“The 28-year-old player had just summoned the strength to throw the game of his life, but then somehow summoned the grace not to throw the tantrum he was entitled to. It was an incredible act of class and compassion, and
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Quotes: Jimmy Harrell on Deepwater Horizon Explosion
“The rig’s on fire! I told you this was gonna happen.”
— JIMMY HARRELL, installation manager for the Deepwater Horizon, allegedly shouting after the explosion that eventually sunk the rig and started the oil spill in the Gulf. …
Quotes: Gadgets Effect on the Human Brain
“We are exposing our brains to an environment and asking them to do things we weren’t necessarily evolved to do. We know already there are consequences.”
— ADAM GAZZALEY, neuroscientist at the University of California, …
Quotes: The National Decline in Local Jail Populations
“County governments are looking at how they want to spend their resources and are deciding that maybe jail isn’t the best place.”
— NANCY LA VIGNE, director of the Justice Policy Center at The Urban Institute, explaining the …
Quotes: Shannon Price on Taking Gary Coleman Off Life Support
“He’d basically be like Muhammad Ali … I mean, Gary was gone.”
— SHANNON PRICE, ex-wife of Gary Coleman, explaining why she took the actor off of life support. (via TMZ)
Quotes: Jason Donald on Armando Galarraga’s Blown Perfect Game
“Yeah, I was out.”
— JASON DONALD, Cleveland Indians shortshop, on a blown call at first base on his ground ball that ended a bid for a perfect game by Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga (via MLB.com).
Quotes: Participating in the Mars Research Mission
“When the very first human steps on Mars, I will be able to say, ‘yeah, I helped do that’. That will make me feel very proud.”
— DIEGO URBINA, a participant in a research mission to test the effects of a trip to Mars on human …
Quotes: Umpire Jim Joyce on Blown Perfect-Game Call
“I just cost that kid a perfect game,”
— JIM JOYCE, a Major League Baseball umpire, on a blown call at first base that ended a bid for a perfect game by Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga. (via NBC Sports. Video at Deadspin)
Quotes: Musicians to Boycott Arizona
“We are not going to play in Arizona. We are going to boycott Arizona.”
— ZACH DE LA ROCHA, lead singer for Rage Against the Machine, on a musician boycott of Arizona over the state’s controversial immigration law. The coalition of artists, dubbed The Sound Strike, includes Kanye West, Sonic Youth and Cypress Hill (via BBC)
Quotes: Japan Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Resigning
“Unfortunately, the politics of the ruling party did not find reflection in the hearts of the people,”
— YUKIO HATOYAMA, prime minister of Japan, resigning after just eight months in office. (via New York Times)
Quotes: Al Gore and Tipper Gore Separating
“We are announcing today that after a great deal of thought and discussion, we have decided to separate.”
— AL AND TIPPER GORE, in an e-mail obtained by Politico, announcing their separation. The couple has been married for …
Quotes: Noise Pollution Threatens Fish Worldwide
“The level and distribution of underwater noise is growing at a global scale but receives very little attention,”
HANS SLABBEKOORN, a biologist at Leiden University in The Netherlands, warning that noise levels may threaten fish …