Pary Quotes

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

I had no future with the Dodgers,

because I was too closely identified with Branch Rickey.

After the club was taken over by Walter O'Malley,

you couldn't even mention Mr.

Rickey's name in front of him.

I considered Mr. Rickey

the greatest human being I had ever known.

Reality is a sliding door.

Important principles may,

and must,

be inflexible.

The American people must be the ultimate judge of the public good.

I believe it is in my nature

to dance by virtue of

the beat of my heart,

the pulse of my blood

and the music in my mind.

Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

India can live without nuclear weapons.

That's our dream,

and it should be the dream of the U.S.

also.

A friend is one who

overlooks your broken

fence and admires the

flowers in your garden.

I attribute my success to this

I never gave or took any excuse

Florence Nightingale

Nothing ever comes to one

that is worth having except as a result of hard work.

The most I can do

for my friend is

simply be his friend.

As far back as I can remember,

I knew there was something wrong with our way of life

when people could be mistreated because of the color of their skin.

The people will save their government,

if the government itself will allow them.

You can either see yourself as a wave,

in the ocean or you can see yourself as the ocean.

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

I do believe that God blessed me in life with a wonderful family, a successful career, and a loving marriage, and remain thankful for that blessing.

I do the very best I know how

the very best I can;

and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.