J. P. Blake Quotes

History is a story of violence at work. It all comes down to the old saw that, however much you can gain with a kind word, you can gain more with a kind word and a gun.

People have a right to their opinion.

Drama and comedy, to me ,are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once.

All I know is I have a job here as long as I win.

The toughest job for a coach today is handling the press after a game.

The world of imagination is the world of eternity.

Error is created; truth is eternal.

He who has suffered you to impose on him knows you.

Listen to the fool's reproach! It is a kingly title!

Energy is the only life, and is from the body; and reason is the bound or outward circumference of energy. Energy is eternal delight.

Jesus & his apostles & disciples were all artists

There is a place where Contrarieties are equally True.

It is an easy thing to talk of patience to the afflicted.

And I watered it in fears, Night and morning with my tears; And I sunned it with smiles, And with soft deceitful wiles.

There can be no Good Will. Will is always Evil; it is persecution to others or selfishness.

O why was I born with a different face? Why was I not born like the rest of my race?

None but blockheads copy each other.

Ages are All Equal. / But Genius is Always Above The Age.

How can the bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing? How can a child, when fears annoy, But droop his tender wing, And forget his youthful spring?

Silent as despairing love, and strong as jealousy.

Prepare your hearts for Death's cold hand! prepare Your souls for flight, your bodies for the earth; Prepare your arms for glorious victory; Prepare your eyes to meet a holy God! Prepare, prepare!

A tyrant is the worst disease, and the cause of all others.

But most thro' midnight streets I hear How the youthful Harlots curse Blasts the new-born Infants tear And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse

Death is terrible, tho' borne on angels' wings!

When Sir Joshua Reynolds died All Nature was degraded

Let the men do their duty & the women will be such wonders; the female life lives from the light of the male: see a man's female dependants, you know the man.

How do you know but ev’ry Bird that cuts the airy way, Is an immense world of delight, clos’d by your senses five?

Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee?

Men are admitted into heaven not because they have curbed or governed their passions, but because they have cultivate their understandings.

The child's toys and the old man's reasons are the fruits of two seasons.

The atoms of Democritus And Newton's particles of light Are sands upon the Red Sea shore, Where Israel's tents do shine so bright.

If others had not been foolish, we should be so.

Although wine when it is read somewhat lacks the savour of wine when it is drunk, wine remains a very pleasant thing both to read about and to chat about.

But to go to school in a summer morn, O! It drives all joy away; Under a cruel eye outworn, The little ones spend the day In sighing and dismay.

And I made a rural pen, And I stained the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every Child may joy to hear.

I love London, I love the British people.

But when he has done this, let him not say that he knows better than his master, for he only holds a candle in sunshine.

Imitation is criticism.

If the devil ever raised a garden, the Everglades was it.

I was always chasing Taylor, trying to keep up with him.

The people that are surrounding me have my best interest.

All cell phones in the air 'cause I want to see you guys shine.

I feel like there are so many people I admire for so many reasons that I can't look at one person's life and say, "I want that life." I want to make my own history.

I love scuba diving. I'm an avid diver. And, there's this beautiful world that's more incredible than any CGI film we could ever make, that we're destroying, for what? It's heartbreaking to me.

Giving builds loyal customers and turns those customers into supporters...You can find passion and profit and meaning all at once, right now.

We believe Skype in the Classroom will be a milestone in inspiring the next generation of social entrepreneurs and we can't wait to connect students with TOMS partners.

I think every cute girl is told to move to L.A. someday. So I do like the drive over from my house to the studio.

What happened to the American Dream? It came true! You're lookin' at it

Do just one thing every day in the direction of your dreams.

We each have all the time there is; our mental and moral status is determined by what we do with it.