Chesnutt Quotes & Sayings

The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our kind, and the next we see in them the reflection of the divine image. — Charles W. Chesnutt

I don't consider myself a songwriter, I've tried, I've written a few with friends but that's an art form I'm gonna leave to guys like Jimmy Ritchey and Kevin Fowler. — Mark Chesnutt

Other people write about the bling and the booty. I write about the pus and the gnats. To me, that's beautiful. — Vic Chesnutt

I'd been through crappy day jobs and stupid garage bands. I was determined to make it as a musician. — Paul Westerberg

There's time enough, but none to spare. — Charles W. Chesnutt

I let you discover my skin but you found a way under. — Katja Michael

Holy persons draw to themselves all that is earthly. — Hildegard Of Bingen

We sometimes underestimate the influence of little things — Charles W. Chesnutt

I don't need to relive my fears anymore. All I need to do now is try to overcome them. — Veronica Roth

Impossibilities are merely things of which we have not learned, or which we do not wish to happen. — Charles W. Chesnutt

As the index tells us the contents of stories and directs to the particular chapter, even so does the outward habit and superficial order of garments (in man or woman) give us a taste of the spirit, and demonstratively point (as it were a manual note from the margin) all the internal quality of the soul; and there cannot be a more evident, palpable, gross manifestation of poor, degenerate, dunghilly blood and breeding than a rude, unpolished, disordered, and slovenly outside. — Philip Massinger

I think I must write a book. It has been my cherished dream and I feel an influence that I cannot resist calling me to the task. — Charles W. Chesnutt

Race prejudice is the devil unchained. — Charles W. Chesnutt

As man sows, so shall he reap. In works of fiction, such men are sometimes converted. More often, in real life, they do not change their natures until they are converted into dust. — Charles W. Chesnutt

The witness' manner not only affects whether the testimony is believed; it determines whether it was even heard. When was the last time you tuned out someone that you did not like, or found yourself in a mental haze during a monotonous monologue? — Steven H. Goldberg

We make our customs lightly; once made, like our sins, they grip us in bands of steel; we become the creatures of our creation. — Charles W. Chesnutt

We are all puppets in the hands of fate and seldom see the strings ... — Charles W. Chesnutt

My first big show was with Tim McGraw and Mark Chesnutt, and that was overwhelming. There was probably 25,000 people there. I was nervous, (but it) was exhilarating. — Lee Ann Womack

Selfishness is the most constant of human motives. Patriotism, humanity, or the love of God may lead to sporadic outbursts sweep away the heaped-up wrongs of centuries; but they languish at times, while the love of self works on ceaselessly, unwearyingly,burrowing always at the very root of life, and heaping up fresh wrongs for other centuries to sweep away. — Charles W. Chesnutt

Sins, like chickens, come home to roost. — Charles W. Chesnutt

There are sordid souls that eat and drink and breed and die, and imagine they have lived. — Charles W. Chesnutt

Country Music has always changed for the times, if you listen to the recordings from the 50's to 60's to 70's, to now, the message is still there, basic down to earth songs about real people, it the music that's been updated. Some of it I like, but still prefer the traditional sound. — Mark Chesnutt

Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards. — Charles W. Chesnutt

The desire to win is born in most of us. The will to win is a matter of training. The manner of winning is a matter of honour. — Margaret Thatcher

Bubba shot the jukebox last night, said it played a sad song and it made him cry. — Mark Chesnutt