Humfrey Verse Quotes & Sayings

My first job in construction paid my way through art school. I was building to pay my bills. — Ty Pennington

Silence is not absence of words. Silence is the space where words arise and dissolve. Without silence, words have no meaning — Rashmit Kalra

Revolution in America begins in books and music, then waits for political operatives to 'implement changes after the fact.' — William S. Burroughs

A gorgeous, sensual, Spanish god. That's what he looked like to me. — Karina Halle

These bloody days have broken my heart. — Thomas Wyatt

He could be doing quantum physics in his head or undressing her in his mind - she'd never know the difference. — Kelly Moran

He said, "I've always liked the name Jane." Blue's eyes widened. "Ja - what? Oh! No, no. You can't just go around naming people other things because you don't like their real name. — Maggie Stiefvater

I explained that he was Chinese, and she asked if the movie would be in Chinese.
"No," I said, "he lives in America. In California. He's been there since he was a baby."
"Then what does it matter if he's Chinese?"
"Well," I said, "he's got ... you know, a sensibility. — David Sedaris

I think that what happened is that we grew up with the Holocaust within us. It turned us into harsh, emotionally incapable people who have become blind to what they are doing to other people. A lot of times, Holocaust abuse justifies terrible things done to the Palestinians. And you have to realize that what is going on is terrible, and that we are responsible, and we have to take responsibility - even if we are not completely responsible. — Eytan Fox

It would be hard to get statistics on violent death
what do you count as murder? When people starve to death because of policies of governments and corporations, is that murder? Nature does a fair amount of murdering itself, which is why this whole notion of dominating nature arose: it was one of those things that seemed a good idea at the time. No one ever believes a cure will prove worse than the disease. And maybe it isn't. An invasion of microbes that destroys a body could also be called murder. All deaths are violent deaths, I suppose. — Marilyn French

Stop labeling people just because they're not like you. — Joyce Meyer

When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight. — Salma Hayek

Sometimes parents needed to be protected. — Stephen King

One should never see a drinking establishment well lit, he thought, it just makes it look even sadder. — Graham McNeill

The grain of real knowledge is concealed in a vast deal of esoteric chaff. — Alfred Rupert Hall