S. N. Parker Quotes

The 19th century was the age of Individualism the 20th and 21st are the ages of Socialism.

Wit has its place in debate; in controversy it is a legitimate weapon, offensive and defensive.

No virtue fades out of mankind. Not over-hopeful by inborn temperament, cautious by long experience, I yet never despair of human virtue.

My roots are in my record player.

And I'll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.

Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill. Shame and woe to us, if we our wealth obey; The horse doth with the horseman away.

One lamp — thy mother’s love — amid the stars Shall lift its pure flame changeless, and before The throne of God, burn through eternity - Holy — as it was lit and lent thee here.

Flirtation is a circulating library, in which we seldom ask twice for the same volume.

A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.

A lamp is lit in woman's eye; that souls, else lost on earth, remember angels by.

Money is only congealed snow.

Gentleness is the great point to be obtained in the study of manners.

Wisdom, sits alone, topmost in heaven: she is its light, its God; and in the heart of man she sits as high, though groveling minds forget her oftentimes, seeing but this world's idols.

Vulgarity is more obvious in satin than in homespun.

The smallest pebble in the well of truth has its peculiar meaning, and will stand when man's best monuments have passed away.

When I first came in the league, a lot of people were surprised by my knowledge about the history of the game.

Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in.

Remorse is the pain of sin.

Why does a literary scholar study the world of "fiction"? To show us that the facts can never be understood except in communion with the imagination.

In all the world there is nothing so remarkable as a great man, nothing so rare, nothing which so well repays study.

I think the church needs to be much more countercultural than that and invite people into slowing down, into a "Be-still-and-know-that-I-am-God" mindset.

The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.

Teaching like any truly human activity emerges from one's inwardness.

Discovering vocation does not mean scrambling toward some prize just beyond my reach but accepting the treasure of true self I already posses.

The most useful is the greatest.

New York, forever the port of em- and de-barkation en route to Adventure.

If I'm not doing the work I want, I usually suffer a psychological allergic reaction and get ill. It niggles when things get out of my control.

Greatness is its own torment.

T is the work of many a dark hour, many a prayer, to bring the heart back from an infant gone.

I enjoy playing other people. It's a great job and it's challenging. I couldn't do a desk job.

What surprises me is when people give me their mobile number. The other day, someone on a bus asked if I swear. I said I try not to, but of course I'm just a normal person.

I'm not confident with the ladies. I can't just ask someone out in a club. I'd like to say I'm a gentleman.

I get to meet fantastic people, and I get to go through so many emotions. For me, I have a craving for that. When I'm acting, I feel great. It's not to be famous.

He who binds His soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.

I want more muscles! I go to the gym three or four times a week with a personal trainer. I can afford that now. I can't put on weight though, no matter how much I eat.

An actor's career relies on a lot of luck. Being in the right place at the right time.

Press on! for in the grave there is no work and no device. Press on! while yet you may.

I did loads of student films and fringe theatre. I worked for free a lot.

Have a go. Anybody can do it.

In the '90s, indie movies could get financing, because financers gave money straight to directors... Now it's a different system. Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system.

You know, the whole philosophy of ad hoc combinations has its strengths and its weaknesses.

In a certain sense, aspects of my solo playing were developed in order to test the theory about how long particular elements could be, as parts of so-called free improvisations.

Those early steps are very important in understanding the evolution. But in themselves, maybe now you need the later records to understand the significance of the earlier records!

We all listened to a lot of recorded music, especially American jazz, modern jazz, and that's where our studies were and our inspiration came from.

I don't want to be a leader that is one-dimensional or two-dimensional because he's not willing to be open.

My dad was my first coach and drove me extremely hard from a very young age.

Every day I'm reassessing what I've been taught against what I see, and the man I need to be if I'm going to call myself a leader of anybody.

I made a classic mistake. I held out for something better.

I wouldn't mind being the female MJ. I want to have major crossover appeal.

How like a mounting devil in the heart rules the unreined ambition.