Delbert Black Quotes & Sayings

If we tread our vices under our feet, we make of them a ladder by which to rise to higher things. — Saint Augustine

Internal self-government under a local constitution was authorized by Congress and approved by the residents in 1952, but federal law is supreme in Puerto Rico and residents do not have voting representation in the Congress. — Dick Thornburgh

Staying alive is not enough to guarantee survival. Development is the best way to ensure survival. — Liu Cixin

If we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday at a time of presidential inaugurals, this is thanks to Ronald Reagan who created the holiday, and not to the Democratic Congress of the Carter years, which rejected it. — David Horowitz

It's not easy being Hugh Jackman, but he wears the attention better than anyone I've ever met. He treats every person he meets the same and finds joy in everything he does. The lesson I've learned is that if you work incredibly hard, and you're nice to everybody, you'll be fine. — Laura Donnelly

The birds and I share a natural history. It is a matter of rootedness, of living inside a place for so long that the mind and imagination fuse. — Terry Tempest Williams

I understand how families become estranged, not by design, but by embarrassment. You come to a point when so much time has passed that it seems impossible to make the first move — Michelle Richmond

I know that today, with a full tank, and with Annabel, that it's time to go. — Steven Herrick

When walking, you see things that you miss in a motor car or on the train. You give your mind space to ponder. — Tom Hodgkinson

If the borderline rage that had fueled me for so long was torn down and taken away, would there be anything left? Or would it take the life, the spirit, right out of me? I was daunted by the prospect of letting go without a clear idea of what would emerge in the old framework's place. — Rachel Reiland

Ignoring a Reality doesn't make it less Real. It's still going to happen. Being unprepared for something doesn't stop it from happening. — Yasmin Mogahed

We asked so many questions that the Teachers forbade it. — Ayn Rand

Nail me to my car and I'll tell you who you are — Chris Burden

Maybe they continued to agree with Archie Bunker - as I said earlier, you can't change people's minds, but you can get them to think. — Norman Lear