Mets Quotes

• The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong.

  Wilson Mizner

  Anger, People, Ill Tempered

  Evanell K. Powell Brant, Addison Mizner, Wilson Mizner (1979*). “Debauched Proverbs and Other Miznerisms of Addison Mizner and Wilson Mizner”

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• A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.

  Friedrich August von Hayek

  Equality, Government, Liberty

  "Law, Legislation and Liberty" by Friedrich August von Hayek, Vol. 2 : The Mirage of Social Justice, (Ch. 9), 1976.

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• When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always.

  Rita Rudner

  Love, Funny, Life

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• My wife and I were happy for 20 years. Then we met.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Love, Funny, Life

  "Rodney Dangerfield" by Ronald Bergan, www.theguardian.com. October 6, 2004.

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• I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Funny, Positive

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• Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Women, People, Original Thought

  FaceBook post by Fran Lebowitz from Jan 14, 2011

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• The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.

  E. B. White

  People, Childhood, Tolerance

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• Red Skelton... I broke into tears when I met him.

  Rip Taylor

  Tears, Red, Broke

  "Rip's Entertainment!". Interview with Paisley Yankolovich, www.emol.org. 1996.

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• Almost every Marine I've met says I portray a Marine dead-on, which is really, really flattering.

  Catherine Bell

  Marine, Flattering, Marine Life

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I have a lot of friends and fans in Canada and as a matter of fact I met a fan from there that came down to my office. It was nice and we took pictures and had a nice talk.

  Larry Holmes

  Nice, Office, Fans

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• I met Rodney when I first moved to LA, so I'd say 20 years. He's the eternal teenager.

  Kathy Valentine

  Valentines Day, Teenager, Years

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• I got to meet some of the best people I've ever met, and we all grew as people and as entertainers.

  Carrie Underwood

  People, Grew, Entertainers

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• And I loved Frank Lloyd Wright. I think he was the greatest man I have ever met in my life.

  Anthony Quinn

  Men, Thinking, Frank

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• In the space of three weeks, I met a fair bunch of the guys who were just starting those little programmers' co-ops, and everybody was talking about starting businesses.

  Esther Dyson

  Talking, Space, Guy

  "On the Frontier: An Interview with Esther Dyson". Interview with Virginia Postrel, reason.com. October, 1996.

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• If the Mets can win the World Series, the United States can get out of Vietnam.

  Tom Seaver

  Winning, United States, Vietnam

  "Big Sexy Does the Impossible" by Matthew Hoh, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 10, 2016.

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• I met the Queen, the Pope, and we went all over Europe and Asia. I just wish I was older when I did all this. Then I could appreciate it more.

  Ricky Schroder

  Queens, Europe, Appreciate

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• Nearly everyone I met, worked with, or read about was my teacher, one way or another.

  Loretta Young

  Teacher, Way, One Way

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• Freud was a hero. He descended to the Underworld and met there stark terrors. He carried with him his theory as a Medusa's head which turned these terrors to stone.

  R. D. Laing

  Hero, Medusa, Stones

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• Why one man rather than another? It was odd. You find yourself involved with a fellow for life just because he was the one that you met when you were nineteen.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Men, Finding Yourself, Nineteen

  Simone de Beauvoir (1968). “Les belles images”

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• When I first met Sean Connery he was as charming and wonderful as I first anticipated. I left Rome thinking: even if I don't do this, at least I have had a day with Sean.

  Catherine Zeta-Jones

  Thinking, Rome, Firsts

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• I went to a rare live Van Dyke show and met him there. And then he came to a show of mine and we spoke back stage. The third time was at Brian Wilson's birthday party.

  Matthew Sweet

  Birthday, Party, Dykes

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• Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept - and in those tears They washed away the memory of their strife; Then wept again the loss of all those years.

  Jean Paul

  Memories, Loss, Men

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• Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Integrity, Character, Men

  Elbert Hubbard (1902). “Contemplations: Being Several Short Essays Helpful Sermonettes, Epigrams and Orphic Sayings”

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• I met Elvis first in Las Vegas. I think I was appearing with Tom Jones and he came backstage to say hello to Tom or we went to his dressing room to say hello.

  Norm Crosby

  Redneck, Thinking, Las Vegas

  Interview with Elvis Australia, www.elvis.com.au. February 15, 2005.

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• The only thing worse than a Mets game is a Mets doubleheader.

  Casey Stengel

  Baseball, Games

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