Ben Parkinson Quotes & Sayings

Always the path of American destiny has been into the unknown. Always there arose enough reserves of strength, balances of sanity, portions of wisdom to carry the nation through to a fresh start with ever-renewing vitality. — Carl Sandburg

I will say what I want to say. I had some homosexual experiences as a young person. — Michael Portillo

I have no axe to grind; only my thoughts to burnish. — George Santayana

Have you lost your hope? Have you remained inside the fog? Don't worry; even if you can't find it, a new hope will come and find you! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

From the time I moved to San Francisco in 1967 to play with the Steve Miller Band, there was a lot of support in the music community for one cause or another, but this one was special because it was put on by people who understood where musicians' hearts are. — Boz Scaggs

After all this atrocity, this is how human beings really pray. — Jacqueline Novogratz

In Los Angeles, it's always nice out. In New York, it can be nice out or horrifying. You really have no idea what you're going to get on any given day. — Bruce Eric Kaplan

Your greatest challenge is what you yourself bring to the platform each and every Sunday. — Bob Kauflin

I will quote Cioran (who is not yet a classic but will become one): "While they were preparing the hemlock, Socrates was learning a tune on the flute. 'What good will it do you,' they asked, 'to know this tune before you die? — Italo Calvino

Happy are the beloved and the lovers and those who can live without love. — Jorge Luis Borges

The single page of text was signed by the Winter Queen's official seal. I reread it three times.
You can't be serious. She's making you move in with me? — Kalayna Price

To be contemplative we must become converted to the consciousness that makes us one with the universe, in tune with the cosmic voice of God. — Joan D. Chittister

I was not a politician. — John Hewson

Men read maps better than women because only men can understand the concept of an inch equaling a hundred miles. — Roseanne Barr

One of these days some simple soul will pick up the book of God, read it, and believe it. Then the rest of us will be embarrassed. — Leonard Ravenhill