Jay Contreras Quotes & Sayings

Your heart and your mouth wil be in two separate parts of your body if you again forget in whose presence you stand. — George Bernard Shaw

A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

I so much appreciate it when anybody tries to make something and tries to be an artist - I'm happy to see the work. — Laurie Anderson

I think the most joyous thing in life is to loaf around and watch another bloke do a job of work. Look how popular are the men who dig up London with electric drills. Duke's son, cook's son, son of a hundred kings, people will stand there for hours on end, ear drums splitting. Why? Simply for the pleasure of being idle while watching other people work. — Dorothy L. Sayers

My influences have been what I call my four Bs - the primary one being the blues, then Borges, Baraka, and Bearden. — August Wilson

It's all well and good to have profound thoughts on a regular basis, but I think it's not enough. Well, I mean: I'm going to commit suicide and set the house on fire in a few months; obviously I can't assume I have time at my disposal, therefore I have to do something substantial with the little I do have. — Muriel Barbery

It's hard - it's difficult to tell when your buzz is at its peak. — Joe Budden

Life has never been All or Nothing- it's All and Nothing. Forget the binaries. — Jeanette Winterson

I praise you for healing all my diseases - diseases in my body, heart, and mind. Though I wish you would completely heal me before you return, nonetheless, I have this sure hope: one day I will be perfectly whole. Praise the Lord, O my soul, for present, ongoing, and a secured complete healing! — Scotty Smith

Like all power, psychic power had a flip side. Changelings could turn feral. Psy could turn murderously insane. — Nalini Singh

I'm a traditional country singer and we're always trying to make that a fresh and modern sound. That's always going to be the challenge with me. — Joe Nichols

I have every right to know how my taxes are spent, how every single penny of it is spent. I have the right to know that. — Jesse Ventura

A mermaid has not an immortal soul, nor can she obtain one unless she wins the love of a human being. On the power of another hangs her eternal destiny. — Hans Christian Andersen

Fundamentally I am a wrestler and like being on top and I like my grounding and pounding. — Charlie Brenneman