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God runs electromagnetics by wave theory on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and the Devil runs them by quantum theory on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

Quote by William Henry Bragg about physics, devil, god

I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will...

I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling for him.

Quote by Hank Aaron about magic, home

The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home...

The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.

Quote by Hank Aaron about games, home

Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often...

Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second.

Quote by Edward Abbey about culture

Anyone who rejects the humanitarian theory of brotherhood...

Anyone who rejects the humanitarian theory of brotherhood runs the risk of being accused of a lack of fraternal feeling.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about brotherhood, risk, being

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's...

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.

Quote by Francis Bacon about revenge, justice, law, nature, man

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself...

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about husband

I consider an human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shows none of its inherent beauties till the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot and vein...

Quote by Joseph Addison about education, body, soul, human imperfections

My stories run up and bite me on the leg-I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea lets go and runs off.

Quote by Ray Bradbury about end, writing, idea

When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about air, joy, voice

After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of...

After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, while those who kill him risk nothing except promotion.

Quote by Albert Camus about opinion, risk, nothing

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about season, thinking, good, good luck

He had but one eye and the pocket of prejudice runs in...

He had but one eye and the pocket of prejudice runs in favor of two.

Quote by Charles Dickens about prejudice

I am happy but a piece of me is still really sad. It runs...

I am happy but a piece of me is still really sad. It runs like from my shoulder across my breast, across my heart. I've had growing pains in my brain.

Quote by Geri Halliwell about brain, happiness, heart

I'm at the roulette table and my luck seems to be running...

I'm at the roulette table and my luck seems to be running at the moment. I might as well stay there until it runs out.

Quote by Anthony Hopkins about good luck, bad luck, moment

The only program that runs perfectly every time, is a virus.

The only program that runs perfectly every time, is a virus.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, time

Whenever the construction process is going well, the...

Whenever the construction process is going well, the bobbin thread runs out.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy

When you think you've got a foothold in Arulco, one town's mine runs dry, the other gets run over by the bugs, and a third one is recaptured by the army.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about city

A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the...

A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.

Quote by Ouida about history

And, you know, no one really thinks about records and...

And, you know, no one really thinks about records and home runs and career things.

Quote by Rafael Palmeiro about opinion, career, home, things

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