Blackwell Quotes & Sayings

I am running for Governor of the great state of Ohio and welcome your support. — Kenneth Blackwell

The reason it takes us from November the second to December the sixth to certify is because we have a very tedious, very comprehensive process where we audit by precinct, across the state, every vote that was cast to make sure that every vote that was legally cast is counted. — Kenneth Blackwell

The cat's not hurting you, Oscar. Get a grip."
"Mistress, make it stop looking at me!"
I pulled up to a stoplight and assessed my posse.
"Cat, stop it. Oscar doesn't want to be your friend." At the sound of my voice, the feline shifted it's gaze to me.
"There," I said to Oscar. "All better."
Keeping its eyes on me, the cat moved with stealthy determination, climbing into Oscar's lap.
"Mistress!"
"Stop it, both of ya'll," I said as the light changed. — Juliet Blackwell

Your breakdown is just a divine set-up for your breakout, which leads to an irrevocable breakthrough. — Hope D. Blackwell

Just think of what would have happened to poor old Naaman if he had decided to dunk himself only once? — Lawana Blackwell

None of us can know what we are capable of until we are tested. — Elizabeth Blackwell

Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation. — Lawana Blackwell

For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women. — Elizabeth Blackwell

Success in relationships takes death to the flesh. Singles stop begging for what you won't die for and couples start dying so your marriage can live. — Hope D. Blackwell

Did you wake up on the stupid side of the bed this morning? — Tammy Blackwell

The gross perversion and destruction of motherhood by the abortionist filled me with indignation, and awakened active antagonism. That the honorable term 'female physician' should be exclusively applied to those women who carried on this shocking trade seemed to me a horror. It was an utter degradation of what might and should become a noble position for women. — Elizabeth Blackwell

Not to alarm you or anything, but I think you just made a deal with a Mexican gang. I've read Simone Elkeles books. I know how this whole garage as a front thing works. — Tammy Blackwell

People were threatened, folks was put in jail just because we wanted people to try to register to vote. — Unita Blackwell

When we live daily with the aspiration to do everything we do with love, our days will never be lacking. — Trish Blackwell

It seems that many people who are deficient in character have an overabundance of charm. I — Lawana Blackwell

It was a family joke that Lydia's domestic tendencies were somehow misplaced when she was created. — Lawana Blackwell

Trying to preach to the world and simultaneously be accepted and elevated in it leads to a diluted message and lifestyle of compromise and contradiction. — Hope D. Blackwell

The answer to all of life's problems are out there somewhere its just a question of finding the right book — Tammy Blackwell

Could I pass a week in the insane ward at Blackwell's Island? I said I could and I would. And I did. — Nellie Bly

I like this town, it's really great. They've put me in The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. This town is about music. It's about the kind of music I like. — Otis Blackwell

The effort of Reince Priebus and the RNC to reach out to movement conservatives has been impressive and will, I believe pay great dividends come election time — Ken Blackwell

I can't be what you need me to be." The whisper sounded as if it had been wrung out of him.
A pronounced ache settled in her chest, but she wasn't going to let this fragile thing they were starting end here and now. She wasn't a quitter.
"Then I'll take whatever you can give me. — Tammy Blackwell

Embrace your fears. Don't let them keep you from moving forward. — Trish Blackwell

You know, Jesse Jackson is just trying to stir up a hornet's nest. — Kenneth Blackwell

I'm Lily Ivory, and this is my friend Sailor."
"You sail?"
"No. It's my name, not my avocation. — Juliet Blackwell

When we persue happiness for it's own sake, it's like chasing the end of a rainbow. It will always elude us. It is when we're committed to some higher purpose that happiness somehow breaks through and comes to dwell with us. — Lawana Blackwell

How are you feeling?" Charlie asked, adding a small bottle of V-8 juice to the bedside table.
"Like I just sat through an entire Justin Bieber concert."
"Headache and nausea?
"And an overwhelming desire to die. — Tammy Blackwell

I don't blame you," Genevieve said. "Sunnyvale isn't exactly Paris. — Juliet Blackwell

No punching?" he asked.
"No."
"No kicking?"
"No."
"How about arm wrestling?"
"No. And before you ask, we've avoided Slug Bug, Slap Bets, and any and all Dance-Offs."
Fate Succumbs — Tammy Blackwell

