Ruth famous quotes

Ruth hadn't talked to my sister since before my death, and then it was only to excuse herself in the hallway at school. But she'd seen Lindsey walking home with Samuel and seen her smile with him. She watched as my sister said yes to pancakes and no to everything else. She had tried to imagine herself being my sister as she had spent time imagining being me.
-- Alice Sebold

#Home #School #Ruth

He (Babe Ruth) hits a ball harder and further than any man I ever saw.
-- Bill Dickey

#Men #Balls #Ruth

End of Construction. Thank you 'for your patience. " Inscription on Ruth Bell Graham's grave -- inspired hy a road sign she saw.
-- Billy Graham

#Saws #Ruth #Bells

The biggest inspiration for everything I do is, of course, my wife, playwright Ruth McKee.
-- Brian K. Vaughan

#Inspiration #Wife #Ruth

(B)ut who can start over when memories never leave you? —Ruth Mendenberg
-- Carol Matas

#Memories #Starting Over #Ruth

He (Babe Ruth) was very brave at the plate. You rarely saw him fall away from a pitch. He stayed right in there. No one drove him out.
-- Casey Stengel

#Fall #Brave #Ruth

I usually shop at Charlotte Ruth and Bebe.
-- Christy Carlson Romano

#Ruth #Shops #Charlotte

Mr. Rickey, I'll put more people in the park than anybody since Babe Ruth.
-- Dizzy Dean

#People #Ruth #Pitching

All through graduate school, instead of having a television I read murder mysteries: Hammett, Chandler, Ruth Rendell, P. D. James.
-- Donna Leon

#School #Television #Ruth

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the most liberal and illumined of the nine Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.
-- Donna Leon

#Justice #Ruth #Nine

You must never check for a person's pulse using your thumb, or you'll feel your own heartbeat. Actually, I plan on doing that if I'm the one who's here when Ruth dies. I plan on giving her my heartbeat before I let her go.
-- Elizabeth Berg

#Giving #Thumbs #Ruth

I want to live like music sounds."- Ruth
-- Eva Ibbotson

#Sound #Ruth #Want

Please, God,' Ruth would pray, 'don't let me be competitive. Let me realize what a privilege it is to study. Let me remember that knowledge must be pursued for its own sake and please, please stop me wanting to beat Verena Plackett in the exams.' She prayed hard and she meant what she said. But God was busy that autumn as the International Brigade came back, defeated, from Spain, Hitler's bestialities increased, and sparrows everywhere continued to fall.
-- Eva Ibbotson

#Fall #Autumn #Ruth

Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.
-- George Steinbrenner

#Sports #Athlete #Ruth

I can't recall a day this year or last when I did not hear the name of Babe Ruth.
-- Hank Aaron

#Years #Names #Ruth

I don't want people to forget Babe Ruth. I just want them to remember Henry Aaron.
-- Hank Aaron

#People #Ruth #Want

I don't think I have one particular favourite writer. I have many whose works I will always buy or reread - Muriel Spark, Anthony Powell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ruth Rendell, James Ellroy, William McIlvanney, Kate Atkinson, John Burnside, Louise Welsh, Iain Banks.
-- Ian Rankin

#Thinking #Ruth #Sparks

Born? Hell, Babe Ruth wasn't born. He fell from a tree.
-- Joe Dugan

#Tree #Ruth #Hell

It's always the same, Combs walks, Koening singles, Ruth hits one out of the park, Gehrig doubles, Lazzeri triples. Then Dugan goes in the dirt on his can.
-- Joe Dugan

#Yankees #Ruth #Dirt

Look homeward, Angel, now, and melt with ruth.
-- John Milton

#Angel #Looks #Ruth

When you come to a place where you have to left or right,' says Sister Ruth, 'go straight ahead.
-- Kathleen Norris

#Ruth

If I'm compared to Babe Ruth or Willie Mays, that's great. But I'm just going to go out there and be myself.
-- Ken Griffey, Jr.

#Ruth #Babe

[T]ruth is considered profane, and only illusion is sacred
-- Ludwig Feuerbach

#Ruth #Sacred #Illusion

And that whole do-able/undo-able thing? Yeah. Need I point out that neither Ruth nor I have ever "done" anybody in our lives?
-- Meg Cabot

#Done #Ruth #Able

The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.
-- Mickey Mantle

#Baseball #Records #Ruth

Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment, just like he gave Babe Ruth when he was playing. I just hope I can keep doing what I've been doing - keep taking care of business.
-- Sammy Sosa

#Opportunity #Ruth #Care

The current Babe Ruth of improv? Sacha Baron Cohen. He's pretty amazing.
-- Seth Rogen

#Ruth #Babe #Currents

Babe Ruth made a great mistake when he gave up pitching.
-- Tris Speaker

#Baseball #Mistake #Ruth

Don't worry about it. Babe Ruth struck out on occasion, too.
-- Walter Annenberg

#Worry #Ruth #Babe

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fell asleep during Obama's speech. She woke up with the other justices drawing a gavel on her face.
-- Conan O'Brien

#Drawing #Justice #Ruth

You sat there and watched our colleague Ruth Smeeth abused at a Labour event. Your words are hollow.
-- Wes Streeting

#Events #Ruth #Sat

I always just wanted to be a movie actress, like Lily Tomlin or Ruth Gordon. I just imagined myself being in a movie, wearing stylish women's clothing the way I saw Amy Irving wearing it.
-- Jenny Slate

#Amy #Lilies #Ruth