Jonathan Weeks quotes

“I would much rather read a book about Ty Cobb, who was quite possibly a sociopath. It makes for more interesting copy. Some of the most memorable characters in literature were villains.”
-- Jonathan Weeks

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“My favorite part of any baseball book - and I read a lot of them - is the anecdotes. I believe there is a story within every boxscore and for me - the more outrageous the better!”
-- Jonathan Weeks

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“Learn from your rejections and polish your craft. Write for the sheer joy of being creative.”
-- Jonathan Weeks

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“Most writers, including myself, had to endure a lot of rejections before finally getting published. You could wallpaper a sizeable bathroom with the rejection slips I have received. Don't ever give up!”
-- Jonathan Weeks

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“My father was a local radio celebrity in the Albany area while I was growing up. That was his dream when he was a boy. I learned from him that some dreams are attainable and the penalty for inaction is regret.”
-- Jonathan Weeks

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“I have always wanted to be a published author. I write baseball books because I love the sport.”
-- Jonathan Weeks

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“I'm an early riser and feel that some of the best ideas come to you between 5 and 6 a.m.”
-- Jonathan Weeks

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“One has to ascertain the right path for his activities by following in the footsteps of great saintly persons and books of knowledge under the guidance of a spiritual master.”

“Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.”

“Nature is a book of many pages and each page tells a fascinating story to him who learns her language. Our fertile valleys and craggy mountains recite an epic poem of geologic conflicts. The starry sky reveal gigantic suns and space and time without end.”

“Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children.”

“I always thought the name of Utah’s major newspaper was some sort of weird misspelling of the word “desert.” But no, Deseret is the “land of the honeybee,” according to the Book of Mormon. I guess I should have figured they would have caught a typo in the masthead after 154 years.”

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2004). “The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

“This is our high calling, to represent Christ, and act in His behalf, and in His character and spirit, under all circumstances and toward all men.”

“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.”

Source : Letter to John Adams, 31 Mar. 1776 See Defoe 2

“I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worry and only half the royalties.”

“The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.”

“I am content in my later years. I have kept my good humor and take neither myself nor the next person seriously.”