A great catch is like watching girls go by. The last one you see is always the prettiest.

Why do I have to be an example for your kid? You be an example for your own kid.

When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story.

In a world filled with hate, prejudice, and protest, I find that I too am filled with hate, prejudice, and protest.

I could be a real jerk on the days I was pitching.

When I gave up a grand slam to Pete LaCock, I knew it was time to quit.

Rules or no rules, pitchers are going to throw spitters. It's a matter of survival.

It is not something I earned or acquired or bought (the ability to pitch). It is a gift. It is something that was given to me - just like the color of my skin.

My pitching philosophy is simple. I believe in getting the ball over the plate and not walking a lot of men.

Fishing is one of the greatest things that you can do, it has the power to relax you like nothing else and there's nothing quite like the thrill of the catch.

A curve ball is not something you can pick up overnight. It took me years to perfect mine.

... but remember that I shall love your sorrow...

All my favorite stars, my family and my friends are here. I'm having the happiest birthday that an 18-year-old girl could ever have.

Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink

If any young man is about to commence the world, we say to him, publicly and privately, Go to the West

Already, he was dreaming of a refined solitude, a comfortable desert, a motionless ark in which to seek refuge from the unending deluge of human stupidity.

The Lord is in me, the Lord is in you,as life is in every seed, put false pride away and seek the Lord within.

Listening is not a skill; it is a discipline.

Buffett’s genius was largely a genius of character—of patience, discipline, and rationality.

Only in silence the word, only in dark the light, only in dying life: bright the hawk's flight on the empty sky.

Here is the thing: I have seen several times that anti-Russian cards are being played during domestic campaigns in the United States. I find this approach very short-sighted.