J D Ratcliff Quotes & Sayings

If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

To me, it is better to "guess" at how something works, experiment, fail, guess again, fail, and keep repeating that process over and over again until you either figure it out or you discover a multiplicity of other cool tricks along the way. — Trey Ratcliff

Were it right for us to dictate the choices for others, than I daresay we ourselves would be without the ability of choice as a "higher power" would have no doubt dictated ours for us. Instead, we must always remember that while we can help others on their path, they alone must be left with the freedom to walk it... — Charline Ratcliff

Money earns interest; integrity earns respect. — Charline Ratcliff

On a bright Sunday morning in the early years of the last century, — Cynthia Voigt

Time does not move linearly just because we think it does. And the past does not cease to exist simply because we have moved beyond it. — Charline Ratcliff

Always remember, kind words are free, and yet, they are often priceless. — Charline Ratcliff

I believe that the artist's feelings are in some way generative. And I suspect that much of the artist's most productive emotion - not all of it but much of it - is felt in the course of playing around with form. — Carter Ratcliff

Workouts should be tailored to the participant rather than the participant tailored to the workout. — Charline Ratcliff

Justice is the reason we have law, and law is man's feeble attempt to teach decency to others. — Joy Ratcliff Cagle

that August an ominous and unprecedented British armada of 450 ships and boats carrying forty-five thousand British soldiers and sailors, as well as the rented Germanic troops known as the Hessians (of Headless Horseman fame), assembled in New York Harbor — Sarah Vowell

Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life. — Brian Andreas

Perfectly happy momma goes out into the fields. she eavesdrops on herself, in case somewhere deep inside a melody rings out or a blackbird sings, but all that she hears, is only the cancer, which saws and eats away at her. — Elfriede Jelinek

Real love is more than a physical feeling. If there's even the slightest doubt in your head about a guy, then forget about it. It's not real. — Ethan Embry

Love means making time for that special someone - even when you don't have the time. — Charline Ratcliff

Talent counts for much, but effort counts for more. — Carter Ratcliff

When something upsets you in life, you only have two choices: Get over it or die mad. — Charline Ratcliff

Imagine a revised edition of Shakespeare ... a big, thick book with an elegant cover ... You open it and find that there are no pages, just an empty box of space. On the back wall of the box is a small mirror. You look into it, see yourself, and now you know all you need to know about Shakespeare. — Carter Ratcliff

What is art? ... From a strictly logical point of view, a question with no clear answer comes under the suspicion of being meaningless. But a strictly logical point of view never shows us much about art ... — Carter Ratcliff