Al Murray Quotes

I know exactly what Einstein meant when he said, "Dancers are the athletes of God." You three look like angels. I can't wait to see you dancing in the Christmas concert.

paying taxes is a cheap price for a quiet conscience—much cheaper than actually having to get involved in the lives of their fellow citizens.

It is not always the motives behind an action that make it noble. Sometimes it is as simple as the action itself.

There is no honor in cruelty.

Let us learn things in the time they will take to learn

What is the weight of a tear? The single tear falls when the buckets have stopped, when dry eyes and a slightly raised chin sometimes let it slip, like a prayer. It carries the weight of a lifetime.

No action can be virtuous unless it is freely chosen.

To be moral, an act must be free.

Marriage is the interview that never ends.

We cry to God for blessings but we do not really want him. He has to teach us that he is the greatest blessing of all.

Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems.

The sea is a lonely and hostile place, Captain, ' Jansen said coldly. 'It is always best not to make enemies of those who might be your friends. You never know when your ships may cross

If winter helps you curl up and more that makes it one of the best of the seasons.

Everything you desire is always justoutside your comfort zone, dear boy. If it wasn’t you would alreadypossess it, would you not?

People submit tooeasily to change from others. And yet, for some reason, wheneverthey consider changing themselves, the focus is always on what theyare giving up, never what they are about to gain

Of all the numerous forms that governments have taken over the centuries, of all the concepts and institutions that have been tried, none has succeeded in keeping the State in check.

The faces in New York remind me of people who played a game ! and lost.

A degenerate nobleman or one that is proud of his birth is like a turnip. There is nothing good of him but that which is underground.

I always suspect an artist who is successful before he is dead.

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and of true progress.

To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.

Men of genius are the worst possible models for men of talent.

To say that an idea is fashionable is to say I think that it has been adulterated to a point where it is hardly an idea at all.

Here we stand between two eternities of darkness. What are we to do with this glory while it is still ours?

Put a little fun into your life. Try dancing.

Optimism is essential to achievement and is also the foundation of courage and of true progress.

Let it be your business every day in the secrecy of the inner chamber to meet the holy God. You will be repaid for the trouble it may cost you. The reward will be sure and rich.

Go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize after something's been done than to get permission ahead of time.

Don't try to teach a whole course in one lesson.

Well God is certainly getting an earful tonight.

This was the penn'worth of his thought.

On the trail of another man the biographer must put up with finding himself at every turn: any biography uneasily shelters an autobiography within it.

I do not think my life would make a very interesting book, ' I say. 'I feel I can speak with a certain amount of authority here.

There does not seem to be that collegiality I referred to, there seems to be much more of a them versus us attitude, rather than we all have a role to play in this process so let's get on with it.

Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.

I used a lot of sports psychologists when I was younger... sometimes it helped, sometimes it didn't.

Work is a prayer. And I start off every morning dedicating it to our Creator.

The most famous and one of the most thoroughgoing opponents of bank credit was Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson reacted to the panic of 1819 as a confirmation of his pessimistic views on banks.

I'm a real nature lover, so whenever possible, I like to get to the beach or get to a forest or get somewhere there's fresh air. Apart from that, I'm a film addict and a DVD freak.

I've been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.

Work is a prayer, and I start off every morning dedicating it to our Creator.

There are even more statues of Robert Burns than of any other figure in world literature. Indeed if we discount figures of religion, then only Christopher Columbus has more statues than he worldwide.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.

The proper governmental policy in a depression is strict laissez-faire, including stringent budget slashing, and coupled perhaps with positive encouragement for credit contraction.

Turns out you have a really fun time if you go to work every day and focus on being silly and funny and happy!

Well, we all start thinking we're going to be Romantic rock stars, but then reality hits and you realize no one reads you but other poets.

When I work, my first relationship with people is professional.

The beauty of a strong, lasting commitment is often best understood by men incapable of it.

For much of the year, you're just trying to maintain your fitness. It's not often you get a lot of time to really concentrate on improving it.

All of us are going to have to find ways to do things more efficiently, find ways to get our costs more in line, and do it in a time of higher regulatory and environmental standards.