Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Bouton

You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.

Tracy Austin

Venus hasn't been to the semis for a couple of years in a Grand Slam - she's been coming back from injury.

Tony Oliva

They gave me a second opportunity and 45 years later I'm still here.

Juan Marichal

When he hit a ground ball to you, you knew you had to make a good throw because he was going to be running.

Thomas Hearns

Ray Leonard was more of a favorite than Thomas Hearns that night.

Thomas Hearns

I'm going to fight again because this wasn't a fight.

Thomas Hearns

That was the fight. I knew that I had done something that no man had been able to do to a champion.

Greg Anderson

Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.

Greg Anderson

When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live.

Brian Andreas

You may not remember the time you let me go first. Or the time you dropped back to tell me it wasn't that far to go. Or the time you waited at the crossroads for me to catch up. You may not remember any of those, but I do and this is what I have to say to you: Today, no matter what it takes, we ride home together.

Ben E. King

When the night has come and the land is dark and the moon is the only light we see. No, I won't be afraid, no, I won't be afraid, just as long as you stand, stand by me.

Baltasar Gracian

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Blaise Pascal

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back.

Billie Holiday

If I don't have friends, then I ain't nothing.

Aristophanes

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.

Aristotle

Friendship is communion.

Aristotle

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Elizabeth Bowen

It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.

Bobby Bowden

As I look back on my 51 years of coaching, ... that is the hardest thing to explain.

Adam McKay

The hardest thing in the world to do is to have someone in a seat in a theater laughing so hard that they're making weird sounds.

Roy Blunt

At the end of the day, ... that is probably the hardest work we have to do.

Audrie Pattenn

The plane tickets were $1,100 (each). Right now the hardest part is paying all of that off.

Kyle Williams

I don't know who's No. 2. There are 10 to 15 teams as talented as each other, and it's all about who's going to work the hardest to get there.

Yogi Berra

The hardest thing is to get started, but the really hardest thing is to finish.

Neil Diamond

All the sparkly shirts and the stage trappings - that's just the performer, the public me, ... Songwriting is the hardest and most personal thing I do. When I'm writing, I'll go into the studio at six in the morning and stay until after dark, including weekends.

Aaron Rowand

It was one last hurrah with my friends. The hardest part about being traded is you feel like you're leaving your family.

Pete Wentz

The hardest part of watching someone watching me is making it appear that I'm not watching.

Caroll Spinney

I've learned to say, 'I'm a friend of Big Bird. He even taught me how to sound like him.'

Scott Eyre

I've become a better pitcher because I've learned to economize.

Russ Ortiz

After I sat down and thought about it, I learned a lot about the game, about myself.

Tom DeLay

some things that we've learned and when we do it again, we'll probably be better at it.

Ozzie Guillen

Now I learned a lesson. I never thought I was going to do that, and it's ugly because I know a lot of people have taken the first shot at me, and I come back real strong.

Brian Tracy

No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.

Jack Ma

When I was 12 years old, I got interested in learning English.

Aubrey Peeples

It's about learning what's important and what's not important, and at the end of the day, what size you are does not matter at all. I don't have time to worry about that stuff; I'm going to be healthy.

Mark Sanford

What I've come to learn is that (the Jasper port) would be a private (venture), ... If that's the case, I have no problem with it whatsoever.

Caroll Spinney

I've learned to say, 'I'm a friend of Big Bird. He even taught me how to sound like him.'

Scott Eyre

I've become a better pitcher because I've learned to economize.

Russ Ortiz

After I sat down and thought about it, I learned a lot about the game, about myself.

Tom DeLay

some things that we've learned and when we do it again, we'll probably be better at it.

Ozzie Guillen

Now I learned a lesson. I never thought I was going to do that, and it's ugly because I know a lot of people have taken the first shot at me, and I come back real strong.

Bradlee Pelt

I don't think it ticks him off anymore. I think Jake has learned to program critics, the media in general.

John Connell

Obviously, we're playing a high-quality team. It's not something you can practice for. We learned a lot today.

James Tobin

Most important, I have learned from my colleagues and students.

Harry Campbell

I went from summer school to merit roll. I learned that the more you do in school, the better you will be in life.

Carlos Delgado

This is pretty special. It's exciting, just because you know you're playing meaningful games.

Benjamin Disraeli

If you don't believe in magic, then you can't believe in reality.

Cesar Chavez

It is not good enough to know why we are oppressed and by whom. We must join the struggle for what is right and just. Jesus does not promise that it will be an easy way to live life and His own life certainly points in a hard direction; but it does promise that we will be "satisfied" (not stuffed; but satisfied). He promises that by giving life we will find life - full, meaningful life as God meant it.

Al Gore

There's no doubt that in the last two to three decades, American democracy has been hacked. It was based on the regular harvesting of the wisdom of crowds, but now big sources of special interest money are able to prevent the passage of almost any meaningful reform that's aimed at the public interest.

bell hooks

To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.

Brian Weiss

One of the most important of life´s lessons is to learn independance, to understand freedom. This means independence from attachments, from results, from opinions, and from expectations. Breaking attachments leads to freedom, but breaking attachments does not mean abandoning a loving and meaningful relationship, a relationship that nourrishes your soul. It means ending dependency on any person or thing. Love is never a dependency.

Brene Brown

Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.

Deepak Chopra

Meeting a stranger can be totally fleeting and meaningless, for example, unless you enter the individual’s world by finding out at least one thing that is meaningful to his or her life and exchange at lest one genuine feeling. Tuning in to others is a circular flow: you send yourself out toward people; you receive them as they respond to you.

Drew Barrymore

A thank-you can be just as meaningful as a soulful ten-page message.