S Nelson* Quotes

America, to me, is freedom.

If you go to a magic show, you don't want to see logic.

As far as advice goes, an ex-father in law of mine once gave me the best advice I ever heard. He said, "Take my advice and do what you want to." So with that, go on.

And as far as guitars go, I loved Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West's stuff.

I like to play small clubs.

Well, it's a Bloody Mary morning, my baby left without warning.

My granddaddy died when I was about 6 years old, I think. And my grandmother took a job cooking in the school lunchroom. So she did great. She made $18 a week.

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

There will be another sky, my love, just you wait

It doesn't hurt to feel sad from time to time.

Ten years ago, desalination was the crazy aunt in the attic. That's changed. It is now entering the mainstream and being taken seriously.

I love going to work.

Our tongues have fallen madly in love and gotten married and moved to Paris.

No hot guys should be allowed to have an English accent and drive a motorcycle. Not to mention wear the leather jacket or sport the cool shades. Hot guys should be forced into footie pajamas.

It is the desire of our hearts, and as we believe God's will under this dispensation, that all the children of God should be gathered together as such, and, consequently, as not of the world.

It is a career of make-believe, of masks. We all have masks in life.

Love is the one thing on which you should never compromise

I don't recommend being a bachelor, but it helps if you want to write.

The only way I could finish a book and get a plot was just to keep making it longer until something happens.

Our myths are so many, our vision so dim, our self-deception so deep and our smugness so gross that scarcely any way now remains of reporting the American Century except from behind the billboards.

I try to end every chapter with an air of suspense. I try to leave the reader wanting to turn the page.

Stephen King once told me he liked my writing. And that was great.

Job happiness is directly proportional to the distance you are from the home office.

[I] read Anne Frank's diary [while imprisoned] on Robben Island and derived much encouragement from it.

The death sentence is a barbaric act . . . It is a reflection of the animal instinct still in human beings.

We must work together to ensure the equitable distribution of wealth, opportunity and power in our society.

Who could doubt that sport is a crucial window for the propagation of fair play and justice? After all, fair play is a value that is essential to sport.

I believe that in the end that it is kindness and accommodation that are all the catalysts for real change.

We must look within ourselves, become responsible and provide fresh solutions if we ever want to do more than complain,or make excuses.

The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person.

Our society needs to re-establish a culture of caring.

If you don’t intend having a compromise, you don’t negotiate at all.

Other people have qualities that may be better than your own. Let them express them.

The Commonwealth makes the world safe for diversity

In the 21st Century, the capacity to communicate will almost certainly be a key human right.

Do not allow your anger to control your reason, but rather your reason to control your anger.

We must nurture tolerance, collective wisdom, and democracy.

Those who can't imagine change reveal the deficits of their imaginations, not the difficulty of change.

We don't have to be victims of our past, that we can let go of our bitterness, and that all of us can achieve greatness.

As we judge others so are we judged by others. The suspicious will always be tormented by suspicion.

There is nothing like a fixed, steady aim, with an honorable purpose. It dignifies your nature, and insures your success.

I realized that they could take everything from me except my mind and my heart. They could not take those things. Those things I still had control over. And I decided not to give them away.

If you are stimulated by what you do, you never get tired

South Africans must recall the terrible past so that we can deal with it, forgiving where forgiveness is necessary but never forgetting.

Good men and women can be mobilized to ensure that South Africa is united and that the spirit of reconciliation is strengthened and that progress in this country takes place as fast as it can.

We recall the joy and excitement of a nation that had found itself, the collective relief that we had stepped out of our restrictive past, and the expectant air of walking into a brighter future.

It is my deepest conviction that the children should be seen and heard as our most treasured assets.

You encourage people by seeing the good in them.

We can build a society grounded on friendship and our common humanity - a society founded on tolerance. That is the only road open to us.

He knew when to compromise. Yet he never compromised his principles. He was a militant. Yet a militant who knew how to plan, assess concrete situations and emerge with rational solutions to problems.