A good umpire is the umpire you don't even notice

A good umpire is the umpire you don't even notice. He's there all afternoon but when the game is over, you don't even remember his name.

The white men in our colonies are too frequently the savages

Think about a cloud. Just float around and be there.

The older, thinner, and less productive grass lands, however, frequently can be made to produce much larger yields of feed in corn than if left, as they are, in unproductive grass.

We're not earthly beings any more… we're cosmic beings.

Words can be turned into spears. They can be turned into prayers. It's a strange world that you are in. But you deal with words.

I always took it for granted that there would be life after Hollywood.

I've often played very strong, flashy, kind of inadvertently mean women. I am not that way in my real life.

I thought, writing is everything, it's so much more important than this or that. If only I could give that young man a stern talking to. Having a child changes things quite a bit.

I love the opportunity to wear something really special and go to a wonderful event at some great cultural institution.

I believe in me. I'm a little screwed up, but I'm beautiful.