Ruth Quotes

119 Ruth quotes by 88 unique authors

Why was she always so craven, so apologetic? He had always seen Ruth as separate, good and untainted. As a child, his parents had appeared… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
When you come to a place where you have to left or right,' says Sister Ruth, 'go straight ahead. — Kathleen Norris
It's funny, most people can be around someone and they gradually begin to love them and never know exactly when it happened; but Ruth knew… — Fannie Flagg
Who is this Baby Ruth? And what does she do? — George Bernard Shaw
Ruth is so loyal and gentle-hearted, we cannot help loving her, as she stands with the reapers amid the waving corn. Her beautiful, unselfish spirit… — Helen Keller
I don't want to be Babe Ruth. He was a great ballplayer. I'm not trying to replace him. The record is there and damn right… — Roger Maris
Wives of ballplayers, when they teach their children their prayers, should instruct them to say: God bless mommy, God bless daddy, and God bless Babe… — Waite Hoyt
I mean, like a lot of kids growing up in the early seventies, I was fed Dr. Kissinger with my Fruit Loops. He was the… — Eugene Jarecki
The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse. — Waite Hoyt
There is nothing like Ruth ever existed in this game of baseball. I remember we were playing the White Sox in Boston in 1919, and… — Waite Hoyt
Babe Ruth made a baseball fan of me. I used to go to Yankee Stadium just to see him come to bat. — Unknown Author
Some scholars attribute the decline in nicknaming to the evolutionary process that turned folk heroes into entrepreneurs. The truth is: George Herman Ruth, the namely-est… — Jane Leavy
The early giants of modern dance - Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis - barely left traces of their art. — Robert Gottlieb
I am in awe of Ruth Draper. — Annette Bening
When we were 15, my girlfriend Ruth Kaplan and I applied to the Universidad Ibero-Americana in Mexico City. We were accepted into a program that… — Mary Doria Russell
We need just two players to be a contender. Just Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax. — Whitey Herzog
Striking out Ruth and Gehrig in succession was too big an order. — Carl Hubbell
It was funny, when I thought of it afterward, how Ruth and Gehrig looked as they stood there. The Babe must have been waiting for… — Carl Hubbell
Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him. — George Steinbrenner
I did not choose necessarily on the basis of significance. If you have a vote for the most significant athlete, then you have Ali, then… — Dick Schaap

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