Extra Base Hits

Famous quotes containing the words extra, base and/or hits:

    “Three early risings make an extra day.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “All that are printed and bound are not books; they do not necessarily belong to letters, but are oftener to be ranked with the other luxuries and appendages of civilized life. Base wares are palmed off under a thousand disguises.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Life begins to happen.
    My hoppped up husband drops his home disputes,
    and hits the streets to cruise for prostitutes,”
    —Robert Lowell (1917–1977)