I'm like a duck: calm above the water, and paddling like hell underneath.

I don't live in the fast lane I live on the off ramp.

We know that hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death. Life is just a place where we spend time between games.

Win now, and we'll walk together forever.

When you have bacon and eggs for breakfast, the chicken makes a contribution, the pig makes a commitment.

Arrive at the net with the puck and in ill humor.

On coaching the 1970s Philadelphia Flyers: Nobody likes us. Nobody outside Philadelphia, that is. In fact, the nicest thing people say about us is that we are a bunch of muggers.

At the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals: Win today and we walk together forever.

A man with a dream of pleasure can go forth and conquer a crowd and three. With a new song's measure can trample a kingdom down.

With the development of utility electricity for the masses in the 1900's, very few people realize that a new era of sickness and disease was unleashed that are collectively called radiation sickness.

Oh, I'm starting to cry again. That's what happens when you think about life being fair. And I can't explain why it isn't . . . I don't think it's something anybody knows.

Unless the object of the singer’s affection is a vampire, surely what Hart means is unphotogenic. Only vampires are unphotographable, but affectionate ‘-enic’ rhymes are hard to come by.

Don't waste yer' breath kid. Explainin' anything to that one? It's like tryin' ta' slap the dumb off a retard... -George Foster

A player's character is a crucial factor I look into before committing to signing them. They also need to show a willingness to learn, regardless of age and experience; that's very important to me.

Lean back into the arms of grace.

What renders man an imaginative and moral being is that in society he gives new aims to his life which could not have existed in solitude : the aims of friendship , religion , science , and art .

No unemployment insurance can be compared to an alliance between a man and a plot of land.

Wherever illiteracy is a problem, it's as fundamental a problem as getting enough to eat or a place to sleep.

Even in its third century, America is still the most meritocratic nation in the world.