“Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude”
Oscar Wilde
“The old truism that you live and die with your pitching has been borne out the last two nights, and really the whole series. We got two really well pitched games, which we won, and (Tuesday) night was something I'd like to forget. We'll take it. If you take two out of three from the White Sox, that's pretty special.”
Mike Hargrove
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
Carl Sagan
“Definition of Standards: Something that should be the way I say it should be”
Greg Gazin
“We shall reach greater and greater platitudes of achievment.”
Richard J. Daley
“The platitude turned on its head is still a platitude”
Norman Mailer
“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.”
Margaret Thatcher