People keep telling me I never lived up to my potential, that I wasted my talent. . . I just didn't have as much as people thought. I got more ink for doing less than any pitcher who ever lived.

Never try to snow a snowman.

Philadelphia fans would boo funerals, an Easter egg hunt, a parade of armless war vets and the Liberty Bell.

Do not worry about the incarnation of ideas.

I am strongly convinced that the people or society is the best and the most unerring critic.

Do not worry about the incarnation of ideas. If you are a poet, your works will contain them without your knowledge - they will be both moral and national if you follow your inspiration freely.

Children's books are written for upbringing...but upbringing is a great thing; it decides the fate of the human being.

Right now I feel that I've got my feet on the ground as far as my head is concerned.

How can a guy win a game if you don't give him any runs?

When I lose, I drink, and when I win I celebrate.

I regret that I can't sit in the stands and watch me.

How would your life be different if instead of spending your energy and focus on hating those who hate you, you spent your energy and focus on loving those who love you?

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.

History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images.

We do have a love fest [at home]. It's like, 'I'm making you a cupcake.' Then it's like, 'Well, I made you a cake.' And it's like, 'Well I made you a cake with a cupcake on top and candles.'

Today people are a hundred times more interested in the personality of the person they are with than the clothes he wears.

When someone writes a really nasty piece about me. I think they're generally untrue because I think I'm a nice person.

As I watched the seagulls, I thought, That's the road to take; find the absolute rhythm and follow it with absolute trust.

There is a place where God, through the power of the Holy Ghost, reigns supreme in our lives.

When you feel happy, you look beautiful.

In France every man is either an anvil or a hammer; he is a beater or must be beaten.