have, rather than fantasizing about a life without them. Bill James rope pockets feet On the other hand, if you suggest to a person who has been a victim of a serious crime that we take the issue too seriously, they'll look at you like you're crazy. So that's a really tough issue, whether we're doing more harm than good by paying so much attention to a few cases that honestly don't normally intersect with our lives. Bill James issues crazy hands When people disagree with you, what you ultimately have to do is persuade people to agree with you - period. Bill James agree periods people You know one little way in which baseball changes us? We don't even think twice about Japanese names anymore. You know what I mean? Bill James baseball mean thinking All societies have these cases. There are many, many crime cases that remain famous from the times of the Romans. The Bible is full of crime stories. You can almost flip to a page. Joseph being sold into slavery by his brothers is a crime story. The Bible is full of crime stories. Bill James slavery brother stories It is a very long and very difficult road from a fact to a conclusion. But it is a million times longer from a theory to a fact. Bill James theory long facts I like to feel that I understand little things about sports. Bill James little-things littles sports Any of us are capable of doing things we're not proud of under the wrong kind of stresses. Bill James stress proud kind You can't ultimately dodge defeat by winning close elections. Bill James dodge election winning I do have a family, and obviously I spend as much time as I can with them. Though even when I'm with my family, my mind tends to drift toward baseball. Bill James my-family baseball mind Let's try to find ten good things to say about Albert Belle: Bill James hard-work men years It's extremely damaging to a fair trial to have people reaching judgment about the case in the newspapers and on the radio before the facts are heard in a case. Bill James radio trials people Letting him manage in the major leagues is like sending Bo Derek through cellblock A without a bodyguard. Bill James psychology league sports The fact is that everybody around a college basketball game - the coaches, the announcers, even the referees at a lower level - calculates when the game is really over. They calculate it with intuition and guesswork. Bill James basketball college inspirational Television is full of fictional and real violence that's turned into entertainment. Bill James violence real television Computers, like automobiles and airplanes, do only what people tell them to do. Bill James airplane computer people Crime cases tend to be fascinating until you figure out what happened. Bill James crime cases figures Crime stories show us the part of people's lives they try to keep hidden. Bill James stories trying people Serial murders are just the worst stories. It can take an emotional toll on you. Bill James tolls emotional stories Professionalism in medicine has given us medial miracles for the affluent but hospitals that will charge $35 for aspirin. Bill James aspirin medicine miracle Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors
