"The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Here or There as strikes the Player goes"
- Edward Fitzgerald
About this Quote
In this quote, Edward Fitzgerald is referring to the video game of life and how it has plenty of uncertainties. He compares life to a ball that can go in any instructions, much like how a player strikes it. The "Ayes and Noes" represent the decisions and options we make in life, which can lead us to different courses. The phrase "Here or There" represents the different outcomes or locations we may reach based on our actions. Eventually, Fitzgerald is highlighting the unforeseeable nature of life and how we must be prepared to adapt and reconcile any scenario that comes our method.
"If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?"
