Dawanda Jackson Quotes & Sayings

I think that's so strange, because they do know that we're all actors and we perform things that have not necessarily anything to do with us personally. — Werner Klemperer

The lack of moral character is the number one problem in the black community today — Jesse Lee Peterson

When I sing, I always relive a part of my life. — Vittorio Grigolo

To Poetry"

Don't desert me
just because I stayed up last night
watching The Lost Weekend.

I know I've spent too much time
praising your naked body to strangers
and gossiping about lovers you betrayed.

I've stalked you in foreign cities
and followed your far-flung movements,
pretending I could describe you.

Forgive me for getting jacked on coffee
and obsessing over your features
year after jittery year.

I'm sorry for handing you a line
and typing you on a screen,
but don't let me suffer in silence.

Does anyone still invoke the Muse,
string a wooden lyre for Apollo,
or try to saddle up Pegasus?

Winged horse, heavenly god or goddess,
indifferent entity, secret code, stored magic,
pleasance and half wonder, hell,

I have loved you my entire life
without even knowing what you are
or how - please help me - to find you. — Edward Hirsch

The less I work, the happier I am. I discovered that, as most people discover at some point. — Robert Sean Leonard

Your smile is half-asses, Mr. Moore — Aubrey Morgan

When my son, James, was doing homework for school, he would have five or six windows open on his computer, Instant Messenger was flashing continuously, his cell phone was constantly ringing, and he was downloading music and watching the TV over his shoulder. I don't know if he was doing any homework, but he was running an empire as far as I could see, so I didn't really care. — Ken Robinson

Fumbling for a word is everybody's birthright. — Anthony Burgess

Of the uncertainties of our present state, the most dreadful and alarming is the uncertain continuance of reason. — Samuel Johnson

To take command, one must first create the illusion that command is already yours. — Denise Domning

Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it's really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues. — Howard Rheingold