Towner Quotes & Sayings

Boredom between two people doesn't come from being together physically. It comes from being apart mentally and spiritually. — Richard Bach

The Indians the needed some food, and some skins for a roof. They only took what they needed, baby, millions of buffalo were the proof. — Ted Nugent

I believed that I wanted to be a poet, but deep down I wanted to be a poem. — Jaime Gil De Biedma

It becomes necessary to learn how to clear the mind of all clouds, to free it of all useless ballast and debris by dismissing the burden of too much concern with material things. — Indra Devi

I have every iPod that's been made that's how sick I am. I carry anything and everything I possibly would want to listen to. I have a lot of jazz. I adore Ralph Towner, Leo Kottke. I've always been a big Oscar Peterson fan. I've branched out a little bit more in rock-and-roll, but that's maybe because I'm 50 years old and I can now listen to Steely Dan again without shame. I adore the Grateful Dead. Creedence Clearwater Revival. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. All that's been fun to get back into. But I'm no longer interested in the Doobie Brothers. — Thomas Hampson

The fever called "living" Is conquer'd at last. — Edgar Allan Poe

We explain when someone is cruel or acts like a bully, you do not stoop to their level. Our motto is when they go low, you go high. — Michelle Obama

The Church needs you, your enthusiasm, your creativity and the joy that is so characteristic of you. — Pope Francis

Cosmology and neuropsychology have absurdity in common. The raw facts are strange beyond imagination. — Paul Broks

Man is the merriest species of the creation; all above or below him are serious. — Joseph Addison

Always lend a helping hand, for one day- YOU might be the one reaching for it! — E.N. TOWNER

Without constant activity, the threats of life will soon overwhelm the values. — Jim Rohn

She'd just watched Tristan McLean, her cool suave movie star dad, reduced to near insanity. Leo could barely stand to watch that, but for Piper - Wow, Leo couldn't even imagine. He figured that would make her insecure about herself, too. If weakness was inherited, she'd be wondering, could she break down the same way her dad did? "Hey, don't worry," Leo said. "Piper, you're the strongest, most powerful beauty queen I've ever met. You can trust yourself. For what it's worth, you can trust me too." The helicopter dipped in a wind shear, and Leo almost jumped out of his skin. He cursed and righted the chopper. Piper laughed nervously. "Trust you, huh?" "Ah, shut up, already." But he grinned at her, and for a second, it felt like he was just relaxing comfortably with a friend. Then they hit the storm clouds. — Rick Riordan

I find something new in the Bible every time I read it ... that can be the experience of everyone who comes to it wanting to discover more of God's truth. — Billy Graham

We do not have to romanticize our past in order to be aware of how it seeds our present. We do not have to suffer the waste of an amnesia that robs us of the lessons of the past rather than permit us to read them with pride as well as deep understanding. We know what it is to be lied to, and we know how important it is not lie to ourselves. We are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about - survival and growth. — Audre Lorde

It has always been my concern to touch people with leprosy, trying to show in a simple action that they are not reviled, nor are we repulsed. — Princess Diana

(The subject of Peter Gallagher's eyebrows, I realize, is a digression away from the Oneida Community, and yet, I do feel compelled, indeed almost conspiracy theoretically bound to mention that one of the reasons the Oneida Community broke up and turned itself into a corporate teapot factory is that a faction within the group, led by a lawyer named James William Towner, was miffed that the community's most esteemed elders were bogarting the teenage virgins and left in a huff for none other than Orange County, California, where Towner helped organize the Orange County government, became a judge, and picked the spot where the Santa Ana courthouse would be built, a courthouse where, it is reasonable to assume, Peter Gallagher's attorney on The O.C. might defend his clients.) — Sarah Vowell

If someone isn't in your definition of "gorgeous" or "beautiful", it doesn't give you the right to call them ugly. — Abdullah Bashir

My name is Towner Whitney. No, that's not exactly true. My real first name is Sophya. Never believe me. I lie all the time.

I am a crazy woman... That last part is true. — Brunonia Barry