C. L. R. James Quotes

There is a world above, Where parting is unknown; A whole eternity of love, Form'd for the good alone; And faith beholds the dying here Translated to that happier sphere.

Two roses on one slender spray In sweet communion grew, Together hailed the morning ray And drank the evening dew.

While rose-buds scarcely show'd their hue, But coyly linger'd on the thorn.

Beyond this vale of tears there is a life above. unmeasured by the flight of years; and all that life is love.

When the good man yields his breath (For the good man never dies).

The Dead are like the stars by day; Withdrawn from mortal eye, But not extinct, they hold their way In glory through the sky.

Who that hath ever been Could bear to be no more? Yet who would tread again the scene He trod through life before?

Songs of praise the angels sang, Heav'n with alleluias rang, when creation was begun, when God spoke and it was done.

Gashed with honourable scars,Low in Glory's lap they lie;Though they fell, they fell like stars,Streaming splendour through the sky.

When evening closes Nature's eye, The glow-worm lights her little spark To captivate her favorite fly And tempt the rover through the dark.

Hymns should have unity, graduation and mutual dependence in the thoughts, a conscious progress, a sense of completeness and be easily understood.

A young man with good health and a poor appetite can save up money.

The world is full of corruption, and deceit, and deviltry — chock full of it.

Its not my job to feed your kids

The fact that a total of 18 musicians humbly came together to share the glory and create something this original, epic, and downright heavy, is a feat worthy of deep respect.

Suddenly, the world is realizing that gold is still a safe haven asset. We've seen pretty substantial losses in equity markets. I think this is genuine safe-haven buying.

I'm not pretending I'm not a nice guy. I'm not pretending I don't have a temper.

Darwin believed in intellectual progress, but he believed that it would come smoothly and harmoniously and happily and it would eventually cover the whole world.

The ends justify the means mindset has been the impetus behind many a cruel medical or social experiment.

If enough citizens believe their national security’s in jeopardy then politicians who propose wars will receive the support they need.

For some reason people say such negative things about having a baby - you won't sleep, the stress, the crying. Nonsense. It's a total joy so cherish every second.

I have always dressed somewhat well - not because I work at GQ - but because my wife is amazing at finding clothes that disguise my waistline.

Here's the thing about me: I have a job to do and I do it.

Why do you need to drive a Ferrari to get stuck in a traffic jam anyway? How do people afford these cars?

Connectivity doesn't just mean you get a lot more chances to deliver messages about customer service and pricing plans. This isn't one-sided. It enables people to talk back.

I would just like my children to be able to eat fish when they grow up. Now, I don't think there's anything controversial about that.

If I can upset people, if I can ruin their day, then I have done my job.

[Photography] puts a human face on issues which, from afar, can appear abstract or ideological or monumental in their global impact.

I used to call myself a war photographer. Now I consider myself as an antiwar photographer.

I dont think tragic situations are necessarily devoid of beauty.

None of the editors I've worked with have ever asked me to pull my punches. They've never asked me to give them anything other than my own interpretation of events.

Do we really need another picture of Paris Hilton or Naomi Campbell?

I began after college, about 1972. I began to teach myself photography. I went to work for a local newspaper for four years as a kind of basic training.

If Im feeling outraged, grief, disbelief, frustration, sympathy, that gets channeled through me and into my pictures and hopefully transmitted to the viewer.

My brushes, my cameras, and my willingness to use them.

I didn't much like Las Vegas. The noise of the place and the whole 24-hour, 'let's play the slot machines all night' culture of the place just left me cold.

I thought I was God's gift to mankind and the greatest Irishman since George Best.

New Zealand is a place where you can get well.

I'd be a very easy therapist's subject.

I never forget that I'm extremely fortunate.

I've heard some duff Irish accents. The worst must be Mickey Rourke.

The thing to remember is that the work comes first, and not to get distracted by anything else. If you keep focused on the work, everything else will fall into place. That's my mantra now.

Martin Freeman as [Bilbo] is just a revelation.

I can't help but notice that everytime I fly somewhere, other people's planes fall out of the sky.

Most of my scars are not fire-related and I no longer say "I know what I am doing" at critical moments.

Deadly nightshade is the only plant I have ever been able to get to grow for me.

It's bad to wake up and see a large cat in mid-leap from the rough vicinity of the ceiling.

My father once discovered that one cannot "walk off" gangrene.

I don't mind hidden depths but I insist that there be a surface.

Ben Bova seems to work very hard at working in new discoveries into his Glum Future but alas, his future is glum and not that well written.