“What sets baseball apart from other sports is the array of skills that...” — Mark Kurlansky Quote

“What sets baseball apart from other sports is the array of skills that every player needs: the speed, the power, the agility.”

“You read about these oyster-shucking contests: Somebody did 100 oysters in three minutes, three seconds. I'm lucky if I can open one in three minutes, three seconds.”

“Chroniclers of the role of paper in history are given to extravagant pronouncements: Architecture would not have been possible without paper. Without paper, there would have been no Renaissance. If there had been no paper, the Industrial Revolution would not have been possible. None of these statements is true.”

“I took obedience, agility, and shepherding with my dog.”

“I love watching Crufts on the television, especially the agility tests; I find them very impressive.”

“I'm happy to feed the squirrels - tree rats with the agility of point guards - but in fair weather, they frighten my finches. They leap from snowbank to porch to feeder and stuff their cheek pouches with chickadee feed.”