Any positive thinker is compelled to see everything in the light of his own convictions. — Antoinette Brown Blackwell

When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost interest. Eventually, I regained it and started writing songs. — Otis Blackwell

Whatever you want to see in those you lead, you have to be willing to be to those you lead. — Hope D. Blackwell

You've got to be buried before you can blossom. — Hope D. Blackwell

Actions have consequences. — Morton Blackwell

It is not easy to be a pioneer - but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for all the riches in the world. — Elizabeth Blackwell

Plants live; how much they feel and enjoy, who shall say? — Antoinette Brown Blackwell

Strong efforts have been made in Ohio to curb the authoritarianism of our Secretary of State, Kenneth Blackwell, as he has purged people from lists in our State in particular precincts where voters are heavily minority. — Marcy Kaptur

Guys like Otis Blackwell and Bobby Darin, and all the guys who were writing songs for Elvis at the time, just hanging around, writing songs, talking about music. — Johnny Rivers

The mind can absorb no more than the seat can endure. — Morton Blackwell

Don't fully trust anyone until he has stuck with a good cause which he saw was losing. — Morton Blackwell

Christopher Argent kept stealing disbelieving looks at Farah, his blue eyes reflecting the ambient glow like an alley cat's. Dorian understood why the man would dare in his presence.
First, because Christopher Argent was an unfeeling, fearless killer-for-hire.
And second, because most of the incarcerated men at Newgate had considered Dougan's Fairy some mythical creature, a sight too rare and beautiful to be beheld by a common man. Maybe even a fancy born of an imagination keen enough to take possession of the prison. To meet her was to gaze upon a fantasy realized, to remember the desperate yearnings of a lonely prisoner bereft of kindness, mercy, or beauty. To be blinded by the embodiment of all three of those things. For a man like Argent, one born to incarceration, the sight might have him reassessing some long-held cynical philosophies. — Kerrigan Byrne

Who are we to say what's right for civilizations that were already thousands of years old when our own nation came into being? — Unita Blackwell

And it had come from God, she was certain, for He answered most of her prayers that way. Unobtrusively. Quietly. — Lawana Blackwell

Ask yourself something. Have you ever thought about why guys want you gone the next day? It's not because they've got things to do, though I'm sure there are a few assholes who think like that, either because they repeated the folly so often they learned to bury the guilt or because they didn't have a conscience to begin with but, truthfully, it's because they can't stand to look at the reason they feel a hole in their chest. They don't like reminders of who helped put that sick feeling in the pits of their stomachs. As long as they had a decent mama, the guilt is always substantial. Always. If they say differently, they're liars. - Spencer Blackwell, GREED — Fisher Amelie

Moral outrage is the most powerful motivating force in politics. — Morton Blackwell

Outings are so much more fun when we can savor them through the children's eyes. — Lawana Blackwell

Mr. Darwin ... has failed to hold definitely before his mind the principle that the difference of sex, whatever it may consist in, must itself be subject to natural selection and to evolution. — Antoinette Brown Blackwell

Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives. — Lawana Blackwell

In my suffrage work, I learned beyond question that the news coming through the great press agencies was colored and distorted; and if this has been done on one subject, it has doubtless been done on others. A good many women, I think, learned a wholesome distrust of press reports during the suffrage struggle. — Alice Stone Blackwell

The big shots are not the only ones who are important. Remember, you can't sell anything on Wall Street unless someone digs it up somewhere else first. — Unita Blackwell

But of course Anton turned out to be brave and strong, and so he died while he was still unlikable. — Elise Blackwell

There's no job too big to benefit from a small town person's perspective, I discovered, just as there's no town too small for thinking big. — Unita Blackwell

most of the books available in Kindle Unlimited are from self-publishers, and most of them are unknown to you. — Max Blackwell

The 'sitch'? Did you watch that Kim Possible movie again? You know it only makes you sad that you don't have a naked mole-rat of your very own.'
'One, I've been watching Buffy, not Kim Possible. And two, it is so not fair that Dad won't let me get a Rufus when he lets Angel keep that stupid turtle. — Tammy Blackwell

Three smiling men the size of Wisconsin were squeezed into the cab. — Juliet Blackwell

A stable movement requries a healthy, reciprocal I.O.U. flow among its participants. Don't keep a careful tally. — Morton Blackwell

