1882 Quotes

“In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is.”
― Benjamin Brewster

“Would that cricketers had better lines, or at least that their most famous were not also their tritest or most banal. 'This thing can be done,' said Fred Spofforth in 1882. 'We'll get 'em in singles,' George Hirst did not say twenty years later. 'You guys are history,' growled Devon Malcolm in 1994. 'You've just dropped the World Cup,' Steve Waugh may have crowed in 1999. At least two of these could have been put into the mouth of Arnold Schwarzenegger.”
― Rodney Ulyate, Masterly Batting: 100 Great Test Innings

“Between 1882 and 1968, more black people were lynched in MIssissippi than in any other state.”
― Ta-Nehisi Coates, Un conto ancora aperto

“In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.”
― Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things