T.R. Patrick Quotes

We feel that we are fighting for our lives and our livelihoods.

Every Catholic is one good Confession away from potential sainthood.

After a certain point is reached the numbers cease to matter, and all that remains is the faceless mass of a crowd.

I think writing is a much more personal thing.

Savings give you a lot of strength, flexibility and control. They are what give you the most powerful Answer In The World.

I love playing our older songs along with newer ones but If all I have is my old stuff, I quit. Creating is more rewarding.

On winning Literature Nobel Prize: I was actually in the street. Yes, I was in the street. It was my daughter who notified me.

A poet is a musician who can't sing.

My wife's a lot younger than me ... thirty years difference . . . You should never marry a woman a lot younger than you ... Never.

But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. This is rare and pure and perfect.

He decided in favor of life out of sheer spite and malice.

It was good, really, that this external world still existed, if only as a place of refuge.

Dance is the pure language of the soul - it's been with us from the very beginning.

I'm trying to shut up and let my angels speak to me and tell me what I'm supposed to do.

Throwing out the first pitch at the Cubs game and having 40,000 people give me a standing ovation was probably one of the highlights of my life. You could see what a great sports town Chicago is.

It takes 3 weeks to break a habit, 6 weeks to develop a new habit and 36 weeks to hardwire this new habit.

I think maybe our team was too young and stupid to even know what was going on.

So I live among barbarous tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God.

It often occurs to me that we love most what makes us miserable. In my opinion the damned are damned because they enjoy being damned.

It's unconscionable that cancer patients get the wrong diagnosis 30 percent of the time and that it takes so long to treat them with appropriate drugs for their cancer.

Work really hard, think carefuly about how you spend every penny, and be absolutely true to your own vision of your clothes and your brand. It has to be personal.

It’s not over if you’re still here,” Chronicler said. “It’s not a tragedy if you’re still alive.

I firmly believe that we're all good people, but sometimes it's hard to understand how to do good.

Knowing your own ignorance is the first step to enlightenment.

The radio even weren't allowed to say there was a Holocaust and people were being killed right, left and center in these terrible camps.

Bones mend. Regret stays with you forever.

I hate shaving. It's much easier to just do a little stubble, but my wife and daughter like it when I'm clean-shaven. If you see me with a clean face, then you know I'm in the kissing mode!

How odd to watch a mortal kindle / Then to dwindle day by day / Knowing their bright souls are tinder / And the wind will have its way

I did have Skidz overalls. Remember Skidz, those baggy plaid pants that look like pajamas? So I did rock overalls, but not in purple velvet. I couldn't find those.

As a leader, you're probably not doing a good job unless your employees can do a good impression of you when you're not around.

An organization has integrity—is healthy—when it is whole, consistent, and complete, that is, when its management, operations, strategy, and culture fit together and make sense.

Usually when you play a team, you want to focus on one line. Pittsburgh is the only team where you have to focus on one player [Mario Lemieux]. When he's coming toward you, all you see is him.

I love the American musical for the simplicity of emotion that gets expressed.

We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.

Music sounds different to the one who plays it. It is the musician's curse.

Using words to talk of words is like using a pencil to draw a picture of itself, on itself. Impossible. Confusing. Frustrating ... but there are other ways to understanding.

Humility is not just declaring that you are not God. It is deciding daily to not be God.

I skate just to satisfy my own desire and not care about other peoples desire for me to do well.

I'm lucky that people believe me when I'm in character.

Experience is a funny thing. You dont always have it when you need it.

I've been an assistant for seven years now and I haven't had one head coaching interview. I'm doing something wrong.

If I want to average 32 points a game, I can do that easily. It's just eight, eight, eight, eight. No problem. I can do that anytime. That's not being cocky. That's confidence.

That is how heavy a secret can become. It can make blood flow easier than ink.

I think you have to feel comfortable with your car. You have to go into Turn 1, every lap, with confidence. You have to be sure of yourself and your equipment.

There are people who...tell you that the light in your heart is a weakness. Don't believe it! It's an old tactic of cruel people to kill kindness in the name of virtue.

I feel like I know where I'm going. And I like where I'm going.

Why there you are, Stephen,' cried Jack. 'You are come home, I find.' That is true,' said Stephen with an affectionate look: he prized statements of this kind in Jack.

Human nature will never part with power. Look for an example of a voluntary relinquishment of power from one end of the globe to another - you will find none.

I've learned over the years that identity has a whole lot less to do with location or other people's expectations than with your own sense of self and self-confidence.