Notable Quotes for June


“Chemistry is a class you take in high school or college, where you figure out two plus two is 10, or something.”

— Dennis Rodman

2011 Inductee, NBA Hall of Fame. Over a 14-year career, his on and off-court antics were… highly original.


Summer is the season when a man thinks he can cook better on a greasy, rusty outdoor grill than his wife can on an indoor stove.


“Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.”

— W. C. Fields (1880 – 1946)
 American Actor, Writer and Comedian 


“Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball

— you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him?

Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that.”

— Nomar Garciaparra

Garciaparra is one of only a handful of players (13) in Major League history to hit two grand slams during a single game


“Eating primarily for health is too much like marrying for money.

In other words, it’s not completely crazy, but unless a meal or a relationship commences with yum, I don’t see it going anywhere.”

— Roy Blount Jr.


“The only thing that keeps this organization from being recognized as one of the finest in baseball is wins and losses at the major league level.”

– Chuck LaMar, (Former) Devil Rays General Manager


“I don’t want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.”

— Rogers Hornsby (1896-1963)

Hornsby is one of the best hitters of all time. His batting average for the 1924 season was .424, a mark that no player has matched since.


“Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it’s business or baseball, or the theater, or any field.

If you don’t love what you’re doing and you can’t give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You’ll be an old man before you know it.” 


“You better beat it — I hear they’re going to tear you down and put up an office building where you’re standing.
You can leave in a taxi. If you can’t get a taxi, you can leave in a huff. If that’s too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff.” 

— Groucho Marx

Professor Rufus. T. Firefly, in Duck Soup, 1939


“If stupidity got us into this mess, why can’t it get us out?”

— Will Rogers 


“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.”

— Winston Churchill


“My father used to say that it’s never too late to do anything you wanted to do.

And he said, ‘You never know what you can accomplish until you try.’”

— Michael Jordan


“I never vote for anyone; I always vote against.” 

— W.C. Fields, American Actor, Writer and Comedian

W. C. Fields (1880 – 1946),was an avid supporter of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

That is, until the President stated that no actor should be paid more than $25,000 per picture. 

Fields, who was getting $100,000 per picture at that time changed his allegiance immediately, and with his signature dry sarcasm.