clydepepper
04-30-2015, 08:53 AM
At a time when a lot of us need to hear some good words or have a good chuckle:
MY FAVORITE QUOTES
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on the lives of others”.
– Jackie Robinson
Like it or not, we live in times of danger and uncertainty. That is the way he lived, that is what he leaves us. My brother need not be idealized, nor enlarged in death beyond what he was in life, but be remembered simply as a good and decent man who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw hurt and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it. Those of us who loved him, and who take him to his rest today, pray that what he was to us, and what he wished for others, will someday come to pass for all the world. As he said many times, in many parts of this nation, to those he touched, and who sought to touch him, “Some men see things as they are, and say, ‘Why?’ I dream things that never were, and say, ‘Why not?’
(Ted Kennedy, at Bobby’s funeral)
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Barry Goldwater
“It is played everywhere. In parks and playgrounds and prison yards. In back alleys and farmers' fields. By small children and old men. Raw amateurs and millionaire professionals. It is a leisurely game that demands blinding speed. The only game in which the defense has the ball. It follows the seasons, beginning each year with the fond expectancy of springtime, and ending with the hard facts of autumn. It is a haunted game, in which every player is measured against the ghosts of all who have gone before. Most of all, it is about time and timelessness. Speed and grace. Failure and loss. Imperishable hope. And coming home.” - John Chancellor, Narrator in Ken Burns’ ‘Baseball’
“Hey Lord… Whatever I done… Don’t strike me blind for another couple ah minutes.” – George Kennedy as Dragline in ‘Cool-Hand Luke’
“…and I’m gonna be that way ‘til I’m a DEAD old man.” – Red Foxx as Fred Stanford in ‘Sanford and Son’ responding to his son Lamont calling him a dirty old man.
If you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream.
Barry Goldwater
“This is my most special place in all the world. Once a place touches you like this, the wind never blows so cold again. You feel…like it was your child.” Burt Lancaster as Doc Graham, saying ‘no’ to Ray Kinsella’s invitation to Iowa in ‘Field of Dreams’.
“People will come, Ray. They’ll come to Iowa for reasons they can’t even fathom. They’ll turn up your driveway, not knowing for sure why they’re doing it. They’ll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. “Of course, we won’t mind if you look around,” you’ll say. “It’s only $20 per person.” They’ll pass over the money without even thinking about it, for it’s money they have and peace they lack.
(“Ray, just sign the papers!”)
“Then they’ll walk out to the bleachers and sit in their shirt sleeves on a perfect afternoon. They’ll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they’ll watch the game and it will be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick, they’ll have to brush them away from their faces.”
(“Ray, when the bank opens in the morning, they’ll foreclose.”)
“People will come, Ray.”
(“You’re broke, Ray. You sell now or you lose everything!”)
“The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It’s been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But Baseball..has marked the time. This field, this game. It’s a part of our past. It reminds us of all that was once good, and could be again. Oh, people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come.” James Earl Jones as Terence Mann in ‘Field of Dreams’
Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.
George Carlin
There comes a time in every man's life, and I've had plenty of them.
Casey Stengel
Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
Yogi Berra
If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.
Yogi Berra
The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
Casey Stengel
He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.
Yogi Berra
All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
Casey Stengel
I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary.
Yogi Berra
Never make predictions, especially about the future.
Casey Stengel
Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
Casey Stengel
Most ball games are lost, not won.
Casey Stengel
Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.
Yogi Berra
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
Yogi Berra
I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
Casey Stengel
They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again.
Casey Stengel
The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.
Yogi Berra
It gets late early out there.
Yogi Berra
You can observe a lot by just watching.
Yogi Berra
"All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian." – Pat Paulsen
MY FAVORITE QUOTES
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on the lives of others”.
– Jackie Robinson
Like it or not, we live in times of danger and uncertainty. That is the way he lived, that is what he leaves us. My brother need not be idealized, nor enlarged in death beyond what he was in life, but be remembered simply as a good and decent man who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw hurt and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it. Those of us who loved him, and who take him to his rest today, pray that what he was to us, and what he wished for others, will someday come to pass for all the world. As he said many times, in many parts of this nation, to those he touched, and who sought to touch him, “Some men see things as they are, and say, ‘Why?’ I dream things that never were, and say, ‘Why not?’
(Ted Kennedy, at Bobby’s funeral)
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Barry Goldwater
“It is played everywhere. In parks and playgrounds and prison yards. In back alleys and farmers' fields. By small children and old men. Raw amateurs and millionaire professionals. It is a leisurely game that demands blinding speed. The only game in which the defense has the ball. It follows the seasons, beginning each year with the fond expectancy of springtime, and ending with the hard facts of autumn. It is a haunted game, in which every player is measured against the ghosts of all who have gone before. Most of all, it is about time and timelessness. Speed and grace. Failure and loss. Imperishable hope. And coming home.” - John Chancellor, Narrator in Ken Burns’ ‘Baseball’
“Hey Lord… Whatever I done… Don’t strike me blind for another couple ah minutes.” – George Kennedy as Dragline in ‘Cool-Hand Luke’
“…and I’m gonna be that way ‘til I’m a DEAD old man.” – Red Foxx as Fred Stanford in ‘Sanford and Son’ responding to his son Lamont calling him a dirty old man.
If you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream.
Barry Goldwater
“This is my most special place in all the world. Once a place touches you like this, the wind never blows so cold again. You feel…like it was your child.” Burt Lancaster as Doc Graham, saying ‘no’ to Ray Kinsella’s invitation to Iowa in ‘Field of Dreams’.
“People will come, Ray. They’ll come to Iowa for reasons they can’t even fathom. They’ll turn up your driveway, not knowing for sure why they’re doing it. They’ll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. “Of course, we won’t mind if you look around,” you’ll say. “It’s only $20 per person.” They’ll pass over the money without even thinking about it, for it’s money they have and peace they lack.
(“Ray, just sign the papers!”)
“Then they’ll walk out to the bleachers and sit in their shirt sleeves on a perfect afternoon. They’ll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they’ll watch the game and it will be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick, they’ll have to brush them away from their faces.”
(“Ray, when the bank opens in the morning, they’ll foreclose.”)
“People will come, Ray.”
(“You’re broke, Ray. You sell now or you lose everything!”)
“The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It’s been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But Baseball..has marked the time. This field, this game. It’s a part of our past. It reminds us of all that was once good, and could be again. Oh, people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come.” James Earl Jones as Terence Mann in ‘Field of Dreams’
Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.
George Carlin
There comes a time in every man's life, and I've had plenty of them.
Casey Stengel
Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
Yogi Berra
If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.
Yogi Berra
The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
Casey Stengel
He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.
Yogi Berra
All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
Casey Stengel
I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary.
Yogi Berra
Never make predictions, especially about the future.
Casey Stengel
Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
Casey Stengel
Most ball games are lost, not won.
Casey Stengel
Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.
Yogi Berra
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
Yogi Berra
I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
Casey Stengel
They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again.
Casey Stengel
The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.
Yogi Berra
It gets late early out there.
Yogi Berra
You can observe a lot by just watching.
Yogi Berra
"All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian." – Pat Paulsen