Ray Quotes

Money won't ever make you happy, nor was it ever meant to. Happiness comes from within. Money at best will make you more comfortable.

Every great tradition has told you that you were created in the image and the likeness of the creative source. That means that you have God potential and power to create your world.

The tree falls not at the first stroke.

Let him make use of instinct who cannot make use of reason.

When friends meet, hearts warm.

It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his counselor.

Little children, little sorrows; big children, big sorrows.

In a thousand pound of Law there's not an ounce of love.

A light-heel'd mother makes a heavy-heel'd daughter.

A pound of worry won't pay an ounce of debt.

Adversity makes men wise but not rich.

They that make laws must not break them.

Spend and be free, but make no waste.

A maid that laughs is half taken.

I love thee like puddings; if thou wert pie I'd eat thee.

That which is evil is soon learned.

After a Christmas comes a Lent.

A spaniel, a woman, and a walnut tree, the more they're beaten the better they be.

To go like a cat upon a hot bakestone.

The more you rub a cat on the rump, the higher she sets her tail.

Children pick up words as pigeons peas And utter them again as God shall please.

The Democratic Party: Con-men elected by the ignorant and the arrogant.

He that cannot abide a bad market, deserves not a good one

If wishes were horses, beggars might ride.

Every man praises his own wares.

The charitable give out at the door, and God puts in at the window.

A child may have too much of his mother's blessing.

The use of butterflies is to adorn the world and delight the eyes of men, to brighten the countryside, serving like so many golden spangles to decorate the fields.

Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.

I paint when I cannot photograph.

I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.

I am not going to be dictated to by the size of the camera. I use everything from an 8 x 10 to a 35-mm. But I don't use these modern cameras which break down all the time !

l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.

As a human being, Joan Crawford is a great actress.

Decide what it is that you are and then stay true to that thing. My brand is based very much on how I live my day-to-day life.

I've also learned that you can't be all things to all people. Whatever it is that you're successful at, that has to be the No. 1 goal.

I think having an animal in your life makes you a better human.

I never do the dishes, because my husband has an affinity for it. And I'm also not allowed to touch the coffeemaker.

You know, food is such - it's a hug for people.

Yum-O! I say this if something is so good that 'yum' just isn't enough of an exclamation. The accent is on the 'O' as in, 'Oh! That is so good!'

That's a horrible thought. I guess cheese or wine. I think I might be too depressed to eat if I had to eat only one thing for the rest of my life.

I write in freehand equivalents because measuring, to me, takes away from the creative process of cooking. Two turns of the pan with EVOO is about two tablespoons.

I'm completely unqualified for any job I've ever had.

I used to say I would never run unless I was being chased by someone with a gun. Now I'm a little obsessed with it!

Make big pots of soups, stews and chilis - they stretch a buck, and you can live off them for days!

It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.

I measure in my palm and use my eyes to estimate amounts; a tablespoon is a full palm of dried spices.

My dream job is to be a rock drummer and the alternate drummer for the Foo Fighters.

My first memory in life is grilling my thumb to the griddle in our restaurant on Cape Cod.

I have a fat head - I get freaked-out looking at pictures of me.