R. W. Clark Quotes

Shall I be'her'?

When mom died, my old roommate, Jimmy, said that in an alternate dimension, an alternate me might have a worse life.”“Now that's comforting, ” said Murphy.

I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant and kindness from the unkind.I should not be ungrateful to those teachers. ~Kahlil Gibran~

You can never go wrong by doing what’s right.

In every family there is a murderer, a thief and a crazy person. And if you have a little Blue blood in the line, you can be sure there are more than one of each.

I smile broadly, feeling as warm and full as the sun.

I understand. I know about the women gathering at Lourdes, the visits worldwide. You are all staying at the chateau. There are no accidents, ” Lilli said.

When you focus, you can achieve anything. If you have no focus, you will achieve nothing.

Then our crime's worse than a murderer's. His act puts him outside the law, but keeps the law intact. Ours would weaken the law.

‎"If there is no discipline, there is anarchy. Good citizenship demands attention to responsibilities as well as rights.

Here I stand, so help me God, I can do no other. With the greater consciousness of the issues involved comes a lesser assurance that an alternative is possible.

I failed, he said, I got talking my ideas. It's my greatest failing.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

At least at times of loss, we are reminded of our priorities, of our many blessings. In times of gain, we can so often lose our way.

Doesn't the expansiveness of this make you think of the good Lord? Except we know the ocean ends while He goes on forever.

Failure starts a future success, if you become better.

Two hundred years after Euro-Americans "discovered" it, America's river west begins and ends at pollution.

I never bought a man who wasn't for sale. -W.A. Clark, ascribed

Even a clock that's broken is right twice a day.

No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library ... When this is no longer true, then will our civilization have come to an end.

The Santa Ana Windgusts downdesert canyons.Hot. Dry. Electric.Some say it ignites tempers.I say it ignited us.

His worried face falls away and is replaced with what can only be described as a glow--like someone who has a terrific secret and they're about to let you in on it.

When mom died, my old roommate, Jimmy, said that in an alternate dimension, an alternate me might have a worse life.Now that's comforting, said Murphy.

I can almost see the processes whirrling clunkily in his singularix, as his excited nervous system battled with his logic circuits.

In New York, everything was permissible. No one cared what you wore, how you looked. Only you cared about those things. And if they didn’t worry you, then they didn’t matter.

All the world's religions speak the same language, they simply use different words.

Sebastian grinned into his drink. Rules. He loved rules. They were so much fun to break.

Whenever there is chaos it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift.

Turbulence is a life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change.

You can't put a price tag on love but you can on all its accessories.

We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion just as effectively as by bombs.

There will always be an England While there's a country lane Wherever there's a cottage small Beside a field of grain.

Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see.

To feel sorry for the needy is not the mark of a Christian-to help them is.

A good belly laugh is like taking your liver for a horseback ride.

It's hard to detect good luck-it looks so much like something you've earned.

One of the luxuries of a politican's life is that you see yourself as others see you.

We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion just as affectively as by bombs.

That suit is best that best suits me.

No external advantages can supply self-reliance. The force of one's being ... must come from within.

A sense of humor is the ability to laugh at your own jokes when your friends tell them.

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family friends and society are the natural enemies of a writer. He must be alone uninterrupted and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.

work. play. passion.

When Bill Clinton ran in '92, and I listened to him, and I had of course known of his record from Arkansas, I found him extraordinarily inspirational, and I voted Democratic.

The Internet is not just one thing, it's a collection of things - of numerous communications networks that all speak the same digital language.

I was famous in a way that was kind of terrifying. I had no protection. When reporters showed up at my house, there wasn't even a sidewalk. They were literally parked on my front lawn.

Most smiles are started by another smile.

I chose law because writing was involved. I didn't realize how boring legal writing was, but I even learned to love that.