Jochen Klepper Quotes & Sayings

Any mind that is capable of a real sorrow is capable of good. — Harriet Beecher Stowe

I've called on Congress to repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act to help end discrimination to help end discrimination against same-sex couples in this country. Now, I want to add we have a duty to uphold existing law, but I believe we must do so in a way that does not exacerbate old divides. And fulfilling this duty in upholding the law in no way lessens my commitment to reversing this law. I've made that clear. — Barack Obama

Perhaps what most of us perceive as the centers of ourselves are simply no longer needed. And we both know that the absence of function, in nature, means death. There is nothing superfluous in nature. — David Foster Wallace

I'm sorry that I am back and forth, push and pull
instead of effortless simplicity. — Trista Mateer

Our father came to sleep in our house that night. He carried a small suitcase with a black mourning suit and a pair of polished shoes. Corrigan stopped him as he made his way up the stairs. 'Where d'you think you're going?'Our father gripped the bannister. His hands were liverspotted and I could see him trembling in his pause. 'That's not your room,' sad Corrigan. Our father tottered on the stairs. He took another step up. 'Don't,' said my brother. His voice was clear, full, confidant. Our father stood stunned. He climbed one more step and then turned, descended, looked around, lost.
'My own sons,' he said.
We made a bed for him on a sofa in the living room, but even then Corrigan refused to stay under the same roof; he went walking in the direction of the city center and I wondered what alley he might be found in later that night, what fist he might walk into, whose bottle he might climb down inside. — Colum McCann

I've got this horrible feeling that I'm one of those people who'll always have to flog their guts out to get anywhere. — Jenny Eclair

My bar for being successful is being able to do movies that really mean something to me and being able to make a living off of that. — Channing Tatum

It's a good thing I'm a reasonably patient woman. Otherwise, I might have to kill you. — Lora Leigh