Quotes of Jim Bouton

somelinesforyou_157941802751.jpg

Back then, if you had a sore arm, the only people concerned were you and your wife. Now it's you, your wife, your agent, your investment counselor, your stockbroker, and your publisher.

- Jim Bouton

Make your own quote image here

Note* For better image experience, you need to upload a desktop layout image, it means horizontal layout, not vertical layout.

“ My mama always used to tell me: ‘If you can’t find somethin’ to live for, you best find somethin’ to die for.’ ”

- Tupac Shakur

“ Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have. ”

- Franz Kafka

“ You left the same way you: with 6 duffle bags and your heart intact. ”

- Gandhi

“ I don't think you can define love. ”

- Harry Styles

“ The night still bold The cold singing by The crickets on their turbo Ushering in a celestial night in beautiful robe For tonight he will wonder into a glorious quest of the night As he lay down his head, will the Angels guard him Good night and sweet dreams ”

- Perpetua Ukakogu

“ I constantly challenge my athletes with workouts that take them to the upper edge of their ability. Like Brett's, my philosophy is that your biggest competitor is yourself. I will never ask the impossible. But I will come close. Those who answer with courage and selfbelief instead of fear and doubt are the ones who realize their dreams. ”

- Siri Lindley

“ To love oneself is the beginning of a life long romance. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ It’s time to care; it’s time to take responsibility; it’s time to lead; it’s time for a change; it’s time to be true to our greatest self; it’s time to stop blaming others. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ A dream comes true through repeated actions. ”

- Lailah Gifty Akita

“ Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. ”

- Unknown

“ This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. ”

- Dalai Lama

“ This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ At the beginning, you need no support other than your pen and paper to write down the ideas that your brain is ready to supply you at any given time. ”

- Godspower Oparaugo

“ And out of Tristan's heart there grew a hazel tree, and out of Iseult's a honeysuckle, and they arched together and clung and intertwined so that they could never be separated anymore. ”

- Rosemary Sutcliff

“ Where there’s marriage without love, there will be love without marriage. ”

- Benjamin Franklin

“ Life is a sheet of blank papers and pen: “We write our life like one made in heaven.” Sadly though, some don’t have the pen with them: “It’s others doing the writing for them. ”

- Rodolfo Martin Vitangcol

“ The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why ”

- Mark Twain

“ We werent exactly lovers yet, But we were a little more then friends. We just kept meeting at the wrong time, but our connection never ends. ”

- Nikki Rowe

“ Legacy is greater than currency ”

- Gary Vaynerchuk

“ Never run from the truth. It is always there; it never changes – save your energy. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Do I care about pleasure? Yes. But I don't believe in happiness. ”

- Tatiana Vedenska

“ I love women, but I feel like you can’t trust some of them. Some of them are liars, you know? Like I was in the park and I met this girl, she was cute and she had a dog. And I went up to her, we started talking. She told me her dog’s name. Then I said, ‘Does he bite?’ She said, ‘No.’ And I said, ‘Oh yeah? Then how does he eat?’ Liar. ”

- Demetri Martin

“ I am convinced that one should tell one's spiritual director if one has a great desire for Communion, for Our Lord does not come from Heaven every day to stay in a golden ciborium; He comes to find another heaven, the heaven of our soul in which He loves to dwell. ”

- St. Therese of Lisieux

“ True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ”

- Erich Segal

“ You know her well. People are harder to sum up when you know them well. ”

- Veronica Roth