Vesey Quotes & Sayings

The main thing I believe in is freedom. — Charles Evers

The Force is with me," he repeated. "And I am with the Force." Did he believe the words? Did it matter? Had it ever mattered? — Alexander Freed

Some of us rush through life and some of us saunter through life. Mrs. Vesey sat through life. — Wilkie Collins

It will always remain my private persuasion that Nature was absorbed in making cabbages when Mrs. Vesey was born, and that the good lady suffered the consequences of a vegetable preoccupation in the mind of the Mother of us all. — Wilkie Collins

Like most gunters, I voted to reelect Cory Doctorow and Wil Wheaton (again). There were no term limits, and those two geezers had been doing a kick-ass job of protecting user rights for over a decade. — Ernest Cline

Mr. Vesey, though, he didn't like any kind of talk about heaven. He said that was the coward's way, pining for life in the hereafter, acting like this one didn't mean a thing. I had to side with him on that. — Sue Monk Kidd

It is your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, that determines how your life's story will develop. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Love every man in spite of his falling into sin. Never mind the sins, but remember that the foundation of the man is the same--the image of God. — John Of Kronstadt

Afternoon with Michel, sorting maman's belongings.
Began the day by looking at her photographs.
A cruel mourning begins again (but had never ended).
To begin again without resting. Sisyphus. — Roland Barthes

But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot. — Bill Bruford

It has not been the style of Canadian politicians to write of their experiences, although it is the common practice for British, French, and American Politicians upon their retirement. But I have been criticized before and I expect to be again. — Judy LaMarsh

As writers, it is our job not only to imagine, but to witness. — Dani Shapiro

As a teenager, I used to travel everywhere with my guitar. I appreciated the fact it was with me, but it was always an absolute pain to carry around - even though, in those days, you could take in on a plane as hand luggage. — Greg Wise

Her calculations were sometimes a little fuzzy, for the same reason that her checkbook sometimes did not balance; Becky Vesey (as she had been known as a child) had never really mastered the multiplication tables and she was inclined to confuse sevens with nines. — Robert A. Heinlein

And with all of the enemy's citizens living at the bottom of huge gravity wells, we don't even have to aim particularly well. Einstein was right. We will be fighting the next war with rocks. But the Belt has rocks that will turn the surface of Mars into a molten sea. — James S.A. Corey

Becky Vesey always gave good advice and she gave it with great conviction because she always believed it. — Robert A. Heinlein

Writing a book is not a crime. — Alexander Ahndoril

I was raised on gospel. I remember hip-hop and rock music were secular, so basically, for my first ten years living in Detroit, I was on gospel. But when I moved to Houston, that's when I got to open up my musical horizons. — Lizzo