Hope is the most hopeless thing of all.

And I myself a Catholic will be, So far at least, great saint, to pray to thee. Hail, Bard triumphant! and some care bestow On us, the Poets militant below.

Life is an incurable disease.

For the whole world, without a native home, Is nothing but a prison of larger room.

Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.

Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last.

A mighty pain to love it is, And 'tis a pain that pain to miss; But, of all pains, the greatest pain Is to love, but love in vain.

Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity.

I would not fear nor wish my fate, but boldly say each night, to-morrow let my sun his beams display, or in clouds hide them; I have lived today.

Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise.

As for being much known by sight, and pointed out, I cannot comprehend the honor that lies withal; whatsoever it be, every mountebank has it more than the best doctor.

Kindnessis never weaknessif it has potentialto cause death.So, if you can“kill them with kindness, ”the ball is in your court.YOU have the power!

The ability to stay calm and focused in the midst of change is what distinguishes great leaders from those just collecting a paycheck.

Everybody! This is my cousin right here, and he just dethroned God's gift to Women - Griffin

There are a lot of funny people and a lot of unfunny people. Some of them are women and some of them are dudes.

Professional baseball is on the wane. Salaries must come down or the interest of the public must be increased in some way.

Choice, not chance, determines destiny.

Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves that heart.

When you invest in people and lift them toward their potential, they will love you for it.

The Who is now a brand, not a band; but it is a brand that is upheld by its audience, not an industry or a cynical moneymaking machine.

As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game.