Schoolly Quotes & Sayings

Sleeper in the Valley
The river sings and cuts a hole in the meadow,
madly hooking white tatters on the rushes.
light escalades the strong hills. The small
valley bubbles with sunbeams like a beerglass.
The young conscript bareheaded and open-mouthed,
his neck cooling in the blue watercress;
he's sleeping. The grass soothes his heaviness,
the sunlight is raining in his green bed,
baking away the aches of his body. He smiles,
as a sick child might smile himself asleep.
O Nature, rock him warmly, he is cold.
The fields no longer make his hot eyes weep.
He sleeps in the sun, a hand on his breast lies open,
at peace. He has two red holes in his left side. — Robert Lowell

Despite the enormous role that local government plays in our daily lives, the constitution makes not one mention of it. — Anthony Albanese

And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time. — Libba Bray

The Mars rover Curiosity has sent back images of some odd things on the surface of Mars, and some people think they could be UFOs. Here's my question. If we're on the surface of Mars, aren't we the UFO? — Jay Leno

It was Saturday night and I was feelin kinda funny,
Gold around my neck, pockets full of money. — Schoolly D

I think the deepest problem is between my parents and me. I just don't know if it will ever be the same. — LaToya Jackson

Liberty can no more exist without virtue and independence than the body can live and move without a soul. — John Adams

I have read countless comics books while listening to hip hop, and as a young one, I wasted countless hours practicing nunchuks to Schoolly D's "Saturday Night." I would give anything for a video of that. — Axel Alonso

There can be no peace of mind in love, since what one has obtained is never anything but a new starting-point for further desires — Marcel Proust

I think people have different definitions of team unity. My definition is doing whatever it takes to win, what makes a great team; it's performance on the field, respect on the field. — Hope Solo

The scariest people in the world are not always the ones who are bent on evil, James. Sometimes, the scariest person is the one who mistakes their own lies for truth. — G. Norman Lippert

Don't look for the meanings; look for the use. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge. — Schoolly D

I graduated from high school in 1963. There were no computers, cell phones, Internet, credit cards, cassette tapes or cable TV. — Jeffrey Gitomer

Have faith in God and in yourself; that will cure all. Hope for the best, expect the best, toil for the best and everything will come right for you in the end. — Ramana Maharshi

Interestingly, I never thought I'd do an adaptation. I've also been quite against them. I think trying to translate one medium to another is wrong. I never really felt that books fitted into film. Generally people are disappointed, aren't they? — Andrea Arnold

First I lost my heart. Then I lost my mind. — Jennifer Salvato Doktorski

Shame occurs when you haven't been able to get away with the 'who' you want people to think you are. — Carl Whitaker