Ron Luciano Quotes

#1. Spirit and his solitude, and for ten years did not weary of it. But finally he had a change of heart

Friedrich Nietzsche

#2. Umpiring is best described as the profession of standing between two seven-year olds with one ice cream cone.

Ron Luciano

#3. Let us give today first the vital things of life and all the grace and ornaments of life will follow.

Mahatma Gandhi

#4. Being an umpire is like being a king. It prepares you for nothing.

Ron Luciano

#5. Let dull critics feed upon the carcases of plays; give me the taste and the dressing.

Bill Vaughan

#6. No one ever grew up intending to be an umpire, except perhaps my friend Bill Haller. His brother Tom wanted to be a catcher, so an affinity for masks must run in that family.

Ron Luciano

#7. He was just one of those rare guys who could be both a gentleman and a badass.

Richelle Mead

#8. I spent my summers in Connecticut scooping ice cream and babysitting.

Grace Gummer

#9. Lou Piniella only argues on days ending with the letter 'y'.

Ron Luciano

#10. Everyone knows that "everything" doesn't include windows.

Pierre Burton

#11. I never called a balk in my life. I didn't understand the rule.

Ron Luciano

#12. Any umpire who claims he has never missed a play is ... well, an umpire.

Ron Luciano

#13. Consumers could be in for an even sweeter deal, either getting discounts from retailers for using the PIN debit cards or being rewarded by card network by winning money back for using the signature debit cards.

David Robertson

#14. The practical joke is the psychiatry of baseball.

Ron Luciano

#15. It's one of the things that 'Everwood' - what makes a great 'Everwood' episode is when it makes you laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time. From the first season, we've always had the chance to deal with death in a very real way, in a way that a lot of other shows can't or don't.

Greg Berlanti

#16. If it's true you learn from your mistakes, Jim Frey will be the best manager ever

Ron Luciano

#17. It would be really wonderful if people connected to the loneliness of what it means to be a human being in the world today.

Elisabeth Shue

#18. Go to your rest rejoicing, for you are not a desolate wanderer but a beloved child, watched over, cared for, supplied, and defended by your Lord.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

#19. Forgiveness is God's greatest gift

Dan Brown

#20. I wasn't a smart kid and I still don't think I'm too smart when it comes to book smart, but I was very good with what I knew and with my craft and I think that was my calling in life. But even today I never went to college.

Criss Angel

#21. One reason I never called balks is that I never understood the rule.

Ron Luciano

#22. When someone asks me to do something, something new, something I don't know about, and if I haven't done it, I'll say yes. Just so I can try something new. You never know what you might like.

Osric Chau

#23. Throwing people out of a game is like learning to ride a bicycle
once you get the hang of it, it can be a lot of fun.

Ron Luciano

#24. Umpire's heaven is a place where he works third base every game. Home is where the heartache is.

Ron Luciano

#25. Most of what we acquire materially is found to not be worth what we must pay spiritually.

Boyd K. Packer