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It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.
BENJAMIN E. MAYS

Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.
BENJAMIN E. MAYS

For nearly a century, the South made itself believe that Negroes and white people were really commun...
BENJAMIN E. MAYS

It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to ca...
BENJAMIN E. MAYS

Not failure, but low aim is sin.
BENJAMIN E. MAYS

It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tra...
BENJAMIN E. MAYS

It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.
BENJAMIN E. MAYS

Every man and woman is born into the world to do something unique and something distinctive and if h...
BENJAMIN E. MAYS

It isn't a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.
BENJAMIN E. MAYS

Many well-meaning intelligent people have argued since the May 17, 1954, decision of the United Stat...
BENJAMIN E. MAYS

The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too...
BENJAMIN E. MAYS

Everything in life takes longer than we think - except life itself.
BENJAMIN E. MAYS

It isnt a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.
BENJAMIN E. MAYS

It isn’t a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.
BENJAMIN E. MAYS

. . . the circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.
BENJAMIN E. MAYS

It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your goal. The traged...
BENJAMIN E. MAYS

The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to rea...
BENJAMIN E. MAYS

It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn
BENJAMIN MAYS

The creation of the spiritual was no accident. It was a creation born of necessity, so that the slav...
BENJAMIN MAYS

Not failure, but low aim is sin.
BENJAMIN MAYS

. . . the circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.
BENJAMIN MAYS

It isnt a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.
BENJAMIN MAYS

The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to rea...
BENJAMIN MAYS

Every man and woman is born into the world to do something unique and something distinctive and if h...
BENJAMIN MAYS

It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your goal. The traged...
BENJAMIN MAYS

It isnÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢t a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to...
BENJAMIN MAYS

The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to rea...
BENJAMIN MAYS

I played with the Birmingham Black Barons. I was making 500 at 14. That was a lot of money in those ...
WILLIE MAYS

At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmin...
WILLIE MAYS

Broken! Busted! Everybody has something to repair. Before buying new, let Mighty Putty fix it for yo...
BILLY MAYS

Robinson was important to all blacks. To make it into the majors and to take all the name calling, h...
WILLIE MAYS

The best things in life are free- and $19.95.
BILLY MAYS

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared ...
WILLIE MAYS

The greatest challenge I think is adjusting to not playing baseball. The reason for that is I had to...
WILLIE MAYS

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared ...
WILLIE MAYS

When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two...
WILLIE MAYS

One of the things that we hope to do with 'Pitchmen' is to give people an appreciation of wh...
BILLY MAYS My mom was a big 'Smurfs' fan, so she would force me to watch every Saturday morning. I had ...
JAYMA MAYS

I don't mean to be bashful, but I was.
WILLIE MAYS

If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other t...
WILLIE MAYS

I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.
WILLIE MAYS

I was a baseball player, I taught baseball, and all of a sudden I was in the business world. Now I u...
WILLIE MAYS

I'm a very lucky guy. I had so many people help me over the years that I never had many problems...
WILLIE MAYS

Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For a...
WILLIE MAYS I like my friends to be the hitters. The pitchers, they all have the same brain as I do. The hitters...
JOE MAYS

When I'm up against a wall, that's when Billy Mays performs best.
BILLY MAYS

Hi, Billy Mays here for...
BILLY MAYS There was a lot of playing by myself, wearing last year's Halloween costume and wandering around...
JEFFERSON MAYS Plastic keychain anchors like these can break too easily. It's better to use either heavy straps or ...
DON MAYS

Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson.
WILLIE MAYS

If people want to say Barry is No. 1, they won't get an argument from me. As long as I get to be No....
WILLIE MAYS

Hopefully, they can say, "There goes the best baseball player in the world." I honestly believe I di...
WILLIE MAYS

Long live your laundry!
BILLY MAYS The universe of mortgage lending has gotten to the point where there is a place in it for everybody.
JOE MAYS When the electricity didn't work, when television didn't work, when the Internet didn't work, when p...
MARK MAYS We recorded it at Landmark Studios in Chesapeake, Ohio. We made 100 CDs and only have 10 left.
BLAIR MAYS

