Herdon Quotes & Sayings

I don't know. After the downstairs, I assumed something creepier and dirtier." I
shrugged. "You didn't have electricity down there."
"It's for dramatic effect." Loki gestured widely. "It's a dungeon. — Amanda Hocking

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it. — Henry Ward Beecher

She wondered what life would be like if there was always an arm around her shoulder and if there was a back that welcomed her hug all the time. — Deirdre Riordan Hall

Traditional songwriting, to us, is where the experimental nature comes in. We're all involved with so much outside activity with really hardcore, experimental music-making. — Thurston Moore

If we took a moment of silence for each person lost to abortion, we would be silent for over 100 years. — Frank Pavone

The first music I was ever exposed to was Irish folk music, like the Clancy Brothers. My father plays that and Christmas songs. — Matt Dillon

He who does not enjoy his own company is usually right. — Coco Chanel

I developed a term that is used in the game right now called sacking a quarterback. Sacking a quarterback is just like you devastate a city or you cream a multitude of people. I mean it's just like you put all the offensive players in one bag and I just take a baseball bat and beat on the bag. — Deacon Jones

Law officials put their lives on the line every single day for us, and I think we also owe them a degree of respect. — Benjamin Carson

I was a poet. I had no expectations other than creating a world of art with words that would live on long after I was gone. — Jason E. Hodges

Blind and unwavering undisciplined at all times constitutes the real strength of all free men. — Alfred Jarry

Your heart may tell you one thing, but it is the Word of God that must bear witness in this matter; any other testimony is of no value. — John Bunyan

I couldn't help noticing
certain parts of the statues
have been polished
to a high sheen
by passing hands
as the centuries passed.
If it's a form of worship
it is not much odder
or more perverse
than the saint's stone toe
kissed to a stub by fervent lips. — Gregory Orr

Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. The worst speaks something good. — George Herbert

After his failed political career, Lincoln often pondered the question of the purpose of the meaning of life. In 1850 [ten years before he was elected President], Lincoln told Herdon [his law partner] How hard, oh how hard it is to die and leave one's country no better than if one had never lived. — Ronald C. White Jr.

Words are not even within me. They're not in my vocabulary to really express the kind of feeling that I had. — Tanya Tucker