Monford Merrill "Monte" Irvin (Monte Irvin) Quotes

I was all-state in four sports in New Jersey, but sometimes I couldn't get served at a restaurant two blocks from my high school. There were no job opportunities then... the only thing a black youth could aspire to be was a bellboy or a pullman or an elevator operator, or, maybe, a teacher. There was a time when all we had was black baseball.

Monford Merrill "Monte" Irvin

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• You know when you're 14 and terrified to talk to a girl? I didn't suffer much from that. It seemed very natural to me to talk to girls.

  

  Adam Levine Maroon 5
  • Girl
  • Know
  • Me

• She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.

  

  Gail Parent
  • Live
  • Women
  • She

• Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves.

  

  Sammy Davis, Jr.
  • Bad
  • Reality
  • Never

• I have never taken myself that seriously as an actor.

  

  Owen Wilson
  • Myself
  • Taken
  • Never

• Sometimes, I find that just the simplest, cleanest things that are intelligently performed are funniest to me.

  

  Kaitlin Olson
  • Me
  • Sometimes
  • Find

• To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.

  

  Quintilian
  • Man
  • Swear
  • Honorable

• My tennis is aggressive, though I wouldn't say that it's more physical than technical. I rely more on technique than physique, but being physical is always a help to me.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • Help
  • Technique
  • Physical

• I grew up with 'Friends' from day one and, like, 'Seinfeld' and 'Frazier,' those sorts of shows, but for sure, 'Friends' was it for our family. Like, we would watch every Thursday night at eight o'clock; I couldn't wait.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • Up
  • Family
  • Friends

• I believe that we should be able to marry whom ever we choose. As long as both people are willing... I say go for it!

  

  Fefe Dobson
  • People
  • Believe
  • Long

• I make my own face exfoliant at home, using finely ground rice powder mixed with milk or yogurt. I also treat my skin to a honey, rose water, glycerine and lemon face pack. The honey moisturises, and the lemon removes impurities.

  

  Yami Gautam
  • Home
  • Water
  • Rose

• I call myself a constitutional conservative.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Myself
  • Conservative
  • Call

• 'The Notebook' is one of my favorite love stories.

  

  Taylor Schilling
  • Stories
  • Favorite
  • Notebook

• The teacher that I was for decades, and that I still am in a certain way, wondered what was meant by the word education. I was truly dumbfounded at the very thought of dealing with such an essential and extensive subject.

  

  Abdoulaye Wade
  • Education
  • Teacher
  • Thought

• When you get to 15 and most of your teachers are priests, there's bound to be a conflict.

  

  Ian Hart
  • You
  • Conflict
  • Teachers

• WWE doesn't owe us anything.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • Anything
  • U.S.
  • Owe

• In America, we may acknowledge Washington and Lincoln as great men, and probably Franklin and Jefferson and maybe Franklin Delano Roosevelt and possibly even several more, but we would probably disagree about precisely what it was that made them great, what it was that enabled them to give a lasting direction to the course of events.

  

  Edmund Morgan
  • Great
  • Men
  • May

• Abe Krok was a man of integrity who made a unique contribution to Mamelodi Sundowns and to South African football.

  

  Patrice Motsepe
  • Man
  • Football
  • Unique

• These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a long time back and the media has taken over.

  

  Van Morrison
  • Up
  • Time
  • Long

• Greatest hits is easy because one has nothing to do - except that we both, Roger and I, felt that new songs should be there because I've been away for awhile.

  

  Tina Turner
  • Song
  • Easy
  • Roger

• Writing anything as an expert is really poisonous to the writing process, because you lose the quality of discovery.

  

  Siddhartha Mukherjee
  • Writing
  • Quality
  • Discovery

• I am fairly certain that our budget deficit was not caused by children with autism or 90-year-old grannies in nursing homes, so why take it out on them by cutting services?

  

  Lois Frankel
  • Children
  • Why
  • Cutting

• The nicest characters in A Week in December research are, in fact, Muslims - and their religious devotion is one of the things that defines them.

  

  Sebastian Faulks
  • Character
  • Religious
  • Week

• I used to go badger-watching as a boy, and it's brilliant fun - they're incredibly active animals, and the cubs are very funny to watch.

  

  Ben Miller
  • Fun
  • Animals
  • Cubs

• I was all-state in four sports in New Jersey, but sometimes I couldn't get served at a restaurant two blocks from my high school. There were no job opportunities then... the only thing a black youth could aspire to be was a bellboy or a pullman or an elevator operator, or, maybe, a teacher. There was a time when all we had was black baseball.

  

  Monford Merrill "Monte" Irvin
  • Sometimes
  • Baseball
  • Opportunities