A ballplayer has two reputations, one with the other players and one with the fans. The first is based on ability. The second the newspapers give him.

My favorite umpire is a dead one.

There was never a finer character - charitable and friendly to his foes and ever willing to help a youngster breaking in.

In my own case I have frequently faced the pitcher when I had no desire whatever to hit. I wanted to get a base on balls.

I am convinced that in my own career I could usually have hit 30 points higher if I had made a specialty of hitting.

If our minds are blocked, there is no device that will make up for our inability to communicate with ourselves or others.

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable ... we must be content to creep along the ground and can never soar.

Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.

Doubt is the beginning of wisdom

To go back is nothing but death; but to go forward is fear of death and life everlasting beyond.

In some aspects of alternative medicine we are fighting an almost medieval belief in magic but debunking such beliefs is like telling people that the tooth fairy is sniffing glue.

In the love poetry of every age, the woman longs to be weighed down by the man's body.

I've had lots of things that didn't work out, like TV shows. You learn a lot through mistakes - I learned that you have to be the captain of your ship. Actually, I own my ship.

Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss.

If we're honest with ourselves, most people want to know that there's more to this life, there's more after this life.