Rickey Henderson Quotes

My dream was to play football for the Oakland Raiders. But my mother thought I would get hurt playing football, so she chose baseball for me. I guess moms do know best.

Rickey Henderson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 25, 1958

Topics

MotherBestFootballBaseballMe

Today, we stand as a united country and are much closer to the ideals set forth in our Constitution that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Jim Ryun

LifeHappinessTodayMenStand

I don't see any baseball expansion right now. If it were up to me, I would contract two teams. But I certainly don't think expansion on the horizon.

Jerry Reinsdorf

BaseballMeThinkHorizonNowSee

Bailouts may have been more tolerable in the early 1990s when they were rare and their use for a failing bank was uncertain. That is no longer the case.

Jerome Powell

EarlyMoreBankRareMayBeen

I have seen the transformative effect that education has in the lives of young women and their communities.

Ann Cotton

EducationWomenYoungSeenEffect

Never patronize a child.

Michele Ferrero

ChildNeverPatronize

I'd like someone tall, dark and nice. Independent and confident. Not a macho man. Perhaps a little bit girly, in a way. The key for me is if we can cry with laughter.

Miranda Hart

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We never tell countries that they should have a particular number in terms of a tax number, you know, if countries can make do with whatever average tax they have. The question is, do they apply it to everybody? Or do they give sweetheart deals to some companies?

Jose Angel Gurria

YouTaxKnowNeverQuestionTell

I keep my children safe and protected from all my baggage. They get to have a normal childhood, and they're not affected by my life.

Dolores O'Riordan

LifeChildrenChildhoodMy LifeSafe

It is always better to be slightly underdressed.

Coco Chanel

BetterAlwaysSlightly

I did one of the 'Amazing Stories.' That was the first time I got to play a character who was a dumb blonde. I actually channeled Judy Holliday.

Cindy Morgan

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I think I just had it by osmosis: an appreciation of Duke Ellington before I really even knew who he was.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

AppreciationThinkJustEvenKnew

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.

Aristotle

BusinessMenBetterCreateSpecial

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