R.S. Thomas Quotes
A lot of warm vulgarity is incomparably preferable to a little bit of pinched niceness
... the mere thought of going near a man who is not mellowly pickled, and whose breath reeks of his native fleshy self, is squeamishly unpalatable to me.
money ... is only important when you have none; and though it may not be everything, it goes a very long way towards blocking up the winter draft of age.
People, like water, will run downhill, seeking their lowest level unless something interdicts them.
When President Clinton starts talking about what is moral, as he did when recommending a national law banning human cloning, it's time for us to lock up our daughters.
My advice is that going to the Olympics and winning a gold medal are great goals, but the real goal should be to be the best that you can be.
Because I'm from Manchester I'm always looking for a bit of blue sky wherever I can find it.
I have to keep inspiration close to me. I'm always on YouTube looking at the greats or anything that can give me the spark that I need.
People can be a fine substitute for other dogs. But I think that if they had to choose, dogs by and large would choose the company of other dogs.
Some of you, your success has messed you up! You've lost your bite! You're not hungry anymore!
You cannot sleep with the enemy and be successful...Every cord that binds you to failure, every cord that binds you to fear, you gotta cut it!
Every time I am on the field I am a threat to make a big play. I am going to do my job every day and can be relied upon.
Your dream will not become a reality until you shift from Very Important to an Emergency!
If you're not where you want to be, it's because you're not who you need to be right now.
You ain't average! But you know what? You're playing small because it's easier to be average.
It ain't nothing you can't have if you willing to persevere! Willing to stick in there! Willing to fight!
I just want my kids to see that when you serve and put other people first and invest in other people it will come back!
Sometimes success breeds apathy. Sometimes when you're doing quite well for yourself you're not as tough as you need to be.
You can have, you can be, you can do whatever you want to do once you make the decision, so that would be my greatest piece of advice.
The older I get the more I realize that a significant portion of a parent's happiness or sadness in middle-age will be directly impacted by how closely our children are walking with the Lord.
There is an infinity of political errors which, being once adopted, become principles.
Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but all who come in contact with it.
If you really want a career in professional skateboarding,you really got to stop pushing mongo.
To sit in a big library amongst books and students, that was pretty cool. It was a novel experience for me.
An education is a more surefire guarantee that you have possibilities opened to you.
French culture takes ageing very seriously. There's much less ageism than in Anglo-Saxon countries.
I can't move back to England. My home is in France now. I'd love to but I can't. My family's all there now.
I've realised that I am who I am and that is it. Like it or lump it. I'm not around to please anyone any more, and it's a huge relief.
Society evolves not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human beings to comprehend each other.