Clemmons Quotes & Sayings

But even if the average life expectancy continued to increase by one year with each passing year, it would take forever for people to live forever, so probably no one would ever see it. — Jonathan Safran Foer

The alternative to forgiveness, but by no means its opposite, is punishment, and both have in common that they attempt to put an end to something that without interference could go on endlessly. It is therefore quite significant, a structural element in the realm of human affairs, that men are unable to forgive what they cannot punish and that they are unable to punish what has turned out to be unforgivable. — Hannah

The language of distinction ceases to be available; is no longer available. We must search CD Rom for meanings which once were clear, but now are obscure. The words are too big for the narrow column of the contemporary newspaper. We are all one-syllable people now, two at most. So we mumble and stumble into our futures. But it is still our task and our reward to scavenge through the universe , picking up the detritus of lost concepts, dusting them down, making them shine. Latin was the best polishing cloth of all, but we threw it away. — Fay Weldon

Love's kind of like sweet tea. The secret is all in having the patience to let it steep. ~ Pearl Clemmons (Sweet Tea and Secrets) — Nancy Naigle

In Guy's mind, "I'm smarter than you are," must always be equal to "I'm righter than you are. — Travis Clemmons

No, my dear," he said at last, softly, knowing it was only the truth. "I would rather have you than any ship in the Navy. — Naomi Novik

The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue. — George Herbert

just thinkin' a fine — Caroline Clemmons

the president began dictating what became his famous declaration of hope for "a world founded upon four essential human freedoms" - freedom of speech and expression; freedom of religion; freedom from want; and freedom from fear. These were, he said, not a vision for "a distant millennium" but "a definite basis for a kind of world attainable in our own time and generation. — Douglas Brinkley

Let's go for our dreams and be stronger than any obstacles. — Christy Birmingham

We have a slate of four films. From Karen Young - the USA bestselling author - we have Blood Bayou. Again, we're relying on the story to tell itself and the characters tell it and not (relying on) shock value. It's a suspenseful drama ... The best way I can describe it is Pelican Brief meets Time to Kill. — Drew Waters

My wardrobe consisted entirely of girly clothing for a reason. Some of it was goth-girly, and some of it was preppy-girly, but the grand unifying theme was, say it with me, GIRLY. — Gordon Clemmons

Only you know who you were born to be and you need to be free to be that person. — Ruby Rose

Intellectual capital includes everything an organization knows. That can be ideas, different kinds of knowledge, and innovations. The bottom line, though, is that it's knowledge that an organization can turn into profit. — Melissie Clemmons Rumizen

Well, I see myself in the same business but a lot more successful and doing more movies maybe behind the camera. I plan to do some growing in this industry and take it as far as I can. — Matthew McGrory

The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become. — Mark Twain

There's a kind of permission for war which can be given only by the world's mood and atmosphere, the feel of its pulse. It would be madness to undertake a war without that permission. — Jean Giraudoux

An new idea is rarely born like Venus attended by graces. More commonly it's modeled of baling wire and acne. More commonly it wheezes and tips over. — Marge Piercy