Dale Murphy Quotes

One of the more challenging things in life is not being the guy who does the cheating, but not saying anything about it and going along with it. ~ Dale Murphy

When I was a kid, my parents were very careful about who was "acceptable" as my heroes if you will, because they didn't want me being influenced by athletes who lacked morals. Cal Ripken and Dale Murphy were at the top of my mom's list of players she felt were good role models, so of course I was a diehard fan of both those guys. ~ Tucker Elliot

Society is what we make of it, so we'd better try to make it the best we can. ~ Dale Murphy

I'm glad there are organizations like Dale Murphy's I Won't Cheat Foundation. I'm glad there are athletes with standards and morals who kids can look up to and learn from. I'm glad that for every bad example my nephew sees today on ESPN that I can share with him stories about truly heroic ballplayers like Cal Ripken, Jr. or Dale Murphy or Kirby Puckett. ~ Tucker Elliot

When you come right down to it, I guess I really am pretty bland. ~ Dale Murphy

Tommie Aaron taught me how to have a good attitude, to be easy going and not get uptight. ~ Dale Murphy

To work with children anywhere is just plain fun. ~ Dale Murphy

To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illnesses is to see courage that is humbling. And athletes constantly need to be humbled. ~ Dale Murphy

If you live what you believe, you will always have the respect of others. ~ Dale Murphy

I've been complimented enough and asked to run for various offices out here in Utah, but right now, I'm not interested. I don't know that I have the stomach for it. ~ Dale Murphy

I don't agree with everything that any of our political leaders say or believe - that's going to happen sometimes. ~ Dale Murphy

It's always great when you're really needed. ~ Dale Murphy

Whether I'm hitting .100 or .300, I have resolved to at least enjoy every game. ~ Dale Murphy

You can make it to AAA ball on talent only. It's difficult but it can be done. But to make it to the big leagues, you HAVE to be coachable. You have to stay coachable. ~ Dale Murphy

Gee I don't know, I just want to get home. ~ Dale Murphy

Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate. ~ Dale Murphy

Eddie Haas talked a lot about not hitting the ball in the air. ~ Dale Murphy

You don't usually get treated unfairly. You usually get what you deserve. ~ Dale Murphy

My heroes are people who are working hard and trying to make a good living for their families. My heroes are people who put their families first. ~ Dale Murphy

I trip off it. You know what's interesting about the makeup is when you get up close and you know he's been working on your face, and you see where the makeup starts and it stops, and how seamless it is. You could look at it for hours. ~ Eddie Murphy

Never forget Warren, you can tell a guy to go to hell tomorrow - you don't give up the right. So just keep your mouth shut today, and see if you feel the same way tomorrow. ~ Thomas Murphy

This is one of the sweet spots where, as anyone who has done repetitive manual labor understands, the single minded focus, concentration, and hard physical work combine to form a sort of temporary nirvana. ~ Finn Murphy

Twas a still, calm night and the moon's pale light
Shone over hill and dale
When friends mute with grief stood around the deathbed
Of their loved, lost Lily Lyle.
Heart as pure as forest lily
Never knowing guile,
Had its home within the bosom
Of sweet Lily Lyle. ~ Flora Thompson

I'm just trying not to get run over. That's number one. Number two is you gotta catch the guy in front of ya. ~ Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

I don't really enjoy it, Mom."
"And you've always felt this way?"
"I don't know. I guess I want a break. ~ Julie Murphy

Watch your thoughts. Every thought accepted as true is sent by your brain to your solar plexus - your abdominal brain - and is brought into your world as a reality. ~ Joseph Murphy

I made jokes about kissing Murphy Brown. But if that's what cost me my job, my wife will probably say, "Hey asshole, I told you so." ~ Bebe Neuwirth

kind of gross, but at this point Sam was so hungry, he'd eat just about anything. Grrrowwllll his stomach cried out again. He glanced up the line at Caitlin Murphy to see if she noticed. She had a smirk on her face like she knew something, but that was how she always looked, so he couldn't tell if it was because of him. "Is that organic broccoli?" Caitlin asked one of the lunch ladies through a cloud of steam ~ Steven K. Smith

Desire is the motivating force behind all progress and advancement in science, art, industry and in all phases of life. ~ Joseph Murphy

A personal note to the Founding Fathers: We're sorry. We blew it. You made it possible for us to live free and we blew it. We've given up nearly every personal liberty in the name of a false sense of security sold to the masses by the same type of maniacal government about which you warned us and against which you fought so bravely. We now have to ask permission to take a leak on an airline flight. We never deserved you. ~ Philip D. Murphy

