J.S. Riley Quotes

Whatever it takes to win.

Complacency is the last hurdle standing between any team and its potential greatness.

Once you have made a decision and there is no turning back, acceptance is the only comfort.

Long about knee-deep in June, 'Bout the time strewberries melts On the vine.

Very intimate but very separate at the same time'. That's my credo for friendship.

All I've done is give you a book. You have to have the courage to learn what's inside it.

In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active.

As a painter today you have to work without that essential platform. But if one does not deceive oneself and accepts this lack of certainty, other things may come into play.

An artist's early work is inevitably made up of a mixture of tendencies and interests, some of which are compatible and some of which are in conflict

There was a time when meanings were focused and reality could be fixed; when that sort of belief disappeared, things became uncertain and open to interpretation.

In general, my paintings are multifocal. You can't call it unfocused space, but not being fixed to a single focus is very much of our time.

Painting is, I think, inevitably an archaic activity and one that depends on spiritual values.

A lot of what we say and do are regurgitated things that have to do with what we think we're supposed to be saying and doing.

The success of our economy shouldn't determine the success of our schools

The men and women who serve in our military have won for us every hour we live in freedom, sometimes at the expense of the very hours of the lifetimes they had hoped to live.

The opponents of my budget propose taking $200 million out of our classrooms and instead spending it on a larger school employee pay raise. Our focus should be on making sure our children come first.

One person can make a difference. In fact, its not only possible for one person to make a difference, its essential that one person makes a difference. And believe it or not, that person is you.

If we are going to save this country, if we are going to reestablish that belief in God, it's up to us. If we don't do it, who will?

Tolerating evil leads only to more evil. And when good people stand by and do nothing while wickedness reigns, their communities will be consumed.

We need to understand that every time an elementary teacher captures the imagination of a child through the arts or music of language this nation gets a little stronger.

I feel quite safe and isolated in Germany. My wife is very well known there. But I am only looked at when I am holding her hand.

I'm not going to conform, and hurt myself, and do something crazy to be a size 2.

The incredible thing about the human mind is that is didn't come with an instruction book.

It's not what happens to you in life that matters; what matters is how you deal with it!

Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle.

Half a world away nations that once lived under oppression and tyranny are now budding democracies due in large part to America 's leadership and the sacrifices of our military.

No skill shapes a child's future success in school or in life more than the ability to read.

I do think we need heroes. It gives people hope and an example to follow.

I wanted to write a song about sexism, but I didn't want to do it in a mechanical way and be like, "Don't be sexist!" because that's not how I talk in regular life.

I got into physics through pop science and quantum science and ended up being such a quantum groupie.

I used to build up to sensation, accumulating tension until it released a perceptual experience

I work with nature, although in completely new terms.

We are either going to dissolve as a human race or we are going to break through into a new understanding of what it is to be a human being.

A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team.

I had already done Rainbow in Curved Air and had a big record on CBS. I was launched to have a long career and then I just dropped out and went to India.

I think this lack of a center has something to do with the loss of certainties that Christianity had to offer

If my house is on fire, I don't need the fire chief telling me I should not have built the house out of wood. I need somebody to put the fire out.

The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent.

When I receive letters from girls that say, 'You give me confidence,' I think, 'Wow, this is amazing.' That's my goal: to let people know it's truly what's on the inside that counts.

Health coverage for regular citizens isn't mandated by the Constitution, but we're obligated to provide adequate medical care for prisoners, whatever the cost.

Baby's fishing for a dream, fishing near and far. His line a silver moonbeam is, his bait a silver star.

I want to encourage young women to stand up for each other and speak up when they see others in a tough situation.

I dreamed really big when I was little.

As an actor, I still dont really know exactly what I am doing most of the time.

Remember,even if we can't see them, those we love are always with us.

The key to success is to learn to do something right and then do it right every time.

Theres a real power in heels and a good dress.

I was using tape loops for dancers and dance production. I had very funky primitive equipment, in fact technology wasn't very good no matter how much money you had.

The thing about Doctor Who is it's chased around the world, so there's 50 fans hanging out at every location.

The changes in your life aren't always what you hoped for. But they usually help you grow.