I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press.

In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.

Education is learning what you didn’t even know you didn’t know.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow’s speed.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

You couldn’t get hold of the things you’d done and turn them right again. Such a power might be given to the gods, but it was not given to women and men, and that was probably a good thing. Had it been otherwise, people would probably die of old age still trying to rewrite their teens.