Woundy Knees Quotes & Sayings

To me, poetry is about survival first of all. Survival of the individual self, survival of the emotional life. — Gregory Orr

Even as the Sun doth not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so thou also wait not for clapping of hands and shouts and praise to do thy duty; nay, do good of thine own accord, and thou wilt be loved like the Sun. — Epictetus

Writing, is not a race. Is to distill the soul letter by letter in a slow and delicate process that will take years. — J.E. Negrete

You see, my good friend, how much we are the creatures of situation and circumstance, and with what pliant servility the mind resigns itself to the impressions of the senses, or the illusions of the imagination — Sydney, Lady Morgan

It's fun just spending time with everyone. It's something that's so simple, yet so valuable to me — David Archuleta

There is a big difference between living in a society that hunts whales and living in one that views them. Nature is being reduced to precious demonstrations for entertainment and education, something far less natural than hunting. Are we headed for a world where nothing is left of nature but parks? Whales are mammals, and mammals do not lay a million eggs. We were forced to give up commercial hunting and to raise domestic mammals for meat, preserving the wild ones as best we could. It is harder to kill off fish than mammals. But after 1,000 years of hunting the Atlantic cod, we know that it can be done. — Mark Kurlansky

Writing and performing are to me what water and movement are to sharks. — Rachael Yamagata

For me, relaxing is going on a 10-mile hike. When I have time off, I like to be at home and spend time with my animals, and things like that.I'm not the girl that goes out for facials, and manicures and pedicures, all the time. I wish I did. It would be better for me, but I get annoyed. — Tricia Helfer

Do I need my number retired throughout the course of the league to acknowledge what I've done? No. — Michael Jordan

Prison is, simply put, the bottom rung of the welfare ladder. — Stephen Reid

There are no free lunches on welfare. — Joseph A. Califano Jr.

arrow goes foreword after being pulled backward. A bullet goes forward after the trigger being pulled backwards. Every human being will be happy only after they face their difficulties in their path...So don't be afraid to face them for they will push you forward — Unknown

It's easy to sleep floating around - it's very comfortable. But you have to be careful that you don't float into somebody or something! — Sally Ride

I go to the gym in a baseball cap, sweats and then run into a boy I like. It happens - so what? — Azita Ghanizada