"In America, we have anti-nepotism laws in the federal government and in lots of state governments, because the practice of hiring relatives undermines public confidence that the government official is actually finding best person for the job."

“I read that a lot of people think Im gay. I dont care. My boyfriend and I are not really phased by what people say.”

“Everyone always wants to know how you can tell when it's true love, and the answer is this: when the pain doesn't fade and the scars don't heal, and it's too damned late.”

Source : "The Book of Joe". Book by Jonathan Tropper, 2005.

“It is very discouraging to be in a team with white athletes. On the track you are Tommie Smith, the fastest man in the world, but once you are in the dressing rooms you are nothing more than a dirty Negro.”

Source : "1968: Black athletes make silent protest". news.bbc.co.uk. September 1967.

“One of the inspirations for my becoming a writer was the baseball board game Strat-O-Matic.”

“Ive been touring now since about 68.”

“I’m just one of the people who stands on the Kop. They think the same as I do, and I think the same as they do. It’s a kind of marriage of people who like each other.”

“The Depression taught me what frugality means and the importance of not losing money.”

“The universe is a machine for the making of Gods.”