I wrote "Miner's Prayer" after [grandfather] died. I'd gone back to his funeral, and he died in 1979. And I came back… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
No one ever gets talker's block. No one wakes up in the morning, discovers he has nothing to say, and sits quietly,… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
One thing I've learned is this: Never allow yourself to hate a people because of the actions of a few. Hatred and… — Erich Hartmann Copy Share Image
You see I thought love got easier over the years so it didn't hurt so bad when it hurt, or feel so… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
Only look to Jesus. He died for you, died in your place, died under the frowns of heaven, that we might die… — John Fletcher Copy Share Image
The old shepherd had died, or got drunk, or got rats, or got the sack, or a legacy, or got sane, or… — Henry Lawson Copy Share Image
I'm starting to get older, and began to think about mortality a little more. My mother died in 2003 and that was… — Donald Fagen Copy Share Image
You're a religious man, ... You believe in God and life after death. I also believe. When we come to the other… — Simon Wiesenthal Copy Share Image
The man who had died looked nakedly on life, and saw a vast resoluteness everywhere flinging itself up in stormy or subtle… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
There is not much sense in suffering, since drugs can be given for pain, itching, and other discomforts. The belief has long… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty, and… — John Thune Copy Share Image
Mithridates, he died old. Housman's passage is based on the belief of the ancients that Mithridates the Great [c. 135-63 B.C.] had… — A. E. Housman Copy Share Image
Nobody told me there was any idea for a sequel to 'The Exorcist.' But my agent called me to tell me they… — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
It is not in our life that God's help and presence must still be proved, but rather God's presence and help have… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The windflower and the violet, they perished long ago, And the brier-rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow; But on… — William C. Bryant Copy Share Image
She cried for the life she could not control. She cried for the mentor who had died before her eyes. She cried… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
There have always been dreamers. Men and women who catch a glimpse of something beyond themselves who dare to reach for goals… — Tommy Tenney Copy Share Image
My father died and left me his blessing and his business. His blessing brought no money into my pocket, and as to… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Through my grandmother's stories always life moved, moved heroically toward an end. Nobody ever cried in my grandmother's stories. They worked, or… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
I like video games, but they are very violent. I want to create a video game in which you have to help… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
A sound does not view itself as thought, as ought, as needing another sound for its elucidation, as etc.; it has not… — John Cage Copy Share Image
I was so uncomfortable at a party recently when the conversation droned on about women who are constantly getting married. I was… — Bette Davis Copy Share Image
I wanted to make a human monster. His name is Coffin Baby. The idea is based on a group of people from… — Tobe Hooper Copy Share Image
Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long,- Even wonder'd at, because he dropp'd… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
If I'd seen a grown man beating a crippled boy, of course I'd intervene. If my father died and left my mother… — Charlie Hunnam Copy Share Image
It was precisely this notion of infinite series which in the sixth century BC led the Greek philosopher Zeno to conclude that… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I have seen a thousand graves opened, and always perceived that whatever was gone, the teeth and hair remained of those who… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
I have learned by experience that a tragic end awaits anyone who dares cross swords with me; Nasser is no more, John… — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Copy Share Image
All the things that have ever deeply possessed your soul have been but hints of it, tantalizing glimpses, promises never quite fulfilled,… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The answer is simple, and harsh. The market did not reward saving the lives of these children, and governments did not subsidize… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
History has a long-range perspective. It ultimately passes stern judgment on tyrants and vindicates those who fought, suffered, were imprisoned, and died… — Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Copy Share Image
I thought it was terrible. I don't know who to believe. Williams was very loyal and honest. Nobody could ever say different.… — Curt Gowdy Copy Share Image
Programs like 'Jeopardy' and 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' are ridiculous. They're the stupidest shows in history. They're making us dumber.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I think English punk died in '79 or '80. Maybe '82 at the latest. As far as American punk goes, it wasn't… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
My Dad was such an incredible person, and you have the option of just curling up in a dark corner and letting… — Bindi Irwin Copy Share Image
I'm really thankful to be alive. If you get to know me, I'm a person that's always smiling and always joyful and… — Dwight Howard Copy Share Image
Religion and political cartoons, as you may have heard, make a difficult couple, ever since that day of 2005, when a bunch… — Patrick Chappatte Copy Share Image
I mean, I know thousands of people died and everything, but if it happened today, there's just no excuse. They'd be much… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
I was not raised with religion, and I had no faith before my mother died. On the other hand, when she died,… — Meghan O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Darwin was one of our finest specimens. He did superbly what human beings are designed to do: manipulate social information to personal… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
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