I've admired Bill Kauffman's books for years . . . appealing, elegantly written, and entirely American.

Faith without a measure of doubt ain't worth a brass farthin.

Baseball, of all sports, and maybe of all human endeavors, has no room for cynicism.

Faith without a measure of doubt ain't worth a brass farthin'.

Everyone wants to talk-talk-talk. Can't we eat-eat-eat, and then talk?

I get a warm feeling among my books.

It is never too late in life to practice yoga

I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It's unthinkable.

What more could you ask for in life than to be given an impossible challenge?

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.

Oh, I don't wear a bathing suit. I wear a tent when I go out.

To the extent that I am genuinely educated, I am suspicious of all the things that the average citizen believes and the average pedagogue teaches.

We're looking at a quandary here where Bernie's [Sanders] the winner on a moral and even a political basis. He's made history, and she's the winner on the mathematical basis.