And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, that baseball fit very well into my life. It's been a great teacher, trainer, mentor and you'll see what I mean in the next few minutes that I have to speak. Use this quote
Death, the final, triumphant lover. Use this quote
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. Use this quote
Ever since we were little, we were so on fire for our dreams. We never let anyone blow our flames out. Use this quote
The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him. Use this quote
Cinema is still a very young art form with extraordinary techniques and very impressive special effects but sometimes it seems the soul has been taken out of things. Use this quote
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well. Use this quote
No, writing musicals is the hardest thing in the world. And it was really funny, because I remember when the South Park movie came out, there were some critics that said, 'Well it's obvious that in order to get it to be 90 minutes they filled some time with music.' Use this quote
Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world. Use this quote
Not the torturer will scare me, nor the body's final fall, nor the barrels of death's rifles, nor the shadows on the wall, nor the night when to the ground the last dim star of pain, is hurled but the blind indifference of a merciless, unfeeling world. Use this quote
The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness. Use this quote
When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be a community design. I designed Perl, myself. It's limited by my own brain power. So I wanted Perl 6 to be a community design. Use this quote
I had my footballing heroes such as Bryan Robson and Diego Maradona but my dad was a rugby league star, and he was my real hero. But the relationship with my mum was rocky and we saw things that would affect any youngster. Use this quote
One longs to be funny, to make people laugh. Laughter is such a sign of approval, isn't it? Use this quote
My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that's a good grounding for a balanced life. Use this quote
My mom was the picture of the blue-collar mom: Two and three and four jobs to make sure that me and my sister never needed, that was her thing. Use this quote
I have a very close relationship with my parents. Use this quote
I don't have a bad relationship. I'm 48 years old. I think life is too short for that. To me, life is... you open the shutters, you see the dogs outside, you look left, you look right, in, what, a second and a half? And that's a life. Use this quote
In Sleep we lie all naked and alone, in Sleep we are united at the heart of night and darkness, and we are strange and beautiful asleep; for we are dying the darkness and we know no death. Use this quote
Not all intelligence can be artificial now, so if we make a mistake, the consequences are no longer simply located within an institution or a national culture. Use this quote