My voice, my likeness is my livelihood. That's it. I keep it simple. I pick good products.
BILLY MAYS

They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.
WILLIE MAYS

In 1950, when the Giants signed me, they gave me $15,000. I bought a 1950 Mercury. I couldn't dr...
WILLIE MAYS Some actors start with the right shoes. I start with the right hats.
JEFFERSON MAYS

It's a funny business. I kind of compare it to baseball. I'm always looking for a home run.
BILLY MAYS

You can't leave Mickey (Mantle) off. Mickey would have to be in there.
WILLIE MAYS

The home-field advantage in baseball, to me, I don't understand. I had to play as well on the road a...
WILLIE MAYS

Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was.
WILLIE MAYS

We knew we had to keep playing until the game was decided one way or the other. We played 10, 15 inn...
WILLIE MAYS

I don't compare 'em, I just catch 'em.
WILLIE MAYS

Youngsters of Little League can survive undercoaching a lot better than overcoaching.
WILLIE MAYS A voluntary UL standard requires that the units remain upright when placed on a ten-degree angle and...
DON MAYS Intelligence is taken, wisdom is given, common sense is and remains yours.
HOSEA MAYS James Lewis was the first athlete I ever coached who really touched my heart. He was a special, spec...
DALE MAYS I classify players as good, great and warriors. James was a warrior. And he took care of so many tea...
DALE MAYS We believe what we are singing about. Our church has also been so supportive and so good to us.
BLAIR MAYS We sound a lot better since Jared joined us.
BLAIR MAYS Our choir director would always have us sing the slow, serious songs. You know, the songs that have ...
BLAIR MAYS Our preacher always signs his letters, From the Riverbank. We liked that.
BLAIR MAYS The really strong cards from the original game started in the few-dollars range. The Black Lotus one...
TED MAYS He was surprised Conrad would be in Indianapolis. This is just one of the few of however many there ...
WILLIAM MAYS Anytime you win, you hear about the old school pride. That's really all it is -- winning.
COREY MAYS James Lewis and those other kids in '78, '79 and '80 laid the groundwork for our state championship ...
DALE MAYS

It's not hard. When I'm not hitting, I don't hit nobody. But when I'm hitting, I hit anybody.
WILLIE MAYS

People talk about that catch and, I've said this many times, that I've made better catches t...
WILLIE MAYS

You know what, rip me off once, shame on me. But twice? I'm coming after you and taking back wha...
BILLY MAYS The boys were just 15, 16 years old, cutting up when we walked into the room. It got a little quiete...
DALE MAYS When he was little, I made sure my son, Aaron, met James and listened to our conversations. I wanted...
DALE MAYS With the rising costs of second homes, fractional ownership is really an affordable alternative.
KEVIN MAYS We are doing both fractional and whole ownership.
KEVIN MAYS This morning I was laughing at my cat who was running up the stairs and slipped, and pretended like ...
JAYMA MAYS The most common cause of death is when people leave a generator running in an enclosed space.
DON MAYS And the sides are soft, so it's very easy for children ages 2 and 3 who can't swim to lean and flip ...
DON MAYS Portable generators are responsible for other injuries such as electrical shock injuries, or even bu...
DON MAYS A young child will open up a drawer on a dresser like this to try to climb up to reach something at ...
DON MAYS Each year about 10 to 20 people die after being entrapped in the trunk of a car. And it's not just k...
DON MAYS It may not be a very hard test to pass. It may not be enough protection in event of a rollover.
DON MAYS I don't know what we did without Velcro in the American theater. It's a miracle substance! P...
JEFFERSON MAYS They've got Duke, McLean and Thomas going and then the guys around them don't make many mistakes. Wh...
ERICK MAYS They can just fill it up. We lean on both of them for scoring, and they play well together.
ERICK MAYS It was their worst shooting performance by far. There are nights like that sometimes, but that's whe...
ERICK MAYS He's definitely Division I material. The real key for him is to play with Boo Williams Summer League...
ERICK MAYS