Don't be too nice to him," I teased. "He'll never leave. — Juliet Blackwell

Free's my favorite price. — Juliet Blackwell

It is a turn of events that highlights a certain human arrogance about our destructive powers. It is only hubris to imagine that we can destroy nature, or the world. It is the mirror image of the industrialist's egotistical desire to exploit and control it. And it is true that we can kill off continents of forest and destroy species by the thousands, and even wreak climate change. But once we're gone, the rest of nature will rush on, as it has after so many other cataclysms, growing over and through and out of us. The apocalypse we can create is for ourselves and for our cousins, but not for life on Earth. — Andrew Blackwell

Who's no longer an infant," Luc said. "Lily and I are ... 'friends' ... as well. As a matter of fact, she and I were trying on corsets together, just last night."
I rolled my eyes.
"You were doing what?" Max demanded.
"It's an ancient bonding ritual," I said, annoyed with both men. What were they, thirteen years old? "Invoked to ward off childish displays of sibling rivalry. Obviously it didn't work."
Bronwyn laughed, and Luc smiled a crooked smile. — Juliet Blackwell

Have you ever chopped down something with an ax? Not fun. I now have serious doubts regarding George Washington and his cherry tree. — Tammy Blackwell

To make a small town achieve its potential, you need everybody. When a blind person carries a crippled person who can see, both of them get where they're going. — Unita Blackwell

Each layer is marked with the name of a child. First child takes off first layer, and passes it to next child named. Until finally the name on the last layer is the one to receive gift." "That's a — Juliet Blackwell

The brain is not, and cannot be, the sole or complete organ of thought and feeling. — Antoinette Brown Blackwell

Don't stop walking with God to question Him, but ask Him questions as you walk with Him. — Hope D. Blackwell

True repentance means making amends with the person when at all possible. — Lawana Blackwell

Running a farm is about solving a problem, and that's always interesting to me. But it's a constant process. — Chris Blackwell

And we have the most scrutinized election system in the United States, and we have met every test. — Kenneth Blackwell

A promise kept is trust coming to life. A promise kept is more powerful than a good intention, a thought or any material comfort. A promise kept tells the other person they are valued, respected and loved. — Alex Blackwell

Life is less about our experience, or the circumstances that occurred, and more about what we extrapolate from those experiences. — Trish Blackwell

[On sex:] ... the total deprivation of it produces irritability. — Elizabeth Blackwell

I want to be someone she respects. Admires. But in order for that to happen, I'm going to have to change. To become stronger. As strong as her. — Amy Plum

I was halfway across town when I realized I was heading toward a Wax Museum in a vintage Mustang convertible with a baby, a pig, and a mandragora in tow.
Land sakes. Was it just me, or was I getting weirder all the time? — Juliet Blackwell

If human justice is to supplement Nature's provisions, all family duties must be shared equitably, in person or by proxy. — Antoinette Brown Blackwell

I must have something to engross my thoughts, some object in life which will fill this vacuum, and prevent this sad wearing away of the heart. — Elizabeth Blackwell

The problem was, Jase can be a lot like sunshine and rainbows. When he's shining, there is truly nothing better. When all of his smiles and attention are just for you, the world is a brighter, happier place. But like sunshine and rainbows, he has a tendency to disappear without warning and stay gone for a very long time. — Tammy Blackwell

Don't treat good guys like you treat bad guys. — Morton Blackwell

As the soap slid through sparse curls and into the cleft between her thighs, ribbons of unexpected sensation stirred from her most intimate flesh and unfurled across the expanse of her skin. Her mouth dropped open, but she caught the moan before it escaped.
Their gazes collided, the flames in his eyes darkened as his pupils dilated.
He knew. Though he could see nothing, he knew exactly where her fingers drifted, and precisely where the soap slicked over already moistened skin.
Despite her mortification, Farah also marveled. She'd been bathing for almost three decades and, while she'd found a tremor of pleasure whilst lingering here, it had never been so achingly insistent, so full of demand and promise.
That demand, those promises, were mirrored in the stare of Dorian Blackwell. — Kerrigan Byrne

You know I never lie ... "
I raised an eyebrow.
" ... about dancing." he amended with a crooked grin. — Juliet Blackwell

