I regret that I can't sit in the stands and watch me.

Never try to snow a snowman.

Philadelphia fans would boo funerals, an Easter egg hunt, a parade of armless war vets and the Liberty Bell.

Do not worry about the incarnation of ideas.

I am strongly convinced that the people or society is the best and the most unerring critic.

Do not worry about the incarnation of ideas. If you are a poet, your works will contain them without your knowledge - they will be both moral and national if you follow your inspiration freely.

Children's books are written for upbringing...but upbringing is a great thing; it decides the fate of the human being.

Right now I feel that I've got my feet on the ground as far as my head is concerned.

How can a guy win a game if you don't give him any runs?

People keep telling me I never lived up to my potential, that I wasted my talent. . . I just didn't have as much as people thought. I got more ink for doing less than any pitcher who ever lived.

When I lose, I drink, and when I win I celebrate.

I see more light than dark, but when I encounter dark I seem to get lost in it.

The worst type of man behaves as badly in his waking life as some men do in their dreams.

Ex-Fidelity mutual fund manager Peter Lynch was certainly brilliant in one respect: he knew to get out when the gettin' was good.

Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he'd be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.

I'm kind of all over the place, and I need grounding.

Your self-esteem has never been hurt before, right? Don't be so full of yourself then.

If you criticise something then you have to have an alternative, but we do have to try and improve things.

The most successful people are those who do all year long what they would otherwise do on their summer vacation.

I'd rather be dealt with as a person than a persona.

Wisdom is not the purchase of a day, and it is no wonder that we should err at the first setting off.