T.R. Patrick Quotes

Come with me into the world and reclaim your independence. You stand to gain so much, and riches are the least of it.

If we had a terrorist attack, the way the people respond is going to determine whether that attack is just a tragedy or whether that attack becomes an all-out disaster.

People will only follow you if they see you're ahead, are convinced you know the route, trust you, and want to get there too.

We all become what we pretend to be.

It wasn't even a good note. 'If you are reading this I am probably dead.' What sort of a note is that?

We got nominated for a Grammy, that was really crazy, and I was sitting there and Stevie Wonder was on stage and I remember thinking "Wow, I really need to take [singing] more seriously!"

That was another lesson I had learned perhaps too well: people meant pain.

Clean, quick, and easy as lying. We know how it ends practically before it starts. That's why stories appeal to us. They give is the clarity and simplicity our real lives lack.

All explicit knowledge is translated knowledge, and all translation is imperfect.

The future is about emotion: reactions to events are usually far more important than the events themselves.

Take hold of the future or the future will take hold of you - be futurewise.

I promised to keep on going but maybe keep on going means coming back first.

In reply to 'how do I flirt with people?': Just be yourself and not want anything out of anybody. Desire is the killer of all smoothness.

He was giving me enough rope to hang myself with. Apparently he didn't realize that once a noose is tied it will fit one neck as easily as another.

I'm pretty good at putting up drywall and I'm an excellent kisser. That's pretty much all of my skills right there.

I think maybe everyone falls... I think the asking is whether we get back up again.

I am told that there have been over the years a number of experiments taking place in places like Massachusetts Institute of Technology that have been entirely based on concepts raised by Star Trek.

I'm so loyal, I haven't bathed in weeks!

You lack the requisite spine and testicular fortitude to study under me.

During my time we had two chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, at different times of course, on the bridge, both of whom asked my permission to sit on the captain's chair.

I always have been optimistic about humanity's future. Always. Even at the most dismaying of times.

As the captain, I was going to be having the dominant role in most of the episodes, and that was appealing. I wasn't interested in coming to Hollywood to sit around.

When you're No. 1 or No. 300, you still get to play and write the songs.

The tailoring may be a softer, more draped, but I don't believe it's any less smart. For sure it feels more relaxed, it's a different kind of elegance, but I'd never call it casual.

I believe it, Chronicler found himself thinking. Before it was just a story, but now I can believe it. This is the face of a man who has killed an angel.

I love doing a lot of things I'm told I can't do. I think that's what drives me and keeps me awake every day.

There's so much wonder in the world. Don't let no one tell you otherwise.

My role is to think about tennis and to help Serena Williams be the best she can be and do what she wants to achieve.

I'm a firm supporter of the word polyamory. But that one is close to my heart.

Sanctuaries are magical places - dare I say holy?

We are the choices we make. And have to make. We aren’t anything else.

Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain.

I imagine if Spotify becomes something that people are willing to pay for, then I'm sure iTunes will just create their own service, and they're actually fair to artists.

Half a King is my favorite book by Joe Abercrombie so far, and that's saying something.

Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.

My quality of life here in Quebec City is extraordinary.

The only still center of my life is Macbeth. To go back to doing this bloody, crazed, insane mass-murderer is a huge relief after trying to get my cell phone replaced.

It was the patient, cut-flower sound of a man who is waiting to die.

My shrug was so nonchalant it would make a cat jealous

Getting the degree meant more to me than an NCAA title, being named All-American or winning an Olympic gold medal.

Business strategy is the battleplan for a better future.

I am a recovering alcoholic.

Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings - give us that precious jewel and you may take everything else!

Hespe's mouth went firm. She didn't scowl exactly, but it looked like she was getting all the pieces of a scowl together in one place, just in case she needed them in a hurry.

My favorite time to dance is at, like, wedding receptions, when it's all ages and everyone seems to be having fun.

I like to believe that I've got a lot of guardian warriors sittin' on my shoulder including my dad.

Metal rusts, music lasts forever.

For students today, only 10 percent of children from working-class families graduate from college by the age of 24 as compared to 58 percent of upper-middle-class and wealthy families.

I have a family to support. And I'm not always going to be doing exactly what I want to do.

All that is important comes in quietness and waiting.