Years Quotes

The 16 years have gone so fast. I came to Minnesota as a 19-year-old kid. Marv Grissom was the pitching coach, an old-timer who taught me quite a bit.

If I get married I get a tax break, if I have a kid I get a tax break, if I get a mortgage I get a tax break. I don’t have any kids and I drive a hybrid, I think I should get a tax break.

You will be raising these kids in your mind your whole life. And they will change you. Your little contribution to it – twenty years from now, they’ll be marching off into other things and that’s still the legacy you leave.

Though business conditions may change, corporations and securities may change, and financial institutions and regulations may change, human nature remains the same.

Those of us in the west have figured out a lot of ways to damage the lives of poor people in this country and around the world over the years.

3 years ago I was stocking shelves at Target, living on Ramen noodles, and crashing at Billy’s house. Now I’m on tour

Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence.

I’ve got cheekier with age. You can get away with murder when you’re 71 years old. People just think I’m a silly old fool.

Once my loved one accepted the diagnosis, healing began for the entire family, but it took too long. It took years.

Venice, Italy, survives 365 days out of every year in water; New Orleans can survive a few days of water if it has to.