Them Quotes

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.

Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.

And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond; that you do what you say you're going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them.

My mother buried three husbands - and two of them were only napping.

Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.

I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them.

And I'd like to give my love to everybody, and let them know that the grass may look greener on the other side, but believe me, it's just as hard to cut.

Expect people to be better than they are; it helps them to become better. But don't be disappointed when they are not; it helps them to keep trying.

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for them; and so, perhaps, it would, if they had it.

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies in them.

There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.

My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.

Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises.

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may happen to sear your own fingers and make them dead to the quality of things.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that's important.

It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another.

Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.

But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That's what I strive to do, that's what I pray to do every day.

I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them.

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.