There's nothing bad that accrues from baseball.
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you'll finish it.
A world I dream where black or white, whatever race you be, will share the bounties of the earth and every man is free
I'm so tired of waiting, aren't you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind?
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen," Then. Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed-- I, too, am America.
I desired to become a Christian, and prayed earnestly for the forgiveness of my sins. I felt a peace of mind resulting, and loved every one, feeling desirous that all should have their sins forgiven, and love Jesus as I did.
The strangest thing [to sign] has to be parts of [fan's] anatomy. But mostly female.
Men love their vices and hate them at the same time.
When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.