Chessie Dog Quotes & Sayings

People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised. — Desmond Tutu

I always was a rebel ... but on the other hand, I wanted to be loved and accepted ... and not just be a loudmouth, lunatic, poet, musician. But I cannot be what I am not. — John Lennon

Well ... you know, I would wake up with a terrible hangover in a jail somewhere and worst part was that I would not know why I was there. — Colin Quinn

As long as you turn out smarter then me, kid, then I know I can die happy. — Various

I realize now that taking drugs was like taking an aspirin without having a headache. — Paul McCartney

Life can only be enjoyed as one acquires a true perspective of life and death and of the real purpose of life. — Spiros Zodhiates

How could Mark be halfway across the world when she would have sworn he'd been in this room with her only seconds ago? — Teresa Medeiros

The years I spent paying my dues are in the background, and so are my concerns about whether my performance is good or bad. — Alan Arkin

That image of Joan of Arc burning up in a fire burned inside me like a new religion. Her face skyward. Her faith muscled up like a holy war. And always the voice of a father in her head. Like me. Jesus. What is a thin man pinned to wood next to the image of a burning woman warrior ablaze? I took the image of a burning woman into my heart and left belief to the house of father forever. — Lidia Yuknavitch

I want to write because I have the urge to excel in one medium of translation and expression of life. I can't be satisfied with the colossal job of merely living. Oh, no, I must order life in sonnets and sestinas and provide a verbal reflector for my 60-watt lighted head. — Sylvia Plath

And when wind and winter harden
All the loveless land,
It will whisper of the garden,
You will understand. — Oscar Wilde

The growth of property and the desire for its transmission to children was, in reality, the moving power which brought in monogamy to insure legitimate heirs, and to limit their number to the actual progeny of the married pair. — Lewis Henry Morgan

The pervasiveness of guns in our society is destroying America. — Alan Dershowitz

Writers who go outside the lines when they draw pictures of the world are seldom rewarded for their efforts. — Jennifer Stone

I'm very fond of Tennessee Williams' plays, and when my husband and I went to New Orleans in the late 1970s, we saw 'A Street Car Named Desire.' — Ruth Rendell