If you must play, decide on three thi...

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Darker

If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.

Whoever wants to know the heart and m...

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Darker

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game – and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams.

The only real training for leadership...

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Darker

The only real training for leadership is leadership.

We lose ourselves in the things we lo...

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Darker

We lose ourselves in the things we love. We find ourselves there, too.

We lose ourselves in the things we lo...

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Darker

We lose ourselves in the things we love. We find ourselves there, too.

When I was a graduate student at Harv...

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Darker

When I was a graduate student at Harvard, I learned about showers and central heating. Ten years later, I learned about breakfast meetings. These are America’s three great contributions to civilization.

The whole culture is telling you to h...

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Darker

The whole culture is telling you to hurry, while the art tells you to take your time. Always listen to the art.

Business underlies everything in our ...

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Darker

Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord’s Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.

For all life is a dream, and dreams t...

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Darker

For all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.

I think it is important for all those...

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Darker

I think it is important for all those young out there, who someday hope to play real football, where you throw it and kick it and run with it and put it in your hands, a distinction should be made that football is democratic, capitalism, whereas soccer is a European socialist sport.

That fear you have, that someone out ...

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Darker

That fear you have, that someone out there is going to try and do what we do better, faster, or more uniquely is real. And what is just as real is that we can win by being smarter and moving faster.

Love is an attempt to change a piece ...

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Darker

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality.

Love is an attempt to change a piece ...

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Darker

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality.

Students today are a pretty solemn lo...

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Darker

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the twentieth century has been to make the young old before their time.

The artist is nothing without the gif...

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Darker

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.