Walt Whitman

To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.

Produce great men, the rest follows.

A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

I see great things in baseball. It’s our game – the American game.

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?