R.Chapman Quotes

Nothing is more injurious to the character and to the intellect than the suppression of a generous emotion.

There are whole precincts of voters in this country whose united intelligence does not equal that of one representative American woman.

I fart in your general direction.

Empathetic listening is an awesome medication for the hurting heart.

Out of these ashes beauty will rise.

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

All of us blossom when we feel loved and wither when we do not feel loved.

In marriage it is never having my own way. It is rather discovering our way.

What we dislike in others is often a weakness in our own lives.

After it's finished, sometimes I can trace a path that goes back to the possible source of inspiration.

There’s a day that is coming when all the last will be first and every orphan will be home.

People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need.

If we walk with the wise, we will grow wise.

There is no greater love than this. There is no greater gift that can ever be given. To be willing to die, so another might live -- there is no greater lover than this.

That's one wonderful thing about country music - it shifts, ebbs, and flows stylistically, unlike pop music.

When Beethoven went deaf, the mynah bird just used to mime.

All songs are already perfectly written. It is the writer's job to find it and get it on paper.

I am amazed by how many individuals mess up every new day with yesterday.

Love is always freely given. Love cannot be demanded. We can request things of each other, but we must never demand anything. Requests give direction to love, but demands stop the flow of love.

I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.

At that time, a friend shall lose his friend's hammer, and the young shall not know where lieth the things possessed by their fathers that their fathers put there only just the night before.

Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government.

McGough: I'm sorry. I'm afraid I've caught poetry. Mr Bones: Oh really? Well, don't worry, sir - I used to suffer from short stories. McGough: Really? When? Mr Bones: Oh, once upon a time...

The belief that we are defending the highest good of the mothers of our race and the ultimate welfare of society makes every sacrifice seem trivial, every duty a pleasure.

Something in our nature cries out to be loved by another. Isolation is devastating to the human psyche. That is why solitary confinement is considered the cruelest of punishments.

We fail to reckon with the reality of human nature. By nature,we are egocentric. Our world revolves around us. None of us is totally altruistic.

Requests give direction to love, but demands stop the flow of love.

Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse.

Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control.

Words don't come easily, like forgive me.

Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

I believe very confidently in the truth of Scripture, where it says that there is no authority, no power given to man except as given by God.

Exploding is a perfectly normal medical phenomenon.

It's nice to see that look of alarm on the faces of the others.

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry and wise.

Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.

I'm never sure if I'll ever write another song, what the song will be about and if what initially sparked the beginning of a song might complete it.

We are trained to analyze problems and create solutions. We forget that marriage is a relationship, not a project to be completed or a problem to solve.

I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ.

I never let practical considerations clutter my youthful dreams.

What we do for each other before marriage is no indication of what we will do after marriage.

To appreciate nonsense you must first acquire wisdom, then compromise the two; only then will the fool understand you, and believe himself to be wise.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

And I used to say, 'I'm black, too.' In other words, I - my whole life I've been called a half-breed, a convict, king of the trailer trash, this and that. I take that and stand.

Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We too are the victims of our own contemplation.

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.

We cannot start with God and deduce the universe from his existence; we must start with the world as we know it, and deduce God from the world.

I have been doing marriage counseling for about 15 years and I realized that what makes one person feel loved, doesn't make another person feel loved.

Out where the handclasp's a little stronger, Out where the smile dwells a little longer, That's where the West begins.

Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.