Umpires are necessary evils. That's just the nature of the beast. For years, people have looked on umpiring as a job they could get any postman to do.

...fiction is as useful as truth, for giving us matter, upon which to exercise the judgment of value.

Get close to grass and you’ll see a star.

My whole theory about art is the disparity that exists between form, masses and movement.

We should thank God that He did not give us the power of hearing through walls; otherwise there would be no such thing as friendship.

All of my favorite records have vocals high in the mix, even if it's music that wasn't necessarily mainstream.

How slow the shadow creeps: but when 'tis past How fast the shadows fall. How fast! How fast!

I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me.

Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves.

I'm a big fan of comedians not having to apologize for anything. Nowadays it seems comedians are always apologizing for being funny.

When those in power deny you of freedom the only path to freedom is power