If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.

I don't blame the players today for the money. I blame the owners. They started it. They wanna give it to 'em? More power to 'em.

I never said most of the things I said.

A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.

Even Napoleon had his Watergate.

I don't mean to be funny.

Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.

You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.

You don't have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it'll go.

I liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my family and friends there.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.

Death is the cure for all diseases.

All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.

As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason.

Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.

You're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem.

The Twist was a guided missile launched from the ghetto into the heart of suburbia. The Twist succeeded, as politics, religion and law could never do, in writing in the heart and soul what the Supreme Court could only write on the books.

Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.

Too much agreement kills a chat.

If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America.

The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

You never know what a fool you can be till life gives you the chance.

None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see.

After a storm comes a calm.

The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity.

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.

Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.

The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.

The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship.

Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.

Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.

Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.

You just can't beat the person who never gives up.

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.

Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

Reading isn't good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn't hit home runs. So I gave up reading.

I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.

A brainy person does not abuse copyright; instead they respect it and uphold it.

The brainy class is made up of individuals who think for themselves and beyond formal education are continuous learners who tend to be self-taught.

I always knew I was brainy. It struck me when I was a child that I wanted to be an adult because I never felt I belonged among children whose minds were so much simpler than mine.

No wishes are silly, no dreams remain dreams, for those committed to clear and definitive goals.

True health infuses positive energy in the mind, body and spirit; it is a main focus in my life.

Delayed gratification is a sweet lesson whose teacher knows the best is not right now, it is yet to be.

Cross the meadow and the stream and listen as the peaceful water brings peace upon your soul.

Be humble, be gracious, and make peace with inner fears before stepping out into the limelight and allowing yourself to be subjected to all of humanity.