Will Durant
Will Durant
William James "Will" Durantwas an American writer, historian, and philosopher. He is best known for The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes written in collaboration with his wife, Ariel Durant, and published between 1935 and 1975. He was earlier noted for The Story of Philosophy, described as "a groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy"...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth5 November 1885
confidence playing
We're going to get there. We're just not playing with any confidence right now. We got to get better and the only way we are going to get better is to keep playing.
glad
They really bounced back and scored some runs. I'm just glad we got a W out of it. We'll take them any kind of way we can get them right now.
balance ball club early kept knew
Abercrombie kept us off balance early but we had our chances. This is a young ball club and we knew we were going to take our lumps here early.
bad believe slap
I just had to slap myself because this had to just be a bad dream. I just can't believe it.
ball basically drive fairly fine flag hitting line nuts panic played shaky start work
I just got off to a shaky start this year. Most of my career, I basically relied on hitting the ball fairly well. When you don't, the panic flag can go up a little bit. I made a lot of cuts, but I haven't played particularly well. It's such a fine line out here. It can drive you nuts sometimes. You've got to work through it and keep practicing.
kid missed spot
He (Austin) just missed his spot and it got out over the plate. With a big kid like that, he (Jimenez) just got around on it.
bus glad rather road stay truth
I'm actually glad we're going on the road. We've done everything better on the road this year. I'd rather stay at home. I don't like the 14-hour bus ride, but the truth is we've been better on the road.
philosophy giving perspective
Science without philosophy, facts without perspective and valuation, cannot save us from havoc and despair. Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
political acting minorities
The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.
rich
Truth will not make us rich, but it will make us free.
rome long unity
Rome remained great as long as she had enemies who forced her to unity, vision, and heroism. When she had overcome them all she flourished for a moment and then began to die.
grandchildren hands sacred
Time sanctifies everything; even the most arrant theft in the hands of the robber's grandchildren becomes sacred and inviolable property.