Verna Jean Quotes & Sayings

The fearsome critic and not-very-tough composer Virgil Thomson once drew up a set of rules for hearing an unfamiliar work; the last of those is the question I take with me to every new-music event: "Is this just a good piece of clockwork, or does it actually tell time? — Aaron Copland

How do we turn our heart to the Lord? One way is in going to the scripture to see him. "In the volume of the book it is written of me," Jesus said. In 1 John 3:2 we find that when we see him as he is, we are going to be like him, we're going to manifest him. — Kay Fairchild And Lisa Perdue

Hatred and dishonesty generally arises from fear of being deceived. — Luc De Clapiers

War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man. — Napoleon Hill

The most consistent characteristic of awakened teachers and people I have met is a childlike nature. They laugh, cry, twinkle, and joke, all with a spontaneity born of freedom. Their faces are fluid and reflect a timeless sweetness, even into old age. — Catherine Ingram

People talk sometimes of bestial cruelty, but that's a great injustice to the beasts; a beast can never be so cruel as a man, so artistically cruel. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

To infiltrate the infiltrators would be to accept the fate of all spies: As always, if you or any member of your organization is apprehended by the enemy, the Secretary will deny any Knowledge, etc. ... — Hunter S. Thompson