Umpire Quotes
More Umpire Quotes
I want to stress again one aspect of the game which is most important. Never argue with an umpire.
IanTerence Botham— 1980 Ian Botham on Cricket.
Chaos umpire sits, And by decision more embroils the fray By which he reigns; next him high arbiter Chance governs all.
john milton— 1665 Paradise Lost (published1667), bk.2, l.681-4.
And I will place within them as a guide My umpire conscience, whom if they will hear Light after light well used they shall attain, And to the end persisting, safe arrive.
john milton— 1665 Paradise Lost (published1667), bk.3, l.194-7.
I just said he (umpire Dale Scott) needed glasses}}
carlos zambrano— after getting thrown out in the fifth inning
If the wild bowler thinks he bowls Or if the batsman thinks he's bowled, They know not, poor misguided souls, They too shall perish unconsoled. I am the batsman and the bat, I am the bowler and the ball, The umpire, the pavilion cat, The roller, pitch, and stumps and all. See Emerson 313:39.
Andrew Lang— 'Brahma'. Quoted by Alan Richardson in a letter to The Times, 18 May,1963.
The existence of a free market does not of course eliminate the need for government. On the contrary, government is essential both as a forum for determining the "rule of the game" and as an umpire to interpret and enforce the rules decided on.
Milton Friedman— Ch. 1 "The Relation Between Economic Freedom and Political Freedom", 2002 edition, page 15
I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
babe ruth— On his temper flaring on 25 May 1922, when he threw dirt at an umpire and chased after a heckler in the stands, as quoted in The Rivals : The Boston Red Sox Vs. the New York Yankees; An Inside History (2004) by Dan Shaughnessy, p. 41
