Truer Words

“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.ˮ — Lucille Ball (1911–1989, American actress and comedian)

“Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off.ˮ — Bill Veek (1914–1946, American major league baseball franchise owner)

“There are two kinds of leaders: Those who are interested in the flock, and those who are interested in the fleece.ˮ — Evan Esar (1899–1995, American humorist)

“In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.ˮ — James Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd in “Harvey”

“Out beyond ideas of right–doing and wrong–doing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.ˮ — Rumi (13th century poet and philosopher)

“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket… unless it’s chocolate.ˮ — Anonymous

“A newspaper is not just for reporting the news—it’s to make people mad enough to do something about it.ˮ — Mark Twain (1835–1910, American writer and humorist)

“In the end it is how you fight, as much as why you fight, that makes your cause good or bad.ˮ — Freeman Dyson (1923–2020, British-American physicist and mathematician)

“A good friend is like a four-leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to have.” ―Irish blessing

“Only the government would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket, sew it to the bottom, and have a longer blanket.” ―Anonymous