Delano Quotes & Sayings

Someone told me to dumb my poetry down, but I told them I can't because I don't have a smart phone. — Delano Johnson

It is really quite amazing that all of the folks supporting privatization, from the president on down, keep invoking the name of my grandfather, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. — James Roosevelt

I love poetry, but I often wonder how poetry feels about me. — Delano Johnson

Lady Liberty has an unacceptable history. — Delano Johnson

The Modern Day Black Woman, an Outcast of American Society — Delano Johnson

When you're following your dreams, you quickly learn who wants you to succeed and who desires to see you fail. Pay attention and stay focused on what's important. — Delano Johnson

I met senators, diplomats and the President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. — Jean Craighead George

Let thy words be few. I agree, but only if my ink can relentlessly run. — Delano Johnson

My emotions have already spilled out on a canvas; I need you my king, to rescue me from the madness! — Delano Johnson

You broke the key to my heart, now you will forever be trapped within. — Delano Johnson

We simply can't feel fulfilled by love we pay for. — Delano Johnson

Poetry listens to me when I am silent and understands me when no one else seems to be able to. — Delano Johnson

The beauty of words will forever be stronger than the silence of tears. — Delano Johnson

Love lives within her smile, so we smile together, for love always gives us a reason. — Delano Johnson

My heart is hidden inside poetry's demesne. — Delano Johnson

Language-lovers know that there is a word for every fear. Are you afraid of wine? Then you have oenophobia. Tremulous about train travel? You suffer from siderodromophobia. Having misgivings about your mother-in-law is pentheraphobia, and being petrified of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth is arachibutyrophobia. And then there's Franklin Delano Roosevelt's affliction, the fear of fear itself, or phobophobia. — Steven Pinker

Frequent friction when love becomes political. — Delano Johnson

My own special relationship with America began at an early age. My father, a fellow journalist, named me after Franklin Delano Roosevelt. — Lionel Barber

Never look back's a good motto in our line of business. Too many bloody ghosts following. — Jaime Delano

Can somebody please explain how humans can be so inhumane? — Delano Johnson

My father was a Republican, and he couldn't stand what Franklin Delano Roosevelt was doing to the country. I always say I'm a mean-spirited narrow-minded right-wing, conservative Christian ... I start out with that, and if you don't like it, you can lump it. I am not politically correct. — Jane Russell

Joys circular fulfillment was so persistent, when I was weak it gave me strength. — Delano Johnson

If you want to be happy in life, keep all of your commitments and don't expect other people to keep any of theirs. — Roger Delano Hinkins

I want my life to make a positive difference to the kids.
I want to be a good husband to my wife,
I want my children to speak about what daddy did.
When my life is close to over, I hope God is proud of me. — Delano Johnson

When I approached 'Animal Man,' I approached it as if it wasn't a reboot, as if the Grant Morrison and Jamie Delano stuff happened. I mean, as much as I could make it all make sense, it still all happened. — Jeff Lemire

What have you done to yourself? You look different - sort of sinister.'

'Good. I feel sinister. — Jamie Delano

If you want to make true love to me, take this paper and fill up the white space in-between the blue lines. — Delano Johnson

The biggest lie in choosing is, "I can't." That is simply not true. We can do anything we want If we don't do something, it is because we have committed our time, energy and resources somewhere else. — Roger Delano Hinkins

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the new president. He won in a landslide. Landslide makes me think of rocks and dirt falling down a mountain. Not sure what that has to do with an election. But maybe it does. My papa voted. He is a pebble. Lots of pebbles make a landslide, right? His vote counted.

Roosevelt will move into the White House and will have a fine supper to celebrate, I guess. Papa had cornbread and buttermilk and beans with his friends at my house. I bet papa enjoyed his celebration more. — Sharon M. Draper

If Franklin Delano Roosevelt became convinced tomorrow that coming out for cannibalism would get him the votes he needs so sorely, he would begin fattening a missionary in the White House yard come Wednesday. — H.L. Mencken

Once upon a season,
a heart was kissed by poetry.
That very same heart grew into a magnificent tree.
Its branches were made of pure honesty
as love grew from its leaves.
Its history was composed of you and I. — Delano Johnson

If I can't spend the rest of my life with you, I will live alone. — Delano Johnson

I cry looking at our reality, through slave eyes. I bet they would say our generation has crossed the line. — Delano Johnson

The war, however, and the rhetoric that accompanied it created an urgency in the black community to call in the long overdue debt their country owed them. "Men of every creed and every race, wherever they lived in the world" were entitled to "Four Freedoms": freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear, Roosevelt said, addressing the American people in his 1941 State of the Union address. — Margot Lee Shetterly

