Arthur Ransome Quotes

I had a feeling '86 would be a good year.

People ask me if I live each day like it's my last, and I don't. I live each day like it's my first, and I can't wait for the next one.

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.

I'm totally not a nostalgic person. I always look to the future and as much as I've enjoyed the ride until now and the different phases, I'm more excited about the next music.

I'm grateful this ordeal is over, and I'm so looking forward to getting back to the job I love.

I still get the jitters every time I start a new job! I love it - makes you feel alive.

I love playing this game and every spring training feels like the first.

You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.

And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.

Whenever I do talks around the country, I map out my run. Gives me something fun to do and to look forward to doing.

Opening day. All you have to do is say the words and you feel the shutters thrown wide, the room air out, the light pour in. In baseball, no other day is so pure with possibility. No scores yet, no losses, no blame or disappointment. No hangover, at least until the game's over.

Season number seven! It's been so exciting for us. When we first began, we were like the little train that could... and we did! We're terribly excited! It will be an interesting season for us, I think.

I am full of a sense of promise, like I often have: the feeling of always being at the beginning.

A perfect scenario would be to feel like you've just started on every event.

The roll out of a new car is always filled with great anticipation; it's almost like going back to school for a new school year.

There's always that training camp feeling that comes back to you when you're getting ready to go.

I've always enjoyed playing in the summer.

I approach every film like it's my debut.

I think for a lot of people, when you're starting something new, everyone is so excited about it.

Yet compared with the serious things of life, fishing is after all rather trivial. The thoughtful angler must frankly confess this.

Fishing is more than fish; it is the vitalizing lure to outdoor life.

Anglers have a way of romanticizing their battles with fish.

Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish.

I wake expectant, hoping to see a new thing.

I'm not a fearful person, but I'm a pretty pessimistic person. So some of my best times are waiting, anticipating. That's the way it always has been with me, whether anticipating a ball game, anticipating a relationship.