Jim Crow was king . . . and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive. The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered. – Lou Brock
Back then, if you had a sore arm, the only people concerned were you and your wife. Now its you, your wife, your agent, your investment counselor, your stockbroker, and your publisher. – Jim Boulton
Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade youll never sit. It may not happen fully till after Im gone. But I know that the steps were taking are the right steps. – Jennifer M. Granholm
I understand Tea Partyers anger with the system, but they are in way over their heads and often racially motivated, and I cant be part of that. – Zach Galifianakis