Forever, if she promises to never part the ocean where the river sings. — Delano Johnson

I don't want to go negative on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but he didn't pass an economic deal in the first 100 days. We have passed the largest Recovery Act in the history of the country. — Rahm Emanuel

There are times I look around and it seems the world is so ugly, and I just can't seem to see the earth's natural beauty anymore, but when my eyes look up to the ethereal sky, I am reminded of the major contrast between Gods brilliant creations and human beings man-made imitations, and there is no comparison. — Delano Johnson

Above all, look for the loving, which is how all of this works. Without love, no matter what else we have, it will not work. And if we have love, no matter what else we do not have, it will work. — Roger Delano Hinkins

I have a kind heart, I'm in love. It gets deeper with every kiss and every hug. — Delano Johnson

The promise of Social Security was reflected in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inter-generational compact that rewards hard work and provides retirement security. — Christine Pelosi

My love we spend so much time together that time is insuffcient to my satisifaction simply because there is not enough time to spend with you! — Delano Johnson

Ah yes, jobs. Once upon a time, souls were traded for immortality or riches. Now we are bought and sold with the promise of jobs. The human spirit is devalued currency. How the devil must be laughing. — Jamie Delano

People should learn the names of things. They're more important when you know what they're called -- harder to forget. - Constantine — Jamie Delano

We are one soul only separated by sin. — Delano Johnson

A relationship is more likely to succeed if positive attributes are confidently set in place and adhered to. — Delano Johnson

It's only a book until someone loses their soul! — Delano Johnson

We should honor Franklin Delano Roosevelt today as the greatest commander in chief of the Armed Forces of the United States in our history, bar none - including President Lincoln. — Nigel Hamilton

I think people should put more emphasis on love, family, and caring for other people. We focus so much on the negative and bad in life, we need to focus more on the positive and happy things. — Delano Johnson

Miracles happen, lyrical inhalation of poetry, you will not stop my words from breathing. — Delano Johnson

The trouble that public unions could potentially cause for citizens was one reason that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, hero of Democrats and union organizers alike, opposed them for government workers. Republican Fiorello La Guardia, a great mayor of New York, opposed them, too. Unlike in the private sector, where unions were a needed counterweight to strong management, in the public sector unions had a big say in selecting management through the election process. As a result, they had a lot of power on both sides of the labor-management negotiating process. Roosevelt and La Guardia thus feared that, when government officials and unions battled over power, citizens could lose out. — Joel Klein

When the darkness arrives at the doorstep of the light, it should be a moment of celebration and acceptance, not an excuse for more separation. — Delano Johnson

I love to hold your hand.
I take pride in the world knowing
that I am the worthy man. — Delano Johnson

All that political stuff Delano was doing. Me, I've gone off the top, into total fantasy. — Eddie Campbell

I do not pursue yesterday's wishes, for you are true. No illusions can illustrate your illustrious truth. My Queen, just look at you. — Delano Johnson

Facts are facts: No president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the Great Depression inherited a worse economy, bigger job losses or deeper problems from his predecessor. But President Obama is moving America forward, not back. — Martin O'Malley

When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt died, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was comforted by a piece of poetry given to her by a friend: They are not dead who live in lives they leave behind: In those whom they have blessed they live a life again.2 — Mark Batterson

I eat words for breakfast, almost savagely. Webster and Dictionary are mad at me. — Delano Johnson

Love was not pleased at first sight.
In fact, she only pointed at her shattered pieces
scattered upon the floor.
Inquiring, would I be willing to fight,
once for evermore! — Delano Johnson

Fathers are no longer men, most are only boys who pretend. — Delano Johnson

My poetry gives you more, when my heart is demure. — Delano Johnson

Beautiful princesses and beautiful, strong queens are brainwashed into thinking ho's and B****'s are virtuous titles. — Delano Johnson

Our only president who has died as U.S. commander in chief in war is Franklin Delano Roosevelt - who died of a cerebral hemorrhage or massive stroke on April 12, 1945, only three weeks before the unconditional surrender of the German armed forces he had laid down as implacable Allied policy two years before. — Nigel Hamilton

I love my babies! Their happiness is mine! — Delano Johnson

Poetry is more than just art, it's like super glue to a broken heart. It can also be a light when your life seems a little dark. — Delano Johnson

FDR's struggle with illness and subsequent metal-filled life are remarkably similar to the story of another great leader who was part robot: Iron Man. FDR, much like Tony Stark, was cocky and arrogant before his life-changing diagnosis, but the years of suffering changed all of that, and he emerged more humble, more fearless, and ready to defend America. Also, FDR wore iron braces and used a wheelchair, which, for the purposes of this comparison, is exactly like a well-armed robot suit. — Daniel O'Brien