That's how easy baseball was for me. I'm not trying to brag or anything, but I had the knowl...
WILLIE MAYS I definitely know that I'm quirky. I know that I'm different. Red hair definitely made me di...
JAYMA MAYS

Just had a close call landing in Tampa. The tires blew out upon landing.
BILLY MAYS We were lucky it happened during the daytime. The smoke detectors never went off - they just melted....
DARRELL MAYS You are anticipating the take em. From the guide just waiting and anticipating. Soon as he calls, yo...
DARRELL MAYS We want to show people what we're about. You do that by winning.
COREY MAYS We all knew about the task ahead of us, but we didn't know about the task ahead of us. It was kind o...
COREY MAYS We just didn't take care of business.
COREY MAYS We focused on ourselves and the players at Washington. We respect Coach Willingham, but at the end o...
COREY MAYS We're just trying to show the country who we are.
COREY MAYS It has been difficult, but I just want to support my team. We're all good friends. This is a steppin...
JAMES MAYS It was not a commercial piece. It was an in-kind for people who wanted a piece of history. They want...
JAMES MAYS I can tell you that Darrell is looking forward to his visit to Kansas,
JAMES MAYS The in-home visit with Bill Self went well. Actually, the visit went extremely well. The staff did a...
JAMES MAYS Kansas has a great shot with Darrell.
JAMES MAYS

The infomercial business has been good to me.
BILLY MAYS

Stuck in the plane on the runway. You can always count on US Air.
BILLY MAYS

I've done well for myself.
BILLY MAYS

I enjoy what I do. I think it shows.
BILLY MAYS

I'm a pitchman, my business comes from the pitch, nothing else.
BILLY MAYS

Life's a pitch, then you buy.
BILLY MAYS

I love beautiful wood.
BILLY MAYS

It's important for me to sell a product that works.
BILLY MAYS

Is it demonstratable? Does it have that wow factor? Is it easy to use? Is it priced right?
BILLY MAYS

Before you throw it away, let Mighty Mendit save the day.
BILLY MAYS

I don't take on a product unless I believe in it. I use everything that I sell.
BILLY MAYS

The best things in life are free - and $19.95.
BILLY MAYS We hear a lot of about the impending economic recession, but that does not imply an ad recession. In...
LOWRY MAYS We are quite pleased with our results for the quarter and continue to believe that we have a powerfu...
LOWRY MAYS This transaction gives us more overlap with our broadcasting operations, which ultimately enables us...
LOWRY MAYS When combined with previously completed repurchases of nearly $1 billion this share repurchase autho...
MARK MAYS We have reduced our inventory capacity approximately 20%, and thus we have to continue to focus on i...
MARK MAYS We have allowed ourselves as much flexibility as we can. We believe it's in our shareholders' intere...
MARK MAYS We continued to make progress in each of our businesses in the third quarter. For the second consecu...
MARK MAYS The kids who attend the academies aren't going to step down when they go to college (here). This wil...
LARRY MAYS We'll have all the bells and whistles. This is a place where when a recruit walks in the door he'll ...
LARRY MAYS The crux of the matter as we saw it is that it's censorship. It's a great thing (the students) are e...
LARRY MAYS I have two children who are currently very rooted in their community.
LORETTA MAYS I'm just really excited to be working with people who work together for the betterment of a communit...
LORETTA MAYS I was just walking through the door from the grocery store. I had felt really good about the intervi...
LORETTA MAYS We are not surprised (at being 4-1). We came in and expected to be real good. We lost a terrible hea...
KIRK MAYS No one expected us to win this football game, so that got our kids pumped up for this game. We had s...
KIRK MAYS We hope that doesn't come true again. We have a really tough region and I hope we are moving in the ...
KIRK MAYS We knew that we couldn't run the ball outside and we had to get the ball in between the tackles, bec...
KIRK MAYS It was a great pitch. It was the right pitch. He just went out of the strike zone to get it. That's ...
JOE MAYS Things can only go uphill from here. They can't go any lower than that.
JOE MAYS Hearing the boos for Sweeney, that's poor. He does a lot around here -- the fans need to back off a ...
JOE MAYS They came out swinging early and often. It was good to get here in this park and try to get the jitt...
JOE MAYS It felt good. I was just trying to throw strikes.
JOE MAYS They'd have their big dogs in there. No reason to show them everything you have.
JOE MAYS Interest only is also real popular.
JOE MAYS He stays in the game. He knows the scoreboard, the situation. He knows the game and he's energetic b...
JOE MAYS Get my velocity back up -- it was down a little.
JOE MAYS There are guys out here that are older, younger, shorter, taller, than me. But we all get a chance t...
JOEL MAYS It's a good workout and gives me a chance to play other guys that I would not necessarily ever get t...
JOEL MAYS We have coaches on staff who are out there every Saturday working with the kids. And our season is d...
MATT MAYS Sometimes, there's only so much you can do. All we can do is hold out a hand and hope they grab hold...
WHITNEY MAYS

