Demby And Sons Quotes & Sayings

You should know, my son, that that's what heroism is all about. No one's ever ready to be a hero - there's no way to prepare for it. Of course, you can practise till you're really good at running up to the gunport and have the knack of falling neatly across it on your chest - we teach all of that. But you can't teach anyone the actual inner act of heroism, it can only be performed. The more you wanted to live before, the better for the act of heroic sacrifice. — Victor Pelevin

Negro Slavery is an evil of Colossal magnitude and I am utterly averse to the admission of Slavery into the Missouri Territories. — John Adams

Me, following her home.
Her, thinking she's alone.
For hours, I watched her paint, sat in the darkness, and marveled. — Kenya Wright

Work is the price which is paid for reputation. — Baltasar Gracian

Everyone's going to have a better time if I'm not confused on stage about who I am. — Martina Sorbara

You can handle anything if you think you can. Just keep your cool and your sense of humor. — Smiley Blanton

As things get worse, poetry gets better because it becomes more necessary. — Eileen Myles