V V Brown Quotes

It will be a shame if either side lose, and that applies to both sides.

I have lived long enough to be battered by the realities of life, and not too long to be downed by them.

So much of TV seems to be chewing gum for the eyes.... TV desperately needs more self-reliance and pride in the medium.

I knew I wanted to be a performer really early on, like around 8 years old. I did tons of acting and loved being in front of people.

We need to deport these criminals and negotiate agreements requiring that they do their time in their own countries.

This is my first summer [with] no trouble. I ain't go to jail for speeding. Didn't go to jail for DUI. I didn't break my foot. I didn't break my other foot. I'm one step ahead of the game already.

You don't get what you want in life. You get who you are.

You have something special. You have greatness in you. You have the ability to do more than you can ever begin to imagine.

Decisions can be a major challenge for all of us.

Begin to read a book that will help you move toward your dream.

It is better to aim high and miss than to aim low and hit.

Make sure when you fall you land on your back if you can see you can get up.

Remember that what you have is unique because it's your own special way of looking at the world.

A decisive cleansing of the conscience is a prerequisite for unhindered access to God

It’s easier to cool down a fanatic than to warm up a corpse.

Travel light and trust in serendipity.

Growth isn't free it always has a cost.

Hubert, a speech doesn't have to be eternal to be immortal.

In a world gone bad, a bear - even a bear standing on its head - is a comforting, uncomplicated, dependable hunk of sanity.

My theory with the auctions has been to try to make them like a party, like a social event. If people are having a good time, talking with their friends, they're much more likely to bid.

He who makes time precious lives forever.

If you're afraid to die, you're afraid to live. You can't have one without the other.

I think you can judge the level of success for any group of people by the reaction against it.

The price of dishonesty is self-destruction.

To have meaningful work is a tremendous happiness.

friendship is love made bearable.

There hasn't been a day in my life since I started Latin in ninth grade that I haven't benefited by the lives of the ancients.

Self-pity is the simplest luxury.

Mothers have a habit of proving right except you don't find that out until you're the age your mother was when she gave you the advice.

So often the truth is told with hate, and lies are told with love.

I don't want to die. I think death is a greatly overrated experience.

You're nothing in America if you don't have debt.

I believe in art that conceals art.

Mother love is the most powerful, the most irrational force on earth, even more powerful than sexual love. However, one does lead to the other, so best not to spurn the former.

Knowing Latin and having two years of Attic Greek gave me the strong foundation upon which I've built a career. I think the classical training, more than anything, has provided me with longevity.

Never, ever underestimate your readers. Everything you do registers.

Whoever heard of a neurotic frog? Where do humans get off thinking they're the pinnacle of evolution?

You can love more than one person at a time, and I don't give a damn what the self-help books say.

Tennis, imprisoned within fixed boundaries, a patch of an acre, a green rectangle, tries the human soul. A tennis court is like a coffin, only larger.

If we spent as much time feeling positive about getting older, as we do trying to stay young, how much different our lives would be.

Life was precious. Life was fragile. Here one moment, gone the next. Every second should be milked for all it's worth because you never know when the bottom was going to drop out.

They've been a thorn in our side, but we're playing for more than just revenge. We're coming out and playing for the Big Ten tournament championship. If we beat them, that'll be great.

I'm breathing out of my mouth and thinking things I have only seen on Netflix in the foreign-movie section.

Your negative actions will always speak over top of your kind words and only fools listen where the wise watch.

The world sits quiet, as if sighing and taking a long inhale after what seemed like forever with mankind and the noise pollution.

I just simply write as it moves me. I may be writing about a book or a movie or a person, places where I've been or something I've done. Or politics. It's going to what's on my mind at the moment

Dogs believe every stranger is a friend they haven't met yet. Cats wait for a proper invitation.

It's great if you're funny or if you can dance, but if you are kind and decent, it comes out your pores.

Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.

In many ways, September feels like the busiest time of the year: The kids go back to school, work piles up after the summer's dog days, and Thanksgiving is suddenly upon us.