The beauty of America is that I don't have to deny my past to affirm my present. No one does. We can love this nation like a parent and still embrace our ancestral home like cherished grandparents.
Mario CuomoRead
It's a Little Leaguers game that major leaguers play extraordinarily well, a game that excites us throughout adulthood. The crack of the bat and the scent of the horsehide on leather bring back our own memories that have been washed away with the sweat and tears of summers long gone...even as the setting sun pushes the shadows past home plate.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote reflects on the nostalgia and joy that the game of baseball brings to people's lives, transcending age.
Mario Cuomo highlights how baseball, often seen as a simple game for children, holds a profound significance that resonates with adults throughout their lives. The imagery of the 'crack of the bat' and the sensory details evoke memories of childhood summers, suggesting that the essence of play and the joy of the game remain with us even as we grow older. It speaks to the emotional connections we develop through experiences and how they shape our perspectives over time.
Themes
BaseballNostalgiaMemoriesAdulthoodPlay
In practice
Example use cases
During a speech at a sports banquet.
More from Mario Cuomo
All quotes →A lot of my stories about the old days, they're delicious and funny. But every time I recall the early days, it's painful. With every anecdote, it's painful because you're summoning up the terribly, terribly difficult life of my parents. And it's painful because I didn't realize at the time how hard it was for them.
Mario CuomoRead
I wish I were as good a man as my son is.
Mario CuomoRead
The American people need no course in philosophy or political science of church history to know that God should not be made into a celestial party chairman.
Mario CuomoRead
The price of seeking to force our beliefs on others is that someday they might force their beliefs on us.
Mario CuomoRead
We must get the American public to look past the glitter, beyond the showmanship, to the reality, the hard substance of things. And we'll do it not so much with speeches that will bring people to their feet as with speeches that bring people to their senses.
Mario CuomoRead
Similar quotes
I realized that very young - that a life where you don't live to your full potential, or you don't experiment, or you're afraid, or you hesitate, or there are things you know you should do but you just don't get around to them, is a life that I'd be miserable living, and the only way to feel that I'm on the right path is just to be true to myself, whatever that may be, and that tends to come with stepping out of something that's maybe safe or traditional.
Angelina JolieRead
Funerals...are for the living.
John GreenRead
One can find so many pains when the rain is falling.
John SteinbeckRead
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this.
Henry FordRead
Everybody ages. Everybody dies. There is no turning back the clock. So the question in life becomes: What are you going to do while you're here
Goldie HawnRead
Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and then being unexpectedly called away before you find out how it ends.
Joseph CampbellRead