Finishing races is important, but racing is more important. ~ Dale Earnhardt

Feminism has fought no wars ... killed no opponents ... set up no concentration camps ... starved no enemies ... practiced no cruelty. Its battles have been for education, for the vote, for better working conditions, for safety in the streets ... for reforms in the law. ~ Dale Spender

Even a brief glimpse of what we were is valuable to help understand what we are ~ Dervla Murphy

When daffodils begin to peer,
With heigh! the doxy, over the dale,
Why, then comes in the sweet o' the year;
For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale.
The white sheet bleaching on the hedge,
With heigh! the sweet birds, O, how they sing!
Doth set my pugging tooth on edge;
For a quart of ale is a dish for a king. ~ William Shakespeare

The media do not set their own investigative agendas independently, but operate as part ... of the political establishment. ~ Peter Dale Scott

Live an active life among people who are doing worthwhile things, keep eyes and ears and mind and heart open to absorb truth, and then tell of the things you know, as if you know them. The world will listen, for the world loves nothing so much as real life. ~ Dale Carnegie

Encouragement makes a fault easy to correct, and a challenge easy to take on. ~ Dale Carnegie

Mum bought me �kite for my sixth birthday. It was beautiful. Snowy white with � long tail of ribbons. She
held the string, and I� ran and ran as fast as I �could, but it kept dropping to� clumsy heap on the ground. When� I got
tired Mum took over, holding it high above her head and
running and running until, all at once, �sudden wonderful gust of wind took the kite soaring high, high into the sky, so� I had to squint to see it.
"Hold on, Rosie!" Mum had called. "Hold tight!"
And �I did, gripping the string with all my might as the kite danced high up above, gleaming bright white
against the blue sky, its ribbons sparkling in the sunlight as it flew, soaring and dipping like �bird, forever pulling at the string in my hand - higher, higher - tugging to get
free.
Then� I let go.The string snapped from my grip and was gone.
Mum raced after it,but it was too fast,soaring up,up and away, higher than the trees. She scooped me up in �hug and told me it was all right, she'd buy me another one. But� I didn't want another one. That was my kite,and
it was free. I'd let it go.It'd wanted so much to be free that I just couldn't hold on, couldn't hold it down.� I smiled as I� watched it whirl away - above the trees, above the birds, above the clouds, sparkling into the heavens, dancing free.
It was the most beautiful thing I �have ever seen. ~ Katie Dale

My life is far from being simply black and white, it's every hue of the rainbow. ~ Dale Thele

I didn't like the idea of getting attached to someone new knowing that they could be taken away from me. ~ L.A. Casey

I wanted to put a sheet in explaining what all the songs are about, but they didn't do it. ~ Dick Dale

But maybe, just maybe, I was who and where and what I needed to be. Maybe all the prices that had been paid were nothing more than part of high cost of living. ~ C.E. Murphy

The old endless chain of love, tolerance, indifference, aversion and disgust ~ Samuel Beckett

She felt, as she felt so often with Murphy, spattered with words that went dead as soon as they sounded; each word obliterated, before it had time to make sense, by the word that came next; so that in the end she did not know what had been said. It was like difficult music heard for the first time. ~ Samuel Beckett

I'm not going to rule out running for a second term. But, I think you have to be psychologically prepared to walk away from the job after four years. It's the only way that you cannot be influenced by those special interests. ~ Dick Murphy

Come back, Felicia. Don't leave Frenchman's Bluff. Don't leave the children." He brushed his lips against hers, and his voice lowered. "Don't leave me. You've taught me so much already, but I have so much more to learn." She smiled a little. "What have I taught you, Mr. Murphy?" "More than you could imagine, my love. But it'll take me a lifetime to find the words to tell you. ~ Robin Lee Hatcher

Those who do not know how to fight worry die young. ~ Dale Carnegie

Books are savaged and careers destroyed by surly snots who write anonymous reviews and publishers can't be bothered to protest this institutionalized corruption. ~ Warren Murphy

I think the key for a child to do well in a divorce is, very simply, you have to be honest with them. ~ Dale Archer

I'll never forget the things you said to me. Not because they mattered, but because they made me feel like I did. ~ Monica Murphy

When it was for you," he said, his voice soft. "I enjoyed playing the piano when it was for you. ~ Julie Murphy