Dre Parker Quotes & Sayings

The past is to be respected and acknowledged, but not worshipped; it is our future in which we will find our greatness. — Pierre Trudeau

I learned how to scuba dive, which is something that I've always wanted to do. — Minka Kelly

For flowers that bloom about our feet;
For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;
For song of bird, and hum of bee;
For all things fair we hear or see,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee! — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Knowledge was more powerful than fear. Love was stronger than hate. — Lauren Myracle

I smoke to fill the potholes in my soul — Bill Hicks

Do you think trees are the new birds? Don't answer that right away. — Julie Klausner

My feeling about school was that it interfered with my reading. — Linda Ronstadt

I like reading in a pub rather than a library or study, as it's generally much easier to get a drink. — Pete McCarthy

My grandmother's unkindness, for instance, was the result of repressed grief over three deaths: her parents, before she was twelve, and her firstborn child. I don't recall ever seeing her smile. She was critical of everything and everyone. Table manners, posture, diction, wardrobe. My aunt, her mother's staunchest defender, often reminded us that my grandmother suffered from accumulated sorrow, bottled up since childhood and cloaked in intellect and intolerance as she grew older. She was never able to grieve fully or mourn the amassed losses, my aunt had said. If we repress our grief, over time, it's bound to harden the heart. — Nancy Cobb

Love yourself and your expression, you can't go wrong. — KRS-One

Who could believe an ant in theory? A giraffe in blueprint? Ten thousand doctors of what's possible Could reason half the jungle out of being. — John Ciardi

I hoped for something else. It's a simple dream, but it speaks to us so powerfully because it is our dream - one that exists at the very center of the American experience. One that says if you're willing to work hard and take responsibility, then you'll have the chance to reach for something else; for something better. — Barack Obama

My first few films were institutional comedies, and you're on pretty safe ground when you're dealing with an institution that vast numbers of people have experienced: college, summer camp, the military, the country club. — Harold Ramis