John Howard Quotes
This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is just beyond belief.
Quotes to Explore
-
Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
-
In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
-
Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
-
Rick Santorum is the grandson of a coal miner. His dad was the manager of a V.A. hospital.
-
It's good to have a leader, otherwise we argue too much.
-
Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than perhaps their white counterparts.
-
People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates.
-
I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
-
I used to enjoy bad television, like really bad quiz programmes or sitcoms.
-
Usually I like to have them, but going drum-less pushes everything in a new direction and makes it easier to keep things sounding different.
-
At the weekends, I usually have around 50 kids running around in my back garden. They are all friends of my kids. I know all their names. We have barbecues, put up tents, and play soccer. I love it.
-
I sang in a reggae band. And then there was a soul band where I sang back-up vocals and some lead. And I was also in a women's a capella group. And I was in the gospel choir at school. Actually, I've always been in choirs. Or some kind of group. Just because I love singing so much. But I truthfully never thought of it as a career.
-
We asked our friends and relations to lend us their children, and, because we lived in London, children loved to come and stay for their half-term holidays.
-
Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
-
I grew up in musical theatre and love to perform on stage.
-
I do believe that I deserve what I have. I don't think I'm entitled to it. That's a big difference.
-
I've been sent lots of lovely gifts - everything from candy and peanut butter to hand-made quilts, pictures, and clothing. I was once sent a crate of avocados. Fortunately, I love them.
-
I can run up a wall and do a back flip - that's the most impressive thing that I can do.
-
Remember how small the world was before I came along? I brought it all to life: I moved the whole world onto a 20-foot screen.
-
We are all searching for some form of family or foundation - for a place we can feel safe and secure.
-
We no longer claim that a genuinely religious government can be democratic, but that it cannot be otherwise.
-
To me, it's a religious experience to sit down at anyone's table. I feel so invited, like it's a sacred place.
-
As soon as I came to believe there was a God, I understood that I could not do otherwise than live only for him.
-
This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is just beyond belief.
