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title: "22 National Pastime Quotes by 20 authors"
description: "Browse 22 National Pastime quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best National Pastime sayings and thoughts."
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> [The national pastime is juiced,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-canseco/the-national-pastime-is-juiced/)

[Jose Canseco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-canseco/)

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> [The NFL is not a national pastime. It's a national addiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-schlereth/the-nfl-is-not-a-national-pastime-it-s-a-national-addiction/)

[Mark Schlereth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-schlereth/)

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> [Not reading poetry amounts to a national pastime here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-mcginley/not-reading-poetry-amounts-to-a-national-pastime-here/)

[Phyllis McGinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-mcginley/)

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> [In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-mcginley/in-australia-not-reading-poetry-is-the-national-pastime/)

[Phyllis McGinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-mcginley/)

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> [It's time to cut off visas for foreign baseball players and return our national pastime to Americans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-schlafly/it-s-time-to-cut-off-visas-for-foreign-baseball-players-and-return/)

[Phyllis Schlafly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-schlafly/)

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> [I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world... the kids... our national pastime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/babe-ruth/i-thank-heaven-we-have-had-baseball-in-this-world-the-kids-our/)

[Babe Ruth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/babe-ruth/)

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> [Baseball has long been a national pastime that many Americans have cherished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-sensenbrenner/baseball-has-long-been-a-national-pastime-that-many-americans-have/)

[Jim Sensenbrenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-sensenbrenner/)

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> [Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me. It's gossip.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/some-say-our-national-pastime-is-baseball-not-me-it-s-gossip/)

[Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/)

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> [There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-gehrig/there-is-no-room-in-baseball-for-discrimination-it-is-our-national/)

[Lou Gehrig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-gehrig/)

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> [Baseball is our national pastime, that is if you discount political campaigning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/baseball-is-our-national-pastime-that-is-if-you-discount-political/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [Don't quote me on this, but if they ever manage to ban beer advertising in baseball you can kiss the national pastime…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-maris/don-t-quote-me-on-this-but-if-they-ever-manage-to-ban-beer/)

[Roger Maris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-maris/)

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> [But baseball bounced back in the next decade to reclaim its place as the national pastime: new heroes, spirited competition, and booming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-thorn/but-baseball-bounced-back-in-the-next-decade-to-reclaim-its-place-as/)

[John Thorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-thorn/)

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> [You know this baseball game of ours comes up from the youth - that means the boys. And after you've been a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-know-this-baseball-game-of-ours-comes-up-from-the-youth-that/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Upsetting the dope is a favorite pastime in baseball. Past performances count for but little in the national pastime. Reputations don't get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-evans/upsetting-the-dope-is-a-favorite-pastime-in-baseball-past/)

[Billy Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-evans/)

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> [You bet being funny helps accomplish things. I've always maintained that people don't realize how many brain cells it takes to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-richards/you-bet-being-funny-helps-accomplish-things-i-ve-always-maintained/)

[Ann Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-richards/)

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> [Baseball hasn't been the national pastime for many years now - no sport is. The national pastime, like it or not, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-greene/baseball-hasn-t-been-the-national-pastime-for-many-years-now-no-sport/)

[Bob Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-greene/)

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> [Baseball is not a conventional industry. It belongs neither to the players nor management, but to all of us. It is our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-thorn/baseball-is-not-a-conventional-industry-it-belongs-neither-to-the/)

[John Thorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-thorn/)

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> [Nothing in our daily life offers more of the comfort of continuity, the generational connection of belonging to a vast and complicated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-burns/nothing-in-our-daily-life-offers-more-of-the-comfort-of-continuity/)

[Ken Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-burns/)

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> [Baseball, to me, is still the national pastime because it is a summer game. I feel that almost all Americans are summer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-busby/baseball-to-me-is-still-the-national-pastime-because-it-is-a-summer/)

[Steve Busby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-busby/)

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> [“It’s one thing to win a game with a base hit, or to save a game by pitching a scoreless ninth ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-elliot/it-s-one-thing-to-win-a-game-with-a-base-hit-or-to-save-a-game-by/)

[Tucker Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-elliot/)

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> [Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with even deeper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-bayh/baseball-may-be-our-national-pastime-but-the-age-old-tradition-of/)

[Evan Bayh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-bayh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ab/evan-bayh-23513_age_baseball-may-be-our-national-pastime-but_1878296.jpg)

> [There is a progression of understanding vis-a-vis pro football that varies drastically with the factor of distance -- physical, emotional, intellectual and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/there-is-a-progression-of-understanding-vis-a-vis-pro-football-that/)

[Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/)

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