In plain truth, lying is an accursed vice. We are not men, nor have any other tie upon another, but by our word.

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure.

Anne Baxter

Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.

Ambrose Bierce

Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, sir, is not in Nature.

Samuel Johnson

The creatures that inhabit this earth--be they human beings or animals--are here to contribute, each in its own particular way, to the beauty and prosperity of the world.

Dalai Lama XIV

We were pretty good mates until the Beatles started to split up and Yoko came into it. It was more like old army buddies splitting up on account of wedding bells.

Paul McCartney

A third heir seldom enjoys what has been dishonestly acquired.

Juvenal

I love the game, it's the greatest game on earth, that's why I can't understand all of this talk about trying to make the game better. People talk about the high strike zone and changing this and that. Why? To speed up the game? That's the beauty of baseball. There is no time element.

Eric Davis

We are all of us failures, at least, the best of us are.

James M. Barrie

If we all make a concerted effort and try to improve the life of someone else, then this world would be a better place to live in.

Alonzo Mourning

Where I came from, sports were the only way to get out front.

Joe Namath