W.D. Frank Quotes

By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.

It's better to recall something you wish you'd said than something you wish you hadn't.

Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.

If you believe you have a foolproof system, you've failed to take into consideration the creativity of fools.

I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top.

Look at your life, everyone will always tell you you can't do sh@t, I'm proof you can do things

If I improve just a little bit every day, I'm a happier person

France and Italy have not yet signed this treaty or agreed to naval limitation as between those nations, but I have confidence that in time they will do so.

Mental illness is a very powerful thing. If it is with you it is probably going to be there until the day you die. I am trying so hard to break mine, but it is not easy. It is my toughest fight ever.

I am the world's worst salesman, therefore, I must make it easy for people to buy.

A conservative is a liberal who got mugged the night before.

Sometimes you got to get sick before you can feel better.

Doctor told me I've got two weeks to live. I said: "Can I have the last week in July and the 1st week in August?"

And in the evening, everywhere Along the roadside, up and down, I see the golden torches flare Like lighted street-lamps in the town.

You people with hearts,' he said once, 'have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful.

Festivals are weird, you never know what to expect so it's a bit more nerve wracking then playing your own show.

The result desired by the state is a wholly different one from that desired by parents, guardians, and pupils.

When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles.

When you take a lot of stick you want to ram it down people's throats.

I have never seen a player as driven and determined as me, quietly determined; that's why I always want to do the best.

One of the safest places to be in the world is the stage.

Knowing what to take out and what to leave in is what separates the men from the boys.

If you live in bad faith, lies will appear to you like the truth.

If you're a white kid growing up and you see a Black player and he's got the name of your college or your town across his chest, that means something.

Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.

In Hollywood, writers are considered only the first draft of human beings.

The first and foremost requisite of a good football player is that he must have a burning desire to play the game. There is absolutely no substitute for this.

I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work.

Your mind is totally controlled, it has been stuffed into my mold. And you will do as you are told, until the rights to you are sold.

To endure oneself may be the hardest task in the universe. You cannot hire a wise man or any other intellect to solve it for you. There's no writ of inquest or calling of witness to provide answers.

Both hurting and happiness make me feel more alive, but as I get older it seems that hurting's the low hanging fruit. So I pick it.

Let's not be too tough on our own ignorance. It's the thing that makes America great. If America weren't incomparably ignorant, how could we have tolerated the last eight years?

The Exorcist' is amazing because it recognizes that silences can be as powerful as sound effects.

Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.

I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.

A professional is one who does his best work when he feels the least like working.

No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to.

My dad shaped the footballing side of me, and Mum shaped me as a person. I've always been very close to her - we've only ever had one argument, and that was over something stupid when I was 13.

That's not a run in your stocking, it's a hand on your leg.

There are no shortcuts in life - only those we imagine.

Maybe a person's time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food.

Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve.

Fear is the enemy of logic.

I'm extremely compassionate, loving, all of those warm fuzzy things, but the outer shell doesn't project that all the time.

I looked up in the sky and trusted in God.

Governments can be useful to the governed only so long as inherent tendencies toward tyranny are restrained.

Prac­tice doesn’t make per­fect. It makes bet­ter.

There's always the feeling of getting stronger. I think that's what keeps me going.

We who oppose abortion do not oppose those who have had abortions; rather, we embrace them with forgiveness and peace.

To do is to be. -Descartes To be is to do. - Voltaire Do be do be do.