“Pique or policy. We would never know.”

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

“Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye.”

“Tennis and golf are best played, not watched.”

“Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed. ”

“Football is violence and cold weather and college rye. ”

“nights and days came and passedand summer and winterand the sun and the windand the rain.and it was good to be a little islanda part of the worldand a world of its ownall surrounded by the bright b...”

“When you drop a glass or a plate to the ground it makes a loud crashing sound. When a window shatters a table leg breaks or when a picture falls off the wall it makes a noise. But as for your heart...”

“A good friend of mine once said, "I have never met a bigot who was a reader as a child.”

“The more you talk about them, the more important they will feel. The more you listen to them, the more important you will make them feel.”

“My mother always says people should be able to take care of themselves, even if they're rich and important.”

“There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe.”