P.D. James Quotes

I just hope that our fans are people who are inspired by music, and just use our music as a background or inspiration for whatever it is they do.

Recognize this as a holy gift and celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing.

Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their avocations as if you were a member of the family.

Practice good personal hygiene. Wash your hands before you eat. Be aware of good clean water and food sources.

I'm absolutely gonna win it, because I'm ruthless. I sit at the poker table and my job is to destroy people.

Uri Geller may have psychic powers by means of which he can bend spoons; if so, he appears to be doing it the hard way.

Don't hold on to religion and miss the joy of knowing Jesus.

I'm trying to look at my blessings and how amazingly well against all odds things have turned out for me.

Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed.

America is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true, and the opposite is probably equally true.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.

It is right precious to behold The first long surf of climbing light Flood all the thirsty east with gold.

Freedom is the only law which genius knows.

Our attitude is that we want to cross over. You can't go on making records just for your own hometown.

I took some time out for life.

I never miss a good chance to shut up

Sorrow comes in great waves...but rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us, it leaves us. And we know that if it is strong, we are stronger, inasmuch as it passes and we remain.

Sometimes the answer to prayer is not that it changes life, but that it changes you.

The omelette tasted like flannel.

It is one of the great tragedies of the US, that most learn most of what they know about the government from the government.

I want you to hear a new version of Dueling Banjos. Anyone else is welcome.

If you want to do something different, you’re going to come up against a lot of naysayers.

In suits at common law, trial by jury in civil cases is as essential to secure the liberty of the people as any one of the pre-existent rights of nature.

Heat may be generated and destroyed by certain processes, and this shows that heat is not a substance.

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language.

Funny is funny. And if it's good, it travels.

You'll face overwhelming odds; you'll be incredibly outnumbered. Fear would be your natural inclination. But keep in mind, God is with you.

People that can't stand to listen to the blues, they've got to be phonies.

The well-satisfied customer will bring the repeat sale that counts.

To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one's own.

I love hearing people laugh.

Church is a place where you get to practice what it means to be human.

I cannot help but think that great results would have been obtained had my views been thought better of; yet I am much inclined to accept the present condition as for the best.

Kindness is the touch of an angel's hand.

You cannot fix what you will not face.

When you find the right people, you never let go. The people who count are the ones who are your friends in lean times. You have all the friends you want when things are going well.

The national park is the best idea America ever had.

The Law is but words and paper without the hands of swords of men.

We, who are the living, possess the past. Tomorrow is for our martyrs.

I can't be a pessimist, because I am alive.

The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation.

We follow a path of discovery, strung like pearls on a thread of curiosity, lending richness to our work.

The understanding eye sees the maker’s fingerprints. They are evident in every detail ... Leave Fingerprints.

Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate for the public good.

You have to be eligible for luck to strike, and I think that's a matter of education and preparation, and character and all the other solid attributes that sometimes people laugh at.

Is there not too much tension in the world at present, and might it not be better if more people were slackers?

Success is the result of clear goal, unshakable confidence, proper planning, enthusiastic ACTION and consistent persistence.

My point is, God's still up there. The arrogance of people to think that we, human beings, would be able to change what He is doing in the climate is to me outrageous.

The pinafore of the child will be more than a match for the frock of the bishop and the surplice of the priest.

I've got this theory that there is a Volvo in any sane person's future.