Samuel James Ewing (b.1949) is a former baseball player for the Chicago White Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays. He bats and throws left. Ewing attended the University of Tennessee. His final American League game was on October 1, 1978. Afterwards he went on to play in Japan for the Nippon-Ham Fighters where he had moderate power and reasonable success.
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Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all.
—Sam Ewing
Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said couldn’t be done.
—Sam Ewing
Topics: Action
Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it.
—Sam Ewing
The average tourist wants to go to places where there are no tourists.
—Sam Ewing
Topics: Tourism, Travel
When you finally go back to your old hometown, you find it wasn’t the old home you missed but your childhood.
—Sam Ewing
Topics: Aging, Childhood
Computers will never take the place of books. You can’t stand on a floppy disk to reach a high shelf.
—Sam Ewing
Topics: Computers
In many instances, marriage vows would be more accurate if the phrase were changed to ‘Until debt do us part’.
—Sam Ewing
Topics: Funny quotes, Marriage
The government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect
—Sam Ewing
Topics: Government
An expert is someone called in at the last minute to share the blame.
—Sam Ewing
Topics: Blame
Nobody ever asks a father how he manages to combine marriage and a career
—Sam Ewing
Topics: Father
Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he’s talking about.
—Sam Ewing
Topics: Arguments
Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.
—Sam Ewing
Topics: Money
Vacation: Two weeks on the sunny sands – and the rest of the year on the financial rocks.
—Sam Ewing
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