"Europe were kind of the first ones to embrace my music; the kids from around the way would come out to my shows and really enjoy it."

“If I had to narrow my choice of meats down to one for the rest of my life, I am quite certain that meat would be pork.”

Source : James Beard (2015). “James Beard's Theory and Practice of Good Cooking”, p.96, Open Road Media

“One of the reasons I appreciate being in a Pirates uniform is the greats who have worn it in the past. There was Bill Mazeroski hitting the walk-off home run to win the World Series. There was Roberto Clemente wearing the number 21. There was Pops: Willie Stargell. There was Dave Parker: Cobra.”

“Do nothing by halves which can be done by quarters.”

Source : F.R. Scott (2013). “Leaving the Shade of the Middle Ground: The Poetry of F.R. Scott”, p.54, Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

“We had given it a name, a substance, and somehow, in doing that, we had condemned ourselves.”

“Thirty is not an age for a woman anymore.”

“Throw your hands up in the air and celebrate life.”

“It didn't occur to me that I could be a writer until college. I saw all these people around me training to be doctors, or historians, or C.E.O.'s or whatnot, and I thought, Maybe I want to be a writer.”

“Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.”