R. W. Clark Quotes

I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.

No historian should be trusted implicitly.

Its just something Ive always done. In South Texas, the first guitar you get is a Mexican guitar. And the first one I got, the first thing I did was take it apart.

I only take on roles that I'm passionate about.

We just sent our condolences to the President of the United States and the American people on what is a terrible, terrible tragedy.

In terms of protecting ourselves, the main issues are around how do we protect our borders [from illegal migrants and livestock and plant diseases], how do we protect our fisheries?

Fortunately New Zealand doesn't have land borders so we are able to be somewhat more rigorous on who gets in and out of our country than perhaps some people.

Marine protected areas, and particularly no-take zones, are very effective in allowing regeneration of fish stocks.

Business can talk itself into a blue funk.

The sad discovery of the adult world was the permanent truth: you don't always do what you want to do; you do what you must.

Just remember enough never to be vulnerable again: total forgetting could be as self-destructive as complete remembering.

Reduced to its lowest terms, the great struggle which now rocks the whole earth more and more takes on the character of a struggle of the individual versus the state.

Let us avoid debt as we would avoid a plague; where we are now in debt, let us get out of debt; if not today...tomorrow.

If the gospel is only for the learned, how few there are of us who could have any use for it.

It's a culmination of your life of surfing when you turn and paddle in at Mavericks.

When we say that the persistence of competition is ensured by fate, we mean that individual freedom is so guaranteed. The one thing to which fate binds us is liberty.

I feel like there is great purpose in a lot of my endeavors. I've seen God in the middle of them. I've seen Him be faithful in those things.

Yeah, one of my approaches with my community, my friends, the companies I represent, has been to take the attitude of what I bring instead of what I can get. What can I give?

These have been the most successful years I've ever had. I've been placing well in the contests but more importantly I've been enjoying them. I think those two things go hand-in-hand.

Racial prejudices are indication of a disturbed and potentially unstable society.

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

In time of war all countries behave equally badly, because the power of action is handed over to stupid and obstinate men.

All color is no color.

I was over self-medicating back when I was a kid and didn't know it.

I learned how to skate, I couldn't do the tricks, but I could certainly skate fast enough. I could keep up with anybody and I could bomb hills and I could hide behind my camera.

I think the reason why I never wanted to do a retrospective is because I was scared to go back and look at all this stuff through the years.

Your relationships can only be as healthy as you are.

Both trials are marred with injustice, both are flawed.

Having the urge to write is one thing; acting on it is another.

For what good is freedom of expression if you lack the means to express yourself?

Every picture's painted differently, every one has got a vision in their mind. That fills the heart with answers, and the missing piece that we hope to find.

The heightened public clamor resulting from radio and television coverage will inevitably result in prejudice. Trial by television is, therefore, foreign to our system.

One of our top objectives is to find and destroy the WMD. There are a number of sites.

I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career.

I was pleased with both games. Our sportsmanship was outstanding.

Dan really came into his own pitching last year (during Legion play). He received the sportsmanship award during the regional tournament.

You have to be true to what you believe in and do your duty.

I think we're at risk with our democracy. I think we're dealing with the most closed, imperialistic, nastiest administration in living memory. They even put Richard Nixon to shame.

I confess I could never see any good reason why dirt should always be a necessary concomitant of poverty.

He wakes into music the green forest-bowers.

In the voice of mirth there may be excitement, but in the tones of mourning there is consolation.

We desire justice, and justice has never been obtained in haste and strong feeling.

Nothing short of the Almighty Power of God can Save us - it is not in our Numbers, our Union, or our Valour that I dare trust.

In the end we are all sacked and it's always awful. It is as inevitable as death following life. If you are elevated there comes a day when you are demoted. Even Prime Ministers.

Putting your ego aside and confronting your weaknesses and just letting things happen is hard. Not to use a Scientology term, but it's difficult to do an emotional or an artistic audit.

I think maybe we underestimate the country music audience.

If you're built like a freight train, you can't drive around like a Volkswagen.

Because I'm stern and scolding [the characters] sometimes, I'm sure I'll get a ton of grief.

The status quo is the only solution that cannot be vetoed.

If you are bored with Berkeley and San Francisco, you are bored with life.