Pastoral Resources

Which, of course, isn't the point of writing - but it would be nice if, along with the creative satisfaction of writing and seeing my work in print, I could do more than merely scrape a living. Okay, moaning over.

We had to do a lot of rehearsals to get it so that it was playable. What it did was make you practice. That's good for any musician to have that kind of pressure. It brings things out of you that might not come out if you don't have to reach for something all the time.

I had to tell about my colonic, which expresses the fact why I'm so neat today as opposed to a few years ago. I never knew that the weight made that much difference.

You can't hire someone to practice for you.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

None of us takes amending the Constitution lightly. The plain fact is this amendment has been exhaustively studied and it really is time to act.

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.

I thought that in general we in the United States were too optimistic in believing that the Soviets might alter what had been for a long time, as a matter of fact for centuries, fundamental Russian policies in respect to the rest of the world.

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

I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.

The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape.

Learners are encouraged to discover facts and relationships for themselves.

From my sketch files I'll find a pose that shows the emotion behind a particular character's story.

I chose faces and figures as my subject matter simply due to the fact that the human form is already beautiful art.

It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

I want to make sure I don't interfere with the success of that team next year. I don't see any way I could go to practice like most of 'em do, and not hurt the team. I'd go nuts if I tried doing that.

Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.

Not to mention the fact that of course terrorists hate freedom. I think they do hate. But believe me, I don't think they sit there abstractly hating freedom.

Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it we ask God to bear witness to the promises we make with the implicit expectation that He will hold us accountable for the manner in which we honor them.