Baseball is a rookie, his experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment of his dream. – Ernie Harwell
I have great faith that Heavens there and Ill see my brothers and my mom and dad when I get there. – Ernie Harwell
Baseball is the president tossing out the first ball of the season. And a scrubby schoolboy playing catch with his dad on a Mississippi farm. – Ernie Harwell
Its time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and Id much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure. – Ernie Harwell
What if Barack Obama established a Presidential Advisory Committee that would meet once every couple of months, bringing together the former presidents for a conference in order to seek their collective wisdom? There is a wealth of experience in former presidents that generally goes untapped. – Tony Campolo
The ages of seven to eleven is a huge chunk of life, full of dulling and forgetting. It is fabled that we slowly lose the gift of speech with animals, that birds no longer visit our windowsills to converse. As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armour themselves against wonder. – Leonard Cohen
I used to love to draw. I didnt want to go to art class because I felt that would be too corny when I was young, but architectural drafting was the cool thing to do because there was more precision. It taught me a lot about building and structures and doorways and frames and windowsills. – Ice Cube