Al Stewart Quotes

It’s time to close the books on infectious diseases, declare the war against pestilence won, and shift national resources to such chronic problems as cancer and heart disease.

The only time a politico will try to avoid playing the blame game is when they or theirs are to blame.

There is no single recipe for success. But there is one essential ingredient: Passion

This wasn't a choice between you and Jacob. It was a choice between who I am and who I should be.

My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We'll see about that.

A bad attitude is worse than a bad swing.

Every customer interaction is a marketing opportunity. If you go above and beyond on the customer service side, people are much more likely to recommend you.

A library doesn't need windows. A library is a window.

The Truly Healthy environment is not merely safe but stimulating.

Hate me for who I am, I don't care. At least I'm not pretending to be someone I'm not.

Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures, because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life.

The problem of evil is raised more often by spectators of life than the actual combatants. You will hardly ever find that the great sufferers are the great skeptics.

The rise of secularism has brought about an increase in hostility toward things religious.

A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

You must never actually cheat the customer, even if you can. You must make her happy and satisfied, so she will come back.

In whose delusional mind is democracy made 'better' by allowing wealthy people to control more of it?

The people who could do most to improve the situation of so many women and children are in fact, men.

Democracy is not simply a question of structures. It is a state of mind. It is an activity.

If you're born once, you die twice; but if you're born twice, you die once.

Religion hinges upon faith, politics hinges upon who can tell the most convincing lies or maybe just shout the loudest, but science hinges upon whether its conclusions resembe what actually happens.

The best way of forgetting how you think you feel is to concentrate on what you know you know.

To belong nowhere is a blessing and a curse, like any kind of freedom.

I used to think that divorce meant failure, but now I see it more as a step along the path of self-realization and growth.

Never make a big decision without sleeping on it.

As the most participatory form of mass speech yet developed, the Internet deserves the highest protection from government intrusion.

When a dog is really comfortable, they give off a certain scent and you can smell it on their paws.

Frank called me one day and said, 'I have an idea for a movie, why don't you come over and I'll tell you?' So I went over and we sat down and he said, 'This picture starts in heaven'. That shook me.

Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.

If you don't stick to your values when they're being tested, they're not values: they're hobbies.

To the people who are upset about their hard-earned tax money going to things they don’t like: welcome to the f*cking club. Reimburse me for the Iraq war and oil subsidies, and diaphragms are on me!

I watch a lot of astronaut movies....Mostly Star Wars. And even Han and Chewie use a checklist.

I'm a rock star because I couldn't be a soccer star.

I have a microphone on one ankle and an ankle bracelet on the other, so I'm well balanced today.

It is harder to kill a whisper than even a shouted calumny.

Do what is beyond your strength even should you fail sometimes.

I want you to admit that there is such a thing as white privilege.

Glenn Beck does have a dream. Unfortunately, it's the kind of dream you have when you eat four pepperoni hot pockets right before bed.

No man has the right to say to his country

I think what I've come to now is, that fear is good; it's what life is about. You need to be afraid because fear gives you the strength to carry on important tasks.

Win as though you were used to it, and lose as if you like it.

If you learn something new every day, you can teach something new every day

Elvis was the king. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick Jagger and all the others only followed in his footsteps.

I have developed a deep respect for animals. I consider them fellow living creatures with certain rights that should not be violated any more than those of humans.

You should never accept what can be offered to you if you feel it can be improved.

Standing in the park, I was wondering why a frisbee looks larger the closer it gets...then it hit me

If you follow your heart, you're never going to regret anything, even if you completely mess up constantly.

If we are to understand anything of the human mind we must approach the people of the past with humility rather than an overconfident superiority.

Nobody's perfect, but all of us can be better than we are.

I try to seek out and surround myself with people who just percolate fresh, original, and creative ideas.