Ruth Quotes

119 quotes by 88 authors

You can't judge a man by watching him live. . . . I personally watched Babe Ruth at bat three times, and he struck out… — Sterling W Sill
We need just two players to be a contender. Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax. — Whitey Herzog
Mr. Rickey, I'll put more people in the park than anybody since Babe Ruth. — Dizzy Dean
I can't believe that Babe Ruth was a better player than Willie Mays. (Babe) Ruth is to baseball what Arnold Palmer is to golf. He… — Sandy Koufax
No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would leave the bat,… — Lefty Gomez
He (Babe Ruth) was very brave at the plate. You rarely saw him fall away from a pitch. He stayed right in there. No one… — Casey Stengel
Babe Ruth, what can you say? You are almost speechless when people put your name alongside his name. I wish I can go back in… — Mark McGwire
Ruth's writing is so joyful, funny and uplifting; it's always a real treat of a read. — Unknown Author
The home run became glorified with Babe Ruth. Starting with him, batters have been thinking in terms of how far they could hit the ball,… — Rogers Hornsby
He (Babe Ruth) hits a ball harder and further than any man I ever saw. — Bill Dickey
Every big leaguer and his wife should teach their children to pray, God bless Mommy, God bless Daddy, and God bless Babe Ruth. — Waite Hoyt
Baseball has traditionally possessed a wonderful lack of seriousness. The game's best player, Babe Ruth, was a Rabelaisian fat man, and its most loved manager,… — Thomas Boswell
The photographer Ruth Bernhard used to tell me that this is like asking somebody how they evolved their signature. It is not something I've ever… — Michael Kenna
Ruth and I don't have a perfect marriage, but we have a great one. How can I say two things that seem so contradictory? In… — Billy Graham
The unblemished ideal exists only in happily-ever-after fairy tales. Ruth likes to say, "If two people agree on everything, one of them is unnecessary." The… — Billy Graham
I doubt if Dickens did, especially his women-his pretty women-Mrs. Dombey, Florence, Dora, Agnes, Ruth Pinch, Kate Nickleby, little Emily-we know them all through Hablot… — George du Maurier
Born? Hell, Babe Ruth wasn't born. He fell from a tree. — Joe Dugan
We'll put an asterisk next to Barry Bonds' name, sure, as soon as we put one next to Babe Ruth's name. Getting to break records… — Daniel Tosh
I owe a debt of gratitude to two other living Justices. Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg paved the way for me and so… — Elena Kagan
Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment,… — Sammy Sosa

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