William Gurnall Quotes
God hath made it a debt which one saint owes to another to carry their names to a throne of grace.
Quotes to Explore
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I do not regret the part I have taken in a cause so just and interesting to mankind.
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The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.
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To disregard the obvious is not a good trait in a leader in any situation.
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I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.
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A fly cannot go in unless it stops somewhere; therefore weapons, fuel, food, money will not go to Afghanistan unless the neighbors of Afghanistan are working, are cooperating, either being themselves the origin or the transit.
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I already have a lot of experience, but the best is yet to come.
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As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend more, buy fewer items and have them forever.
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Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.
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Only 10 percent of the people in the U.S. like dry wines. You shouldn't get down on people just because they like a little sugar.
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My parents would have loved it if my brother or I had become a doctor or lawyer.
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I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.
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God is much greater than anything we can imagine.
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I went to Iceland in 1861 and went over nearly every bit of the ground made famous by the adventures of Grettir.
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I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.
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History is fickle. We know that. The good and bad come around and go around, and go around again. There are recessions and depressions and economic boom and bust.
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You cannot mix sports with politics.
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My favorite ski slope is the kind that winds up at the cafeteria. My children, though, usually insist that I get out and take on a few expert runs, in a game called 'Let's See if We Can Get Our Inheritance Early.'
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So I wanted to write a play that put some thoughts and feelings in the air about the miracle and the mystery and that alluded to deep and unknown forces. But then really just have people going to the store and fixing the sink and going through the normal things of looking for love and getting up in the morning. Because that's how we live.
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Centuries roll, customs change, but, ever since the time of the earliest mother, woman yearns to be the soother.
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When I was at Brown, I wanted to write the great American novel, but I was too scared to take a creative course. I signed up for one, got in, and just didn't have the courage to go. I was a tremendously shy person, almost pathologically shy. The thought of peers critiquing my work - oh, God.
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You cannot stop me; I spend thirty thousand men a month.
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God hath made it a debt which one saint owes to another to carry their names to a throne of grace.
