You used to be taught to let the ball go as far as possible and then drop it on the runner, whereas now it might be even more advantageous to direct the ball in front of the bag and get the guy on the leg. – Ben Zobrist
Most of the planet’s terrestrial surfaces are visually accessible through video cameras and satellite imagery, if not physically within reach. Even the approaches to Mount Everest are now littered with human debris. One can drive to Timbuktu, which for centuries was synonymous with inaccessibility. – Alan Huffman
The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on. – Ada Louise Huxtable
If we were in India now, there would be servants standing in the corners of this room and I wouldn’t notice them. That is what my society is like, that is what the divide is like. – Aravind Adiga
I was once asked to do my Tarzan yell at Bergdorf Goodman, and a guard burst in with a gun! Now I only do it under controlled circumstances. – Carol Burnett
I was always focussed on the modelling and succeeding in that, but now I’m completely focused on making it over in India in the movies. – Amy Jackson
Now, as far as I know, nobody has ever put up the U.S.’s nuclear missiles on the Internet. I mean, it’s not something I’ve heard about. – Aaron Swartz
Nature has provided us a spectacular toolbox. The toolbox exists. An architect far better and smarter than us has given us that toolbox, and we now have the ability to use it. – Barry Schuler
Lyrically we tried to just not be the same as a lot of the other crap that is out there right now. – Adam Rich
And what I would say now is, yes, if a state enacted a law permitting flogging, it is immensely stupid, but it is not unconstitutional. A lot of stuff that’s stupid is not unconstitutional. – Antonin Scalia
Stock exchanges say that more than half of all trades are now executed by just a handful of high-frequency traders, who use rapid-fire computers to essentially force slower investors to give up profits, then disappear before anyone knows what happened. – Charles Duhigg
I see my large nose, like half an avocado. I broke it falling downstairs when I was six, and it now resembles a large blob of play-dough. – Arthur Smith
Men, once enemies, are now jointly governing in Northern Ireland. And although there have been several hitches, by and large it’s working well. – Betty Williams
My hair was slicked down with a part. But that was before I discovered the blow-dryer. Now I’m fabulous. – Barry Manilow
I don’t like losing but I’ve mellowed. I maybe have a short fuse but it goes away quicker now. – Alex Ferguson
Both my parents are Catholic and staunch believers. I’m not a Catholic now, but I still carry part of it with me. – Andy Serkis
Then as now, whatever disagreements over policies existed among Americans – and there were many such bitter policy disputes – the purposes and goals for which Americans fought were clearly understood. – Allen Weinstein
