Wakefields Martins Quotes & Sayings

Why do religions have edges?" asked Teresa ...
"God is here," said the printed text on the wall. "Yes," said Sophie. "But," she asked, "isn't He everywhere? Then why do they make Him little?" And she thought of those edges, pressing against each other, hurting, jarring, offending, barring one human being from another, shutting away their understanding and their souls.
Yet if you have no edges, thought Sophie, how lonely, how drifting, you must consent to be. — Rumer Godden

The past is getting clearer and clearer — Bulat Okudzhava

You will say good-bye for all the right reasons. You're tired of living in wait for his apocalypse. You have your own fight on your hands, and though it's no bigger or more noble than his, it will require all of your energy.
It's you who has to hold on to earth. You have to tighten your grip
which means letting go of him. — Melissa Bank

One little known fact: The water that spouts out of a whale's blowhole in such a picturesque way reeks like the most toxic fart imaginable. — Susan Casey

In business for yourself, but not by yourself. — Ray Kroc

I quite frequently don't look through the camera, which is very close to being blind. — William Eggleston

I'd love to do a talk show. But I'm too busy for it. It's just too much work. — Paul Reubens

For the worst is this after all; if they knew me, not a soul upon earth would pity me. — Algernon Charles Swinburne

Hard work is the engine of success;
perseverance is the fuel. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Peace is a militant thing ... any peace movement must have behind it a higher passion than the desire for war. No one can be a pacifist without being ready to fight for peace and die for peace. — Mary Heaton Vorse

You gave me Forever with the numbered days, and I am grateful — John Green

You might be a redneck if you wish your outhouse was as nice as those at the state park. — Jeff Foxworthy

I was either still dreaming or I had entered an alternate reality where I was a flippin' insane person. I doubted I had entered an alternate reality and a quick slap to my own face proved I wasn't still dreaming. -Sage Hannigan, Contingency — P.S. Martinez

You don't have to call me 'Mister', Mister;
The whole world called me 'Hank'! — David Allan Coe

Close your eyes and look inside,
A mirror shines within;
To find where you are going,
First see where you have been. — Charles Ghigna