My name gives me a little more publicity, but there is some pressure living up to the standards of a...
WILLIE MAYS We have so many military families in our area, and this is a way to just stay proactive and give sup...
YVETTE B. MAYS

I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
E. E. CUMMINGS

To destroy is always the first step in any creation.
E. E. CUMMINGS

Nothing recedes like progress.
E. E. CUMMINGS

Unbeing dead isn't being alive.
E. E. CUMMINGS

I like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite new a thing. Muscles better and nerves more...
E. E. CUMMINGS

Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink.
E. E. CUMMINGS

I imagine that yes is the only living thing.
E. E. CUMMINGS

At least the Pilgrim Fathers used to shoot Indians: the Pilgrim Children merely punch time clocks.
E. E. CUMMINGS

I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach 10,000 stars how not to dance.
E. E. CUMMINGS

Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.
E. E. CUMMINGS

Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense.
E. E. CUMMINGS

It takes three to make a child.
E. E. CUMMINGS

The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.
E. E. CUMMINGS

Be of love a little more careful than of anything.
E. E. CUMMINGS

Listen; there's a hell of a good universe next door: let's go.
E. E. CUMMINGS Here is little Effie's head. Her brains are made of gingerbread. When the judgement day comes, God w...
E E CUMMINGS Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.
E E CUMMINGS It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are.
E E CUMMINGS

He without fear is king of the world.
E. E. EDDISON

America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: Amer...
E. E. CUMMINGS

Unbeing dead isn't being alive.
E. E. CUMMINGS

To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight th...
E. E. CUMMINGS To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't whi...
E E CUMMINGS

Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.
E. E. CUMMINGS

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
E. E. CUMMINGS

Kisses are a better fate than wisdom.
E. E. CUMMINGS

America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: Amer...
E. E. CUMMINGS

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience ...
E. E. CUMMINGS

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody e...
E. E. CUMMINGS

A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. ...
E. E. CUMMINGS

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blu...
E. E. CUMMINGS

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
E. E. CUMMINGS

A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man.
E. E. CUMMINGS

Private property began the instant somebody had a mind of his own.
E. E. CUMMINGS Palm Sunday In the person of Christ, the formidable law of God, which by itself appalls us by its...
E. E. JENKINS To destroy is always the first step in any creation.
E E CUMMINGS The only man, woman, or child who ever wrote a simple declarative sentence with seven grammatical er...
E E CUMMINGS To be nobody-but-yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybod...
E E CUMMINGS To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybod...
E E CUMMINGS The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
E E CUMMINGS Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience ...
E E CUMMINGS Listen; there's a hell of a good universe next door: let's go.
E E CUMMINGS Life's not a paragraph And death i think is no parenthesis
E E CUMMINGS

If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication.

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