Quotations
- "Now I know why they boo Richie all the time. When he hits a home run, there's no souvenir." – Willie Stargell, after Allen once hit a home run over the left-center field roof of Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium. (Baseball Digest, January 1975, p. 36)
- "Allen was scary at the plate. When he came up there, he had your attention. I want to forget a couple of line drives he hit off me, but I can’t because they almost killed me." – Mickey Lolich
- "If a horse won't eat it, I don't want to play on it." – His own quote on artificial turf.
- "I never worry about it. I just take my three swings and go sit on the bench. I'm afraid if I ever think about hitting it, I'll mess up my swing for life." – His quote on hitting the knuckleball
- "Bob Gibson was so mean he would knock you down and then meet you at home plate to see if you wanted to make something of it."
- "I can play anywhere; First, Third, Left field, anywhere but Philadelphia."
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“A book that furnishes no quotations is, me judice, no book—it is a plaything.”
—Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866)
“Reading any collection of a man’s quotations is like eating the ingredients that go into a stew instead of cooking them together in the pot. You eat all the carrots, then all the potatoes, then the meat. You won’t go away hungry, but it’s not quite satisfying. Only a biography, or autobiography, gives you the hot meal.”
—Christopher Buckley, U.S. author. A review of three books of quotations from Newt Gingrich. “Newtie’s Greatest Hits,” The New York Times Book Review (March 12, 1995)