#louis

After a month or so in St. Louis, we were looking around desperately for a way to draw a few people into the ball park, it being perfectly clear by that time that the ball club wasn't going to do it unaided. ↗

— Bill Veeck

#around #ball #ball club #being #clear

Mealtime "A mousie squealing in a trap Woke me from my morning nap. Wasn't he so very sweet To tell me it was time to eat?" (From A CAT'S GARDEN OF VERSES) ↗

— Henry N. Beard

#humor #robert-louis-stevenson #humor

Don't suggest that we are growing old, my Lord. We have only bloomed; and a very nice bouquet we make with our buds about us,' answered Mrs. Amy, shaking out the folds of her rosy muslin with much the air of dainty satisfaction the girl used to show in a new dress. Not to mention our thorns and dead leaves,' added Jo, with a sigh; for life had never been very easy to her, and even now she had her troubles both within and without. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#life #louisa-may-alcott #life

My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered the European adventure story writers - Alexander Dumas, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, to name a few. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#alexander #breakthrough #discovered #european #few

Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a jazz pianist who wasn't influenced by European music! ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#debussy #did #duke #duke ellington #ellington

Dance is very, very old. With Louis XIV at Versailles is where ballet started. ↗

— Neve Campbell

#dance #louis #old #started #versailles

Louis Pasteur said, 'Chance favors the prepared mind.' If you're really engaged in the writing, you'll work yourself out of whatever jam you find yourself in. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#engaged #favors #find #jam #louis

The whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out. There was a while where I thought you could try. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#could #figure #him #i #louis

I never make a movie for awards consideration. I will use the hope of getting an Academy Award a) to honor the people who work so hard and also b) it's the greatest Good Housekeeping seal in the world. It's the greatest brand. It's as good as Louis Vuitton and Dior in the world of moviemaking. It's the Super Bowl. ↗

— Harvey Weinstein

#academy award #also #award #awards #bowl

I'm from Louisiana and live in Texas now. ↗

— Mike Wilson

#live #louisiana #now #texas