"I had the opportunity to play every day in the minors, and everybody knew me in the minors. In the big leagues, it was a little different. It was up and down and up and down, and I didn't get a chance to show people that I can play every day and I can be a superstar. Now, I can show everybody what they are getting from me."

“I moved to Seattle when I was two or three years old. Had my early education there, and would spend summers on the farm in Maryland. Then I went to boarding school in New Hampshire, to St. Paul's School. From there, I moved to London.”

Source : Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. February 11, 2003.

“My mistake has too often been that of too much haste. But it is not the people's way to hurry, nor is it God's way either. Hurry means worry, and worry effectually drives the peace of God from the heart.”

Source : "Behind the Ranges: The Life-changing Story of J.O. Fraser" by Geraldine Taylor, Singapore: OMF International (IHQ) Ltd., (p. 157), 1998.

“We cut up lemons on a chop board because they are good for our voices.”

“United States:. A nation given either to unjustified over-enthusiasms or infantile furies.”

Source : John Ralston Saul (2012). “The Doubter's Companion: A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense”, p.299, Simon and Schuster

“There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that we enjoy; no evil that we feel, or fear, but we may make some spiritual advantage of all: and he that makes such improvement is wise, as well as pious.”

Source : Anne Bradstreet, Adrienne Rich, Jeannine Hensley (2010). “The works of Anne Bradstreet”, Belknap Pr

“Make sure you cut the grass low so the snakes show”

“You were born into fearlessness, but the world may have taught you to fear.”

“I think reading is important for a variety of things. I mean, first of all, it's a way to get information and find out what's going on in the world. But also, it helps your imagination.”

Source : "Garfield Hits the Big Screen". Interview with Rachel Laskow, www.scholastic.com.