D. B. Sweeney Quotes

Yeah, I think that's it... It's like Jesse James. He became really popular because he lasted so long. You know, there is some degree of truth to the fact that time will dignify anything, too.

… the most hated and calumniated man of his times.

The more I learned about Shoeless Joe, the more I felt he was maligned.

I definitely feel like I'm the scapegoat for a lot of The Process issues.

Like many people when young I did things that I should not have done and regret it. But a politician is entitled to a private life and therefore I shall be making no comment on what has appeared in the press.

Naming a national forest after Ronald Reagan is like naming a day-care center after W. C. Fields.

A lot of people didn't like John McCain.

Pete Rose may not make the Hall of Fame, but a statue of him is going to be erected outside the Cincinnati Reds ballpark.

If I had been white with the things I did, they never would have allowed me to get out of baseball.

I actually voted for Nader.

Jesse Jackson is not anti-Semitic, but in politics, you always get in trouble when you try to be cute.

Invariably, when people read the headline about Martin Shkreli, they hate Martin Shkreli. When they get to know Martin Shkreli, they love Martin Shkreli.

I will retire with the reputation of Idi Amin.

The fact is, in the minds of many, Trayvon Martin received the appropriate punishment for a true crime: He was black, male and dared to walk outside. In life, young Trayvon was just a teenager; in death, he has been transformed into a scary, lurking, suspicious, prone-to-violence spook.

There is no way one can remake 'Mughal-e-Azam.' What my grandfather did, we cannot even think of emulating. The film is a legend, and we should leave it at that.

So let me get this straight: Kaepernick sacrificed his career, dreams, and reputation fighting for social justice because he was shown he couldn't do both - be an activist and be in the league. But in the end, the players coalition allegedly agrees to a deal with a price tag, and Colin's left out of it. Tell me that doesn't feel a little dirty.

Donald Trump was really cool. I think a lot of people don't understand him. He brings so much media attention to anything he does. He's a proven success. I think people should listen to what he says a little more than focusing on hair.

Whether it's intentional or not, Trump regularly makes news for unprecedented and nonpresidential behavior.

Trump is a really complicated story and a difficult candidate to write about.

I first wrote about Michael Jackson in the 1980s. His skin was growing paler, his features thinner, and his aura more feminine. Some called him a traitor to his race. Some fussed about his gender fluidity. I saw him as a post-modern shape-shifter. But the shifts grew more extreme and mysterious.

I was the bad guy, the NBA bad guy.

The topic of Sarah Palin has been open season to the media, entertainment industry, and club comics alike.

Play the black card expertly, and you can win awards, make millions - all the while claiming that the people who got you there somehow hate you.

When I was a kid, all I knew about Michael Jackson was that he was crazy. He had a monkey named Bubbles and some kind of oxygen chamber, and he used to be black, but he made himself white, and he was nuts. That was Michael Jackson in full. Wacko Jacko.

Whatever else anyone says he was, he may have been. But Tupac really was a great American artist. The passage of time allows us to see things as they really are: We see the poetry; we see the personality; we see different sides.