R.Chapman Quotes

Atheism, the absence of belief in gods, is a comparatively late phenomenon in history.

Religion is very enlightening - to those who don't understand it.

Atheist is really ʺa thoroughly honest, unambiguous term,ʺ it admits of no paltering and of no evasion, and the need of the world, now as ever, is for clear - cut issues and unambiguous speech.

When I admit my own imperfections, it doesn't mean I am a bad person.

Every single day in a marriage, we influence each other. It is a matter of am I going to have a positive influence or a negative influence?

You cannot force someone to accept an expression of love. You can only offer it. If it is not accepted, you must respect the other person's decision.

The person who is "in-love" has the ilusion that his beloved is perfect.

Many couples have never learned the tremendous power of verbally affirming each other.

Recent research has indicated that the average individual listens for only seventeen seconds before interrupting and interjecting his own ideas.

By nature, most people are controlled by their emotions. They feel sad, so they look sad.

The incompetent quickly throws himself into another impressive enterprise in order to escape his responsibility from previous disaster.

He that shuns trifles must shun the world.

And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock.

I pray, what flowers are these? The pansy this, O, that's for lover's thoughts.

For one heat, all know, doth drive out another, One passion doth expel another still.

I love vintage and prints.

I mean, if I went 'round saying I was an emperor, just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

I'm afraid I'm not personally qualified to confuse cats, but I can recommend an extremely good service.

All ideas come about through some sort of observation. It sparks an attitude; some object or emotion causes a reaction in the other person.

I hope I will have achieved something lasting.

Every generation is a secret society and has incommunicable enthusiasms, tastes, and interests which are a mystery both to its predecessors and to posterity.

When a man talks with absolute sincerity and freedom he goes on a voyage of discovery. The whole company has shares in the enterprise.

People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this; that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it.

If any of you ... have a mind to make himself heard a mile off, you must make a bonfire of your reputations, and a close enemy of most men who would wish you well.

The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost.

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.

The fact that a man is to vote forces him to think.

Confusion has seized us, and all things go wrong, The women have leaped from their spheres, And, instead of fixed stars, shoot as comets along, And are setting the world by the ears!

I didn't start writing in order to express myself. If anything the opposite was true. I was just as interested in negating the I and the ego.

The way I have progressed as a writer over the years is to try and stay true to the principles I absorbed.

What God wants is to reveal himself more fully to us.

I would hate to be a new artist or writer in town today. But somehow the cream continues to rise. If there's one who's great, he just jumps out of the pack like you can't believe.

I've been here 21 years, and I literally did walk up and down Music Row trying to break into the business. I felt very free to go into any publishing company.

I think it's important, if you are an artist, to use your music to stand up for what you believe in.

As a child I spent a lot of time at the library.

Love's a recurring theme through my work.

I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs about some of the big questions, like death. There are a lot of references to weather, too!

I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness.

Living simply means concentrating on what's important in light of eternity. And not taking the rest of life too seriously.

Where there's more of singing and less of sighing, Where there's more of giving and less of buying, And a man makes friends without half trying That's where the West begins.

Born on a mountain, raised in a cave. Arresting fugitives is all I crave.

Six men can carry you or 12 men can judge you. You decide!

Where mercy is shown, mercy is given.

You know God gives me that inner strength that super strength to get through things.

I've been a biker, I've been a convict, I've been a husband, father, and son.

I say to all fathers - be as good as you can be- because your sons and daughters will follow in your footsteps.

Much of the misbehavior of children is motivated by the cravings of an empty LOVE TANK.

I think people desperately want to feel love.

Fate's such a shrewish thing.

I'm actually an incredibly disorganized, messy person.