With no small interest, Captain Delano continued to watch her
a proceeding not much facilitated by the vapors partly mantling the hull, through which the far matin light from her cabin streamed equivocally enough; much like the sun
by this time hemisphered on the rim of the horizon, and, apparently, in company with the strange ship entering the harbor
which, wimpled by the same low, creeping clouds, showed not unlike a Lima intriquante's one sinister eye peering across the Plaza from the Indian loop-hole of her dusk saya-y-manta. — Herman Melville

Your imagination is yours. You can remember the past you choose, rehearse the future you want, and identify with the real and fictional heroes and events of your selection. — Roger Delano Hinkins

I think about and consider God's feelings before the people's or even my own. — Delano Johnson

Poetry can take you places that were once only traveled by your imagination. — Delano Johnson

Only God and His angels can hear our hearts duet. — Delano Johnson

To me and the rest of the world your poetry is a gift. — Delano Johnson

Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said, "America's greatest contribution to the world is the summer camp." Anyone — Susan Wiggs

Vertically, I climb your body's majestic rhyme. — Delano Johnson

I make wishes, but she says never be afraid to take chances. — Delano Johnson

Lily white's petals are at my feet anticipating the moment in which adventure and odyssey meet. — Delano Johnson

Love is serious and tolerant. Magnificent and noble. — Delano Johnson

I wish that I could fly into the sky and touch the clouds with my hands. — Delano Johnson

As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt learned when he tried to pack the Supreme Court, the three branches of government are coequal for a reason. Neither the executive branch or the legislative branch should use the third branch to a pursue a partisan agenda. — Dan Pfeiffer

I have always put love before money, that is the reason why I am a man that is rich with love, and my heart is content with that. — Delano Johnson

Somebody stop the world. I'm scared and I want to get off. — James Delano

Stop the tape, cut the paper! I will just write another poem and grab a microphone and push record again! — Delano Johnson

When you're attuned to Spirit, there is nothing in the outer world that matters. — Roger Delano Hinkins

Criminal justice is what happens after a complicated series of events has gone bad. It is the end result of failure
the failure of a group of people that sometimes includes, but is never limited to, the accused person. — Paul Delano Butler

My parents came from Russia and suddenly they wound up in Boston, Massachusetts, Brookline, Massachusetts and they felt the sun rose and set on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's backside because he meant so much to them. This was freedom. This was something totally different from the Russia they had left. — Mike Wallace

Poets should never stop writing, because their words could be a powerful inspiration to someone else, whether it be now or 100 years from today. — Delano Johnson

Nothing succeeds like persistence. The common denominator of all successful people is their persistence. — Roger Delano Hinkins

There are bursts of things like Abraham Lincoln or Ronald Reagan or Franklin Delano Roosevelt or same-sex marriage that change very much what we thought we were all about. — Cass Sunstein

Her magnificence is deeper than skin. — Delano Johnson

When you are in a state of nonacceptance, it's difficult to learn. A clenched fist cannot receive a gift, and a clenched psyche grasped tightly against the reality of what must not be accepted cannot easily receive a lesson. — Roger Delano Hinkins

their installations. Once a wiretap was approved, Hoover considered it approved forever. Hoover had asserted that the FBI was free to install bugs at will, without informing a higher authority. He told Katzenbach that this power had been granted him in perpetuity by Franklin Delano Roosevelt a quarter of a century ago. — Tim Weiner

A dalliance with poetry before we dance. — Delano Johnson

Perfect bliss, from just the thought of you next to me. — Delano Johnson

It had seemed a funny story as she told it, both that morning by the waterfall and later at dinner, when she repeated it to the photographer and the agency man and the fashion coordinator for the client. Maria tried now to put what happened in Encino into the same spirited perspective, but Ceci Delano's situation seemed not to apply. In the end it was just a New York story. — Joan Didion

Poetry fights against the injustice of this world. Poetry's truths are ageless. — Delano Johnson

If you see me alone with my pen don't get to close to me. I'm writing words that will someday set me free. — Delano Johnson

I love to just stare at my wife; she is the most beautiful woman I have ever laid my eyes on. After all of these years, her smile still does something special to my heart. — Delano Johnson

America is distorting the image of what a real family looks like;
and it has nothing to do with love. DON'T LET THEM ERASE US. — Delano Johnson

A rebel to what's cool, I don't follow trends, maybe that's why I don't have many friends, but I know my destination. — Delano Johnson

I close my eyes to indulge and reminisce of a sunset that never existed. — Delano Johnson

Men take care of your responsibilities with maturity. — Delano Johnson