Oh, Dougan, why send me this dark horse?' Farah inwardly railed. 'Why ask the devil in the flesh to find and protect me?'
Young Dougan couldn't have known how the man in front of her would affect her. How dangerous he truly was, because of the reckless impulses pouring through her veins and settling in the most secret of places.
He couldn't have known how much Dorian Blackwell secretly thrilled her. How his eyes on her made her feel helpless and powerful at the same time. — Kerrigan Byrne

I'm intent on marketing Jamaica. Jamaica has the best coffee, the best sugar, the best ginger and some of the best cocoa in the world. — Chris Blackwell

Plants give us clean air and beauty and sustenance, and, perhaps most important, they represent eternal life. Even when they die they rise again. Their vibrations are green and bright. All as it was meant to be. I — Juliet Blackwell

Oh. Too bad. Well, all's quiet so far. There was a heckuva lot goin' on last night, though. Think it might be one o' them poultry heists."
"Poultry heist? Someone's stealing chickens?" I asked.
Maya nudged me. "He means poltergeists. — Juliet Blackwell

Liam gets to be Sirius."
Jase shook his head.
"Sirius dies."
"Lupin?"
"Also dies."
"A Weasley twin?"
"Liam isn't that funny, and Fred dies."
I searched over the entire cast ofHarry Potter.
"All the cool people die."
"Which is why we should stick to Star Wars and Jedi. What kind of cool team name would we get if we went with the wizards? Team Gryffindor?"
"Or, you know, Order of the Phoenix."
"I think we're more like Dumbledore's Army," was Talley's sleepy reply. "Although, we're more like Liam's Army. — Tammy Blackwell

I got behind that pencil and nothing happened for many years, but since they put me in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, I've turned around. I took a good look at myself and said, I think it's time to get back at work. — Otis Blackwell

Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both. — Alice Stone Blackwell

Change depends on people knowing the truth. Change depends on people speaking that truth out loud. That's what movements do. Movements educate people to the truth. They pass along information and ideas that many others do not know, and they cause them to ask questions, to challenge their own long-held beliefs ... Movements are the way ordinary people get more freedom and justice. Movements are how we keep a check on power and those who abuse it. — Unita Blackwell

Keep your eye on the main chance and don't stop to kick every barking dog. — Morton Blackwell

If something breaks when you're out crossing oceans, your choices are to fix it, replace it, or do without it. — Daria Blackwell

Whatever such rites entailed, the madness of Dionysus was widely accepted as a religious practice. Indeed, it was one of the few ways women were able to obtain a measure of freedom in an otherwise limited public sphere. Was — Elizabeth Blackwell

How fortunate for you that the water obscures so much." Blackwell shifted in his chair, his knees falling wider and his nostrils flaring.
"Would Dougan Mackenzie forgive this coercion?" she challenged, doing her best to ignore the stirrings of her own body. "If you owe him as much as you claim, would he not wish you to spare my modesty?"
The spark of heat in his eyes died for a moment, before flaring brighter than ever. "When we meet in hell, I'll ask his forgiveness. — Kerrigan Byrne

I am not the sort of person about whom stories are told. Those of humble birth suffer their heartbreaks and celebrate their triumphs unnoticed by the bards, leaving no trave in the fables of their time. — Elizabeth Blackwell

You know I wouldn't know a Louis Vuitton from a Louis L'Amour — Juliet Blackwell

You cannot make friends of your enemies by making enemies of your friends. — Morton Blackwell

I used to go down every year for the remembrance of Elvis' birthday. Memphis State College invited me to sit in the auditorium and speak to the people for one of those Elvis days. — Otis Blackwell

Your Obstacle Is Your Miracle — Hope D. Blackwell

Take full ownership if your thoughts, then you can start taking full ownership of your life and the impact you will make with it. — Trish Blackwell

I felt more than ever the necessity of my mission. But I went home out of spirits, I hardly know why. I must work by myself all life long. — Elizabeth Blackwell

The fact of the matter is that they are entitled to request a recount. We're entitled to give them a recount. — Kenneth Blackwell

School sucks. I'm dropping out and becoming a truck stop waitress. I think i'll change my name to Flo and get a really bad perm. Flo the truck stop waitress with a bad perm doesn't need high school. She lives off the knowledge of life. — Tammy Blackwell