“Poverty … allows them no room to breathe, to grow, to expand. It gives no time for spiritual interests. It chokes back the religious instincts. It offers no opportunities for the play of the higher energies. They are too tired to think, or to read, or to pray.”

“And for tired eyes every light is too bright, and for tired lips every breath too heavy, and for tired ears every word too much.”

“What art offers is space – a certain breathing room for the spirit.”

“LOVE is to stop making demands on people and give them room to grow.”

“Put your energy into things that actually grow you. Too many people freely give their energy to negative thoughts, people, and situations.”

“Give them back! Give my tears back, right now——with interest!!”

“We have an obligation to read aloud to our children. To read them things they enjoy. To read to them stories we are already tired of. To do the voices, to make it interesting, and not to stop reading to them just because they learn to read to themselves.”

“We need to be thinking about: How do we allow people to ascend the ladder of opportunity, rather than how do we give them everything and keep them dependent.”

“My body is old and tired, but I'll bounce back. I think Mazeroski can do the same if he takes off a few pounds and gives them to me. I need them.”

“I'm tired of making people sad and I'm tired of disappointing them and I'm tired of seeing them break. I have seen this too many times. He will be the last.”