Quotes for All
As a ballplayer, (Dizzy) Dean was a natural phenomenon, like the Grand Canyon or the Great Barrier Reef. Nobody ever taught him baseball and he never had to learn. He was just doing what came naturally when a scout named Don Curtis discovered him on a Texas sandlot and gave him his first contract. Red … Read more
My best girl is dead. Red Smith
The natural habitat of the tongue is the left cheek. Red Smith
It’s no accident that of all the monuments left of the Greco- Roman culture the biggest is the ballpark, the Colosseum, the YankeeStadium of ancient times. Red Smith
In entertainment value, the Democratic clambake usually lays it over the Republican conclave like ice cream over parsnips. Red Smith
I like to get where the cabbage is cooking and catch the scents. Red Smith
Young men have visions, old men have dreams. Red Smith
The Russians have a weapon that can wipe out two hundred eighty thousand Americans. That puts them exactly ten years behind Howard Cosell. Red Smith
Ninety feet between the bases is the nearest thing to perfection that man has yet achieved. Red Smith
In my later years I have sought to become simpler, straighter and purer in my handling of the language. I’ve had many writing heroes, writers who have influenced me. Of the ones still alive, I can think of E.B. White. I certainly admire the pure, crystal stream of his prose. When I was very young … Read more