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Born on August 22nd

Discover quotes and deep life insights from authors, creators, and leaders born on August 22nd. Enjoy their wisdom and share their quotes.

Quotes by Authors Born Today (151)

"I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it."

Carl Yastrzemski
Topic: Wisdom

"And if I have my choice between a pennant and a triple crown, I'll take the pennant every time."

Carl Yastrzemski
Topic: Wisdom

"This is a strange game."

Carl Yastrzemski
Topic: Wisdom

"I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June."

Carl Yastrzemski
Topic: Wisdom

"I was lucky enough to have the talent to play baseball. That's how I treated my career. I didn't think I was anybody special, anybody different."

Carl Yastrzemski
Topic: Wisdom

"The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything."

Carl Yastrzemski
Topic: Wisdom

"You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out."

Carl Yastrzemski
Topic: Wisdom

"The hardest part of acting is not when I'm acting, It's when I'm not."

Dakota Goyo
Topic: Creativity

"I love watching scary movies because you always wonder what happens next, and that's what's going to happen on 'The Haunting Hour:' you're always going to want to know what happens next."

Dakota Goyo
Topic: Wisdom

"I think I am staying in Toronto. It keeps me grounded and I can be with my family and friends."

Dakota Goyo
Topic: Wisdom

"I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid."

Dakota Goyo
Topic: Wisdom

"When I'm Los Angeles, it's work. That's what I'm there for is work."

Dakota Goyo
Topic: Wisdom

"I'm happy I have fans; obviously, they're such great people. When I'm on Twitter and Facebook, they say such nice things that I really appreciate."

Dakota Goyo
Topic: Wisdom

"I never went to school for acting; it just comes to me. I never practice. I read the script, I'll memorize it. I don't even practice the acting. I'll just do it the day, and it will just come to me."

Dakota Goyo
Topic: Wisdom

"Actually, my mom doesn't let me touch any of my money out of my bank. She says she is going to keep it there until I am 18, and I don't think anyone can touch that. No money has been taken out of there."

Dakota Goyo
Topic: Wisdom

"I would like to be in a superhero movie where I do martial arts."

Dakota Goyo
Topic: Creativity

"I always watch superhero movies, and I like the action and the fighting and all the different kinds of powers."

Dakota Goyo
Topic: Wisdom

"I love doing voiceover work."

Dakota Goyo
Topic: Love

"I want to keep acting. I'll be acting probably until I get a lot older."

Dakota Goyo
Topic: Wisdom

"The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once."

E. Joseph Cossman
Topic: Wisdom

"The greatest power is often simple patience."

E. Joseph Cossman
Topic: Wisdom

"Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places."

E. Joseph Cossman
Topic: Wisdom

"Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners."

E. Joseph Cossman
Topic: Wisdom

"Since it is not granted to us to live long, let us transmit to posterity some memorial that we have at least lived."

E. Joseph Cossman
Topic: Wisdom

"If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today."

E. Joseph Cossman
Topic: Motivation

"You can have the best product in the world, you can have the best motivation in the world, you can have best education in the world, you can have all the money in the world - but if you don't have direction, you'll never go anywhere."

E. Joseph Cossman
Topic: Wisdom

"When I returned to the United States after three years of World War II service, my total assets consisted of one wife, one small daughter, $276 in the bank, and an idea. The idea was for an export business to supply items badly needed everywhere in Europe."

E. Joseph Cossman
Topic: Wisdom

"Do not quit! Hundreds of times I have watched people throw in the towel at the one-yard line while someone else comes along and makes a fortune by just going that extra yard."

E. Joseph Cossman
Topic: Wisdom

"The criteria, the only rule you should follow - the only rule - is to never touch a product or service unless, every time it is sold, part of the profit has to come back to you."

E. Joseph Cossman
Topic: Creativity

"Expose yourself to the products and promotions of other manufacturers, and your own field of new ideas will greatly increase."

E. Joseph Cossman
Topic: Wisdom
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