R.Chapman Quotes

The woman suffrage movement in the United States was a movement of the spirit of the Revolution which was striving to hold the nation to the ideals which won independence.

There is one thing no people have ever done; that is, to oppose a threatening war with intelligent and vigorous purpose some years before it was due to arrive.

If there is a god, the only genuine friend he has is an atheist. He does not blame him for anything.

The worst that one can say of the Christian clergyman today is that he actually believes what he teaches.

It is not, after all, so very hard to acquire a fortune; the real difficulty is to deserve one.

I was in prison for a charge in Texas, murder one. Back in the '70s in Texas, I was there. I heard the shot. I was in the car.

It's just like being a father; you got to show them love and you got to show them the path. I don't like this role-model stuff, though.

The pattern often has been entrenched since childhood... [abusive people] don't think that there is anything wrong with them because that is the way they were brought up in their family.

This is a huge thing if you are going to have a positive impact on your spouse. You have to not only realize this, but you have to practice this.

We cannot rely on our native tongue if our spouse does not understand it. If we want them to feel the love we are trying to communicate, we must express it in his or her primary love language.

We are human, which means we have the potential to make things different.

A soft answer turns away anger.

Our spouse will usually interpret our message based on our tone of voice, not the words we use.

Most people spend far more time in preparation for their vocation than they do in preparation for marriage.

The getting out part [of advise] may well be true. Because if you have tried the tender love thing... typically the abuser is not going to change until they are pushed in a corner.

At the heart of mankind's existence is the desire to be intimate and to be loved by another. Marriage is designed to meet that need for intimacy and love.

There is a nick in Fortune's restless wheel For each man's good.

Who hath no faith to man, to God hath none.

Poetry, unlike oratory, should not aim at clarity... but be dense with meaning, 'something to be chewed and digested'.

Virtue is not malicious; wrong done her Is righted even when men grant they err.

Perfect happiness, by princes sought, Is not with birth born, nor exchequers bought.

Tis immortality to die aspiring.

Pure innovation is more gross than error.

Black is a pearl in a woman's eye.

We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of.

So our lives In acts exemplary, not only win Ourselves good names, but doth to others give Matter for virtuous deeds, by which we live.

Enough 's as good as a feast.

Man is a torch borne in the wind; a dream But of a shadow, summed with all his substance.

Who to himself is law no law doth need; offends none and is king indeed.

Tis immortality to die aspiring, As if a man were taken quick to heaven.

Make ducks and drakes with shillings.

Blood, though it sleep a time, yet never dies. The gods on murtherers fix revengeful eyes.

Archers ever Have two strings to bow; and shall great Cupid (Archer of archers both in men and women), Be worse provided than a common archer?

He is at no end of his actions blestWhose ends will make him greatest, and not best.

I look much more civilized than I actually am.

I enjoyed studying costume, learning about the corsetry and the historical context of fashion. I never had any real intention of being a costume designer.

My mother says I'm like a disease that can walk into a room and get it infected. I can destroy things in seconds.

I'm a designer, not a businesswoman.

What I love about my husband is that he really allows me to be the best person I can.

I'm an enormous fan of Ron Howard. I mean, he's the most extraordinary director.

If you've chosen someone to be in your bridal party, she should be a good enough friend that she does not want to upstage you.

The Indians have such strong traditions and aesthetics, and the people are beautiful, as are their goods.

New York is very career-orientated and it's hard to take time off here, but that is great for building a business.

My family is my number one priority.

It's funny, because I sometimes feel that I'm most creative when I'm pregnant.

We don't leave home without my daughter's doll La-La. She looks like a bit of a rag, but India is obsessed with her.

I always have a camera now that I've got a kid, but I don't think I've got one picture of anyone other than my daughter.

I make sure I carve out time to be with my daughter.

I went camping in the Maasai Mara and we moved site every night. I had no idea how spectacular it would be, how removed from ordinary life, or how many animals we would see.

I think it's very empowering to be able to have a career and to be a mother. It gives you an amazing sense of self.