Accustomed as I am to public speaking, I know the futility of it.

These are the saddest of possible words, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. Trio of Bear Cubs fleeter than birds, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble, Making a Giant hit into a double, Words that are weighty with nothing but trouble, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. This brief poem, immortalized the Chicago Cubs' double-play combination: Shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance.

In the order named, these are the hardest to control - wine, women and song.

There must be a day or two in a man's life when he is the precise age for something important.

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.

Money isn't everything, but lack of money isn't anything.