Baseball has undergone and absorbed a whole set of dislocations.

A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.

Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process.

[Baseball] breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart.

No one man is superior to the game.

Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.

Talking to Yogi Berra about baseball is like talking to Homer about the Gods.

For me, baseball is the most nourishing game outside of literature. They both are re-tellings of human experience.

Americans have been remarkably devoted to the capacity for belief, to idealism. That's why we get into trouble all the time. We're always viewed as naive.

Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.

The university is our culture's assertion that what is made by the mind has value and can convey values.

Some people make it really hard to remain as humanly possible

Could you be happy if you woke up and suddenly you were no one special?

Old age is when the liver spots show through your gloves.

I've always loved high style in low company.

Choosing stillness in the midst of chaos is the path toward living in peace.

Learn to listen with your fingers.

What do you fear, lady?' he asked. 'A cage,' she said.

When developing an idea, I remind myself not to start with compromise. I envision the ideal manifestation of the idea, as if I had no limits in resources, materials, or permission.

I'm not a fan of the selfie. I think it's at the heart of the narcissism that social media brings into our lives.

People don't get my sense of humour.