I get a kick out of watching him. Everything he does has that extra flourish.

There is no such thing as second place. Either you're first or you're nothing.

The great thing about baseball is that there's a crisis every day.

It will revolutionize baseball. It will open a new area of alibis for the players.

Gaylord (Perry) is a very honorable man. He only calls for the spitter when he needs it.

I have to give Mays one edge, durability. Mickey isn't sound and Willie is. Otherwise, if I had a chance to trade for either player, I'd pick Mantle.

In the fullness of artistic life there is, and remains, and will always come back at times, that homesick longing for the truly ideal life that can never come true.

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

There are two MFA programs here at the University of Texas, and I read on the jury of both of them. And it's amazing to me how many really talented young writers seem to fear humor.

Joy is a flame which association alone can keep alive, and which goes out unless communicated.

The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.

Passions are defects or virtues in the highest power.

Your behaviour influences others through a ripple effect. A ripple effect works because everyone influences everyone else. Powerful people are powerful influences.

He is not valiant that dares lie; but he that boldly bears calamity.

My alter ego does not look in too great a mood today.

Stop thinking about Michael," Tuck orders. "He was cute." "So is a hairy ferret but I wouldn't want to date one. [...]