Seán O'Casey Quotes

I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I've been thrown out of so many.

You gotta learn that if you don't get it by midnight, chances are you ain't gonna get it, and if you do, it ain't worth it.

You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.

I pass the test that says a man who isn't a socialist at 20 has no heart, and a man who is a socialist at 40 has no head.

If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking about being an owner.

Great books don't make great movies. There's too much information in there.

Amazing strength, amazing power - he (Ron Swoboda) can grind the dust out of the bat. He will be great, super even wonderful. Now, if he can only learn to catch a fly ball.

I have friends who remember seeing fish hauled onto a boat's deck and beaten to death.

Then HBO was the pie in the sky. HBO is the absolute ultimate.

My son is about ninety nine percent of my life.

Some of you fellers are getting 'Whiskey Slick.'

The best ballplayer's the one who doesn't think he made good. He keeps trying to convince you.

I got players with bad watches - they can't tell midnight from noon.

I was really short in high school. I was stuck on the bench in the baseball team, so I just thought I'd try out theater, and that was the last time I did sports.

The Mets are gonna be amazing.

They say you can't do it, but sometimes it doesn't always work.

Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.

Don't cut off your nose yourself.

Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?

I don't know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.

After I left LA... it was like waking up. And so I moved back east and stopped auditioning.

I think a lot of people misinterpret what I'm doing because they think of it as just a joke or they think of it as disposable.

It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like.

They said it couldn't be done, but sometimes it doesn't work out that way.

Today most funding for science comes through government. That means that you have to be known to be sympathetic to conclusions that are acceptable to the political classes.

I was just walking around like a zombie..I really had no idea what I was doing.. But the best thing that I did do was leave and get the hell out of there. I have no regrets.

Most calves used by the dairy industry have their horns BURNED or GOUGED out of their heads.

I probably would be continuing to do voice-overs, continuing to do cartoon shows, and at the same time I'd probably be on a sitcom or a dramatic television show.

You make your own luck. Some people have bad luck all their lives.

Never wear a backward baseball cap to an interview unless applying for the job of umpire.

Two hundred million Americans, and there ain't two good catchers among 'em.

People who buy government debt deserve to be punished and taught a lesson

Don't cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.

The Yankees don't pay me to win every day, just two out of three.

The trouble with women umpires is that I couldn't argue with one. I'd put my arms around her and give her a little kiss.

A lot of people my age are dead and you could look it up.

We tell stories. We talk about statistics. And in 1978, we added an element of the show that gave it its heartbeat: the long distance dedication.

He (Lyndon B. Johnson) wanted to see poverty, so he came to see my team (1964 New York Mets).

The way our luck has been lately, our fellas have been getting hurt on their days off.

Wealth often takes away chances from men as well as poverty. There is none to tell the rich to go on striving, for a rich man makes the law that hallows and hollows his own life.

Money does not make you happy but it quiets the nerves.

Abortion is defended today as a means of ensuring the equality and independence of women, and as a solution to the problems of single parenting, child abuse, and the feminization of poverty.

The first syndicating I tried was when two partners and I created a production company in 1952. We wanted to syndicate famous Bible stories and sell them for $25 a show.

My first commercial was for Miller High Life beer.

We empower ourselves every time we accept responsibility for choosing the thoughts and feelings we act on.

It would be a lovely place if we didn't necessarily judge or jump to conclusions because someone wants to wear a dress or because someone wants to wear pants.

It sounds like a cliche but there are no shorts cuts. You have to be very dedicated and challenge yourself everyday to be better.

I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.

No matter what's going on in life, I can emerge myself into a game and I love it. Outside of my family, it's the love of my life.

You have to love what you do because it's really, really hard work to get to top and it's even harder to stay there.