J.D. Young Quotes

It is remarkable how a seemingly insignificant action or event can change entire lives.

The world in many ways would be a much calmer and gentler place if women ruled. There would have been fewer children sacrificed to the gods of greed and power.

It is so easy to get sucked into the if-only game, and playing it is a short and slippery slide into despair.

Because you continue to inhabit and believe your metaphors, you cannot see what is true.

Through . . . lies you try to run your life and manipulate others. . . . Lies become an inhibitor in your relationship . . . .

I had a very angry father and was disconnected from my family.

I am especially fond of you.

True love never forces.

Lies are a little fortress; inside them you can feel safe & powerful.

I started rapping when I was about 12 or 13, just playing around with it.

I been doing music my whole life.

I always try to go back and check my old stuff. It's like watching the tapes of the game. You want to go back and go as hard as before.

Sam Jackson is like the Jeezy of Hollywood: He's for his people.

All my albums always go with the times.

There were a lot of songs that I still wanted to put on the album but it worked out. I can only fit 18 [tracks] on the album, I would put 30 if I could.

The craziest thing is that the song ["My President"] is real but you can still hear it in the club.

Get shot down cuz your over zealous, play hard to get and females get jealous.

It was [Kanye West] who spoke, and then we met and recorded some songs. After, you know what it is: we all bump like crazy.

I feel close to [Kanye West]. We're friends, this is not just a working relationship.

There are only two ways to be a god: through creation or murder.

Why does nothing change, even when you set out for a faraway place?

People unconsciously want to reveal their inner urges.

A kid who has just started to lie is taking the first step as a storyteller.

Life is a continuous cycle of once-terrifying things becoming normal.

I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.

I've learned one thing: you can only really get to know a person after a row. Only then can you judge their true character!

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God.

OK, so the guy is cool, but... I mean own up, this is barking time, this is major lunch, this is stool approaching critical mass, this is... this is... total vocabulary failure!

I'll show then that Anne Frank wasn't born yesterday

Work, love, courage and hope, Make me good and help me cope!

Peter Wessel and Peter Van Daan have grown into one Peter, who is beloved and good, and for whom I long desperately.

Words made you mighty. Words, stories, books: they could take you anywhere, and they could go out anywhere in the world. Jenny -- Jane -- picked up her pen, and began to write.

Despite everything, I believe people are really good at heart.

The art of living. Isn't that a funny expression?

[Man] progresses in all things by resolutely making a fool of himself.

Little bundle of contradictions

There is a saying that, paper is more patient than man.

The life you yearn of living and your destiny is co-created in your here-and-now awareness, choices made and actions taken. Live NOW. Don't wait till death bed wishing, ...

Can I ask you something?" you said. "How did you ever survive that scandal?"She said, "I refused to be shamed.""How did you do that?" you asked. "When they came at me, I kept coming, " she said.

The written revelation of God is in the world, but men heed it not. Instead, they look for knowledge where it is not to be found.

I am the proud owner of several complexes. But who isn’t? When you think about it, isn’t a person just a structure built in reaction to the landscape and the weather?

For her own breakfast she'll project a scheme, Nor take her tea without a strategem.

But sometimes the scars go too deep and the stories are too personal to share.

We are the totality of what we consume, in every way possible.

...some things are better left in the past. And true things are destined to repeat themselves.

It's better to burn out than to fade away.

Don't give in to fear. Be strong, like i know you are. An never give up, d'you unnerstand, never. No matter what happens.I stare at him.I won't, I says. I ain't no quitter, Pa.That's my girl.

You look disappointed to see me, Zach, " Macey teased. "Don't you like my jacket?

Marry me, he says. I got all my own teeth, I wash twice a year an I'll cut you in fer half the business here.

Es gibt immer einen Punkt dabei, wo man nicht mehr weiß, ob man lügt oder ob das, was man erfunden hat, wahrer ist als man selber.