Slow thinkers are part of the game too. Some of these slow thinkers can hit a ball a long way.

Any pitcher who throws at a batter and deliberately tries to hit him is a communist.

A fellow has to have faith in God above and Rollie Fingers in the bullpen.

Friendships are forgotten when the game begins.

The writers want to know were you made your mistake, no how well your curve is breaking.

The Lord taught me to love everybody, but the last ones I learned to love were the sportswriters.

In this game of baseball, you live by the sword and die by it. You hit and get hit. Remember that.

A manager doesn't hear the cheers.

Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living.

Slow thinkers are part of the game too. Some of these slow thinkers can hit a ball a long way.

The Giants were supposed to have a new motto, 'Shut up and deal.'

Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played in God's own sunshine. And that's really living.

You know, you've got serious pieces, you've got light pieces, you've got cooking segments, you've got health-related topics, so it's not as if they've had a unique personality from the get-go.

Five years is a good run for a sitcom; seven is good, but usually, it's a couple years of staying past your welcome.

We must exist right here, right now!

To find people who don't want anything is rare.

I had been a kid that moved so much, I didn't have a lot of friends. Theater really represented camaraderie.

To put up with me, you have to be patient.

We advised them to do what they think proper against the war.

Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time.

We have chosen to bring future generations into this world of rising seas and warming temperatures, droughts and floods, heat waves and wildfires, a world in which one in four mammals and one in eight birds are at risk of disappearing forever. While the damage we've done is irreversible, that doesn't give us the right to do nothing.

It doesn't get easier. You get better.

Islam is a dangerous religion.

Once in a while, I have the chance to speak to students. I learn from them as much as they learn from me. It's a great dialogue to create.

I feel that there is a decision people make to either engage in a legitimately ridiculous process to get your kid into school, or choose not to engage in that so much, and end up finding a nice local school that fits.

It's wonderful that Poland is free again and there's open debate and people can pursue their interests. I'm all for it.

Both President Obama and I shared the conviction that territorial and maritime disputes in the Asia Pacific region should be settled peacefully based on international law. We affirm that arbitration is an open, friendly and peaceful approach to seeking a just and durable solution.

Remarks are not literature.

Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up.

Often secret desires as well as abilities surface in our dreams.

I could still walk the street. I don't have to have no massive security.

Sometimes it might seem like I'm using my songs to give other people pointers. But mainly, they're for me, just little notes to myself that I collected, and the wisdom that I've read. I give myself a lot of advice.

I love life way too much and find fun in almost anything. I'm a chameleon.

I say to my friends, 'Don't just listen to the vuvuzelas; look at who scores the goals.' And this is the important thing.

The Bible has no doubt had much influence in its time, but it provides very few laughs. None, in fact.

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