I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
Who would people rather see, a real hitter hitting home runs or a pitcher swinging a wet newspaper?
I don't like the designated hitter. A guy who plays should be able to catch and hit.
Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.
People who wander are nicer to be with. Movement militates against hoarding possessions and against bigotry, because you are constantly moving across boundaries and having to negotiate with people.
We've got some real greedy hogs who own no interest in the company they're running, whose sole interest is in whatever it takes to be able to get to the point to fly out on their golden parachute and milk the shareholder and take risks that they shouldn't take.
If you don't know what tomorrow holds, you need to know who holds tomorrow!
Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not.
I know an awful lot of Hollywood people, who are so self-important, I can't understand it.
There's a basic problem with the history of the Holocaust. The people who do it don't know the necessary languages.
For centuries, Tamil Nadu is a holy land of many religious scholars and saints who preached good things.
A man of merit owes himself to the homage of the rest of mankind who recognize his worth.
I'm really interested in history and when I looked into the settlers who came to my home state, North Carolina, I found that the largest settlement of Hebridean islanders outside of Scotland was right there in North Carolina.
I'm not really someone who's always out on the scene going places. I'm a homebody. That's just who I am.
I come from Paisley, the same town as David Sneddon, who won 'Fame Academy.' When he was late for his homecoming reception in the town hall, they held an impromptu talent show. I ended up singing some songs, and that's how I was discovered.
It's interesting how the view from abroad can shift and remake perceptions of homegrown celebrities, the ones who are part of the gross domestic product.
In fact, allowing immigrants to have licenses actually improves homeland security by allowing our government to track who is in our borders.
All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.
We can make fun of hockey fans, but someone who enjoys Homer is indulging the same kind of vicarious bloodlust.
The guy who started on third base and gets home and acts like he hit a homer - that guy doesn't impress me.
