John Healy Quotes & Sayings

Is safety the 'dream' that will kill all of my other 'dreams?' For the truth is, no 'real' dream is safe. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over. — J. Richard Clarke

A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically. — Diane Ackerman

I have been made to feel sad for such persons because I am conscious of the fact that mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless he has individual worth, and mere connection with what is regarded as an inferior race will not finally hold an individual back if he possesses intrinsic, individual merit. Every persecuted individual and race should get much consolation out of the great human law, which is universal and eternal, that merit, no matter under what skin found, is, in the long run, recognized and rewarded. — Booker T. Washington

All my life, I've been a type 1 diabetic. I've always taken life day by day. — Bret Michaels

When I'm recording a song, I wake up and I'm thinking about it. I go to sleep and I'm thinking about it. — Joel Plaskett

I have no intention of telling people what I have for breakfast. — Princess Margaret

Mary Shelley may well have invented science fiction. I think she did! But after that it seemed to be a boys' game. — William Gibson

He comes to us as One unknown, without a name, as of old, by the lakeside,
He came to those men who knew Him not. He speaks to us the same words: "Follow thou me!" and sets us to the tasks which He has to fulfill for our time. He commands. And to those who obey Him, whether they be wise or simple, He will reveal himself in the toils, the conflicts, the sufferings which they shall pass through in His fellowship, and, as an ineffable mystery, they shall learn in their own experience Who He is. — Albert Schweitzer

We had to throw rocks," she said miserably. "I told her to run, to go be free, that I didn't want her anymore. There were other wolves for her to play with, we heard them howling, and Jory said the woods were full of game, so she'd have deer to hunt. Only she kept following and finally we had to throw rocks. I hit her twice. She whined and looked at me and I felt so 'shamed, but it was right, wasn't it? The queen would have killed her."
"It was right," her father said. "And even the lie was ... not without honour. — George R R Martin

If China were to explode, I'd want to be there in a flash. If there's a big story, I want to be there. — Bob Simon

An atheist chaplain would be the perfect vehicle for convincing wounded warriors that they should end their lives because there's nothing in the future and there's nothing now, so why not just save money and kill themselves. — Gordon Klingenschmitt