Quote authors in 1918

Authors of 1918

Born or Deceased in 1918

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

Born :18 July 1918

Patty Berg

Patty Berg

Born :13 February 1918

Pee Wee Reese

Pee Wee Reese

Born :23 July 1918

Bobby Riggs

Bobby Riggs

Born :25 February 1918

Ted Williams

Ted Williams

Born :30 August 1918

T.Berry Brazelton

T.Berry Brazelton

Born :10 May 1918

James MacGregor Burns

James MacGregor Burns

Born :3 August 1918

Quotes of 1918

Quotes taken from the authors in 1918

There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.

Baseball's future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it's the greatest game there is!

God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.

All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth.

If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.

You know, you can only lead them from behind.

I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons.

James MacGregor Burns

Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique.

James MacGregor Burns

Woodrow Wilson called for leaders who, by boldly interpreting the nation's conscience, could lift a people out of their everyday selves. That people can be lifted into their better selves is the secret of transforming leadership.

James MacGregor Burns

Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others.

James MacGregor Burns

A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.

James MacGregor Burns

What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win.

Always keep learning. It keeps you young.

It's a wonderful day for me, I made it to 80.

There is nothing in this game of golf that can't be improved upon if you practice.

It's not how fast you get there, but how long you stay.