Hear only the things you should hear - be deaf to others.

Hear only the things you should hear - be deaf to others.

Review your work. You will find, if you are honest, that 90% of the trouble is traceable to loafing.

Never charge a player and, above all, no pointing your finger or yelling.

Keep all your personalities out of your work. Forget and forgive.

I'd hate this to get out but I really like opera.

Avoid sarcasm. Don't insist on the last word.

Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.

Keep your eye on the ball.

Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.

Difficulty comes not only because of your mistakes but once you try to make an excuse or accuse someone else your mind stops thinking.

If you think about the concept of reincarnation, it's essentially uploading yourself and your spirit into a new form, a new hard drive as it were.

Ignorance is no excuse, it's the real thing.

Greatness is a spiritual condition.

College is fun as long as you dont die.

During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.

The opening novel of the 'Bayou Trilogy' was the first one I finished.

My mother wasn't rational those last years; if she had been, she would have been horrified by her own behavior.

People love events - they love performances, they love music - and I think Australians are great entertainers.

I'm five feet tall - I'm very petite - so for me, if I'm wearing a skirt or dress, it needs to be short, or else it makes me look frumpy. I need to wear either something really short or a maxi dress; anything in between just looks weird.

Our need for social and personal change and power is often co-opted and trivialized into an adolescent and self-centered kind of rebellion.

In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am.

Every clinical encounter is an opportunity to generate social capital. Even in situations where patient needs are complex or seemingly insurmountable, it is the empathy and goodwill which makes the difference.

Seeking of the truth should be not only part of the Justice Department and part of our judicial system, but also should be... a goal of reporters today.

Banks properly established and conducted are highly useful to the business of the country, and will doubtless continue to exist in the States so long as they conform to their laws and are found to be safe and beneficial.

There were times when I'd bench players for their lack of effort. We worked very hard on fundamentals, which was the Dodger way. We needed to be more aggressive.

It does not matter how sweet you can sing a song of love. You must know how to dance along with it. You can't dance "salsa dance" on a "reggae song".

Look before you leap

I am what I do, and that's partly why I don't want to give up singing. But when I can't sing well, I will.

It's incredibly flattering to be a U.S. senator, which I want to stay at for a long time.

I think I would struggle with any job if it was purely about effects. Even as a viewer, those aren't the kind of things that interest me.

I am of opinion that it is highly requisite forthwith to pass a law, prohibiting upon great penalties all trade with our enemies, and more especially the supplying of them with arms, ammunition or provisions of any kind whatsoever.

From the first day to this sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization.

It's funny, in some of the interviews I've seen that were done for the film, some people say things like, 'Oh, I was never a very big Jim Woodring fan. I've never thought his work was that great.'