Tris Speaker Quotes

If you put a baseball and other toys in front of a baby, he'll pick up a baseball in preference to the others.

Tris Speaker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 4, 1888 - December 8, 1958

Topics

BaseballBabyYouToysOthersUp

I think if somebody commits to somebody by asking a woman to marry you, you should keep that commitment.

Joanna Krupa

CommitmentWomanThinkYouAsking

I like to think that I've got determination, and I'm fiercely protective of the people I love.

Andrew Lincoln

LoveDeterminationPeopleThinkGot

I was a huge fan of Steve Martin, as everyone I knew in comedy was.

Martin Short

ComedyEveryoneFanKnewHuge Fan

As we say in the hood, I'm a stoop kid.

Michael K. Williams

HoodSayKidStoop

I don't use simple words. I make games and puzzles with my songs.

Lisa Loeb

SimpleWordsGamesSongsPuzzles

For a lot of folks who get sober, the process of getting and staying sober becomes their higher power, and it becomes a religion that sort of consumes a whole lot of them. I just don't think that that's necessary. I think that that can be a side note rather than the story of your life.

Jason Isbell

LifePowerReligionStoryThinkGet

Jews are underdogs - not in my world, obviously, they're not.

Chelsea Handler

WorldJewsUnderdogsObviously

'The Polar Express' began with the idea of a train standing alone in the woods. I asked myself, 'What if a boy gets on that train? Where does he go?'

Chris Van Allsburg

AloneMyselfWoodsTrainGoBoy

They want a lip print for their autograph books. I'm a sport; I go along.

Cleo Moore

GoWantAutographAlongBooksPrint

Though I'm getting a lot of acting offers, I'd like to enter only when I'm ready. My first love will always be music.

Armaan Malik

LoveMusicActingReadyWillFirst

I don't do things to try and get publicity or anything like that.

Ashley Cole

TryAnythingThingsPublicityGet

I'm really a classicist at heart - with a bit of madness!

Phillip Lim

HeartMadnessReallyBit

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