C.S. O'Kelly Quotes

It’s an amazing bond with your child. Some cultures do it up to five years, normally. I thought, 'Well, I’ll just do it as long as it feels right for my son.'

I go to bed every night and the list of what I've accomplished is astounding.

If you haven't felt like quitting, your dreams aren't big enough!

Songwriting never gets old. There's always stuff to write about.

The good thing about my fans is that they like when I'm awkward and real, so I'm able to just go on stage and be my dorky self.

We wrongly but persistently expect to make different decisions tomorrow than we do today

The development of willpower -I will, I won't and I want- may define what it means to be human.

My mom and I are like sisters. We kind of grew up together. She always treated me as an adult. I never had curfew. She's a workaholic, like I am. We're not super family-oriented people, you know?

Geometry is moribund. I want a lilt and joy to art.

Practically every violent conflict or social change has proved that violence unleashes violence in return.

My drawings have to be quick. If they don't happen in 20 minutes or a half hour, then they're no good.

For God Himself works in our souls, in the deepest depths, taking increasing control as we are progressively willing to be prepared for His wonder.

Rawness and refinement are not opposite ends of a luxurious spectrum they are two complementary features with which to populate a luxe environment.

When I was performing on streets, there was no pressure. People accepted me. They loved me without knowing me.

After all, you can't truly be happy if you've never known pain. You can't truly feel joy if you've never felt heartbreak. You can't know what it's like to be filled unless you've been empty.

I would like to end world hunger and create world peace, stop corruption, stop drugs getting to kids.

Our culture places a very high premium on self-expression, but is relatively disinterested in producing "selves" that are worth expressing.

I always hope that my music can inspire someone, the same way other artists inspire me.

You must stand as guard at the door of your own mind and choose to be positive.

Eventually every man gotta face the problem of tryin' to figger if it's worthwhile to prove that he is himself.

The beautiful moment sits very close to the horrific one.

It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.

What's good about March? Well, for one thing, it keeps February and April apart.

We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.

I'm not going to mortgage the Eagles' future for Marcus Mariota.

No American can read the story of the part America took in the war without experiencing a glow of patriotic feeling. Every Allied nation can say the same thing.

I suffer every moment of every day that I am not with my son. All I want is to be reunited with my son.

Civilization is not a spontaneous generation with any race or nation known to history, but the torch is handed down from race to race and from age to age, and gains in brilliancy as it goes.

If initiative is the ability to do the right thing, then efficiency is the ability to do the thing right.

Come, ye saints, look here and wonder, See the place where Jesus lay; He has burst His bands asunder; He has borne our sins away; Joyful tidings, Yes, the Lord has risen to-day.

The deepest need of men is not food and clothing and shelter, important as they are. It is God.

Love color. Take risks. Stay curious.

My motto in life is 'Take risks;' you don't have a voice if you don't. You have to venture outside your boundaries. That's what life's all about.

...visual truth lies in the structure of light.

[On her first meeting with he ex-husband, Steven Seagal:] He reminded me of an alien.

I still find it almost impossible to relax for more than one day at a time.

Whether you're going to a museum or a flea market or flipping through a book, always be on the lookout for something special.

I learned how to scuba dive, which is something that I've always wanted to do.

I wish I had a better metabolism. But someone else probably wishes they could walk into a room and make friends with everyone like I can. You always want what someone else has.

The best way to marginalize the Muslim Brotherhood [in Egypt] is in the ballot box, not through arrests and killing people.

... the state is not absolute, and loyalty to the state cannot be absolute.

When you believe in something and truly go after it with all you have, amazing things will happen.

If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.

Life's too short to be a pushover.

B*tch: a reflection of people’s lack of creativity & inability to acknowledge & embrace a powerful woman; a woman who won’t comply.

Autumn is my favorite season.

Technological advances could allow us to see more clearly into our own lives.

What I've learned in the past 12 years of recording (I made my first CD at 12) is how important it is to find one's authentic voice.

Typically, you get a year in prison for making a threat to assassinate the president.

I've just never cared what people think. It's more if I'm happy and I'm confident and feeling good, that